There seems to be a return (for millennials mostly) to pre-smartphone-era-style devices (before the iPhone in 2007) to create a boundary and disconnect from the online world.
Do you have or would you get a dumbphone?
This gives me some hope. IVE NEVER WANTED A CELLPHONE LET ALONE A SMARTPHONE, BECAUSE Smartphones are actually pretty dumb. And siri gets dumber by the day. I only got a cell phone in 2006 because the whole entirety of the world was giving me crap. My boss at the time basically kidnapped me and took me to T-MOBILE. My boyfriend was also upset that he couldnt get a hold of me ALL THE TIME.
I sometimes wish I could just have a landline. Every single situation you think you need a smartphone for... I was able to navigate without one. It is because of cellphones that I can take a huge dump on the subway and no one would even notice.
I knew this in the beginning and I know it still now. This was the original plan... Everyone is so wrapped up in social media and their ego and image that they arent paying attention to whats going on around them. They are effectively now self-concerned sleep walkers, and no worries, there wont be any sort of social change anytime soon.
I cant even ask people if its okay if we spend this 10 minute walk without our cellphones without there being serious backlash and attitude.
Excuse me for asking you to leave your identity at home.
also, I NEED TO BE REACHABLE AT ALL TIMES AND RESPOND IMMEDIATELY? no thanks. I NEED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY,
this rectangle thing, does not curve too my face like a landline. But i cant do anything in life anymore without it. YES. LETS GO BACK TO LANDLINES. YOU DONT GET TO KNOW WHERE I AM AT ALL TIMES. You dont get to completely derail my attention span, interrupt what im doing, every few seconds, and justify it by the possibility of emergency. Very rarely have I received a call that required my immediate action or else catastrophic results would ensue.