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Agree?
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pdxleaf
·I thought these things are for taking pictures. Why do people keep calling them "phones"?
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Donn Chambers
·You can add driving to this list. It is infuriating how many people I see driving while scrolling through social media. One hand on the wheel and the other hand holding their phone right in front of the airbag with their eyes clearly staring down at it. Doesn’t matter if it is through residential areas, congested city, or at speed on the highway.
Yeah, saw this just yesterday. 20-ish woman nearly ran a red light beside me before slamming on her brakes and stopping partly in the intersection. Looked over and she had her cell phone held between her hands on top of her steering wheel . Looked like a video was playing on it. Come on, there's a time for watching videos on your phone, and driving is not it!
Thanks god there wasn't a pedestrian in the cross walk.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI thought these things are for taking pictures. Why do people keep calling them "phones"?
My phone is mostly for emails, photos, and streaming music - phone calls I get are mostly from telemarketers. I think the characterization that everyone who is on their phone is on some form of social media certainly isn't universal.
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janice&fred
·I ran into some young wannabe watch dealer at the NYC flea market a couple of months ago trying in vain to buy a group of watches from Vadim the Russian watch dealer as he was setting up early morning. Nice watches and exactly what I look for condition and price-wise. I stood next to the young turk as he was trying to convince Vadim that everyone nowadays uses a cash app and doesn't carry cash. He wanted to pay via Venmo or some such crap. Vadim looked at me and said "Fdeddy you vant these?" I peeled off the cash and that was that. Our hero the trendy youngin sulked off convinced there was something wrong with us.
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JwRosenthal
·We can do that from the pointy end…but a riot would probably occur. We don’t like riots.
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janice&fred
·Apparently sending pics of genitalia to other passengers is perfectly acceptable though 😗….yeah, I know- southwest…seems entirely appropriate for that carrier.
Please...don't give maddog any ideas. It's bad enough we have to suffer thru his pics of that lame wheezing mustang of his. Heck here in Florida I got so many chicks drooling over my 20 year old grand cherokee that I had to buff the sides off to get rid of marks left by their walkers.
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TheGreekPhysique
·telling a lame Dad joke at the water cooler?
^ This. People have stopped interacting with each other in public. If you do its almost like they look at you like your weirdo. I actually met my wife at the gym. We were by the water cooler the one day and she decided to kick up a conversation with me. After about 5 minutes of talking I forget what set me off, allergies probably, but I had a non-stop sneezing fit to the point where my glass eye flew out from its socket. Thankfully she was able to grab it before it hit the ground. Flash forward 10 years later and we have been together ever since. What can I say.. she really caught my eye.
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pdxleaf
·My phone is mostly for emails, photos, and streaming music - phone calls I get are mostly from telemarketers. I think the characterization that everyone who is on their phone is on some form of social media certainly isn't universal.
Watchpatrol
Watchrecon
Chrono24
Reddit watches
Ebay
Omegaforum
All watch news
(The occasional WebMD)
And the podcasts! So many podcasts!
I hate this thing...
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JwRosenthal
·^ This. People have stopped interacting with each other in public. If you do its almost like they look at you like your weirdo. I actually met my wife at the gym. We were by the water cooler the one day and she decided to kick up a conversation with me. After about 5 minutes of talking I forget what set me off, allergies probably, but I had a non-stop sneezing fit to the point where my glass eye flew out from its socket. Thankfully she was able to grab it before it hit the ground. Flash forward 10 years later and we have been together ever since. What can I say.. she really caught my eye.
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JwRosenthal
·Please...don't give maddog any ideas. It's bad enough we have to suffer thru his pics of that lame wheezing mustang of his. Heck here in Florida I got so many chicks drooling over my 20 year old grand cherokee that I had to buff the sides off to get rid of marks left by their walkers.
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Syzygy
·[QUOTE="bananapeanut, post: 2060132, member: 92384"
As a society we can create things more complex than ever before but as individuals our skills have become limited.[/QUOTE]
On one hand, I agree, but I also think as individuals, humans are fairly intelligent, but when you get us into a herd, humans become the dumbest creatures on the planet.
Add The Book of Faces and TokTik into the mix....we're doomed.
The fix, IMO? Power the devices off, go for a hike, hug a tree, talk to your dog, kiss your partner, close your eyes for a moment and enjoy the warmth of the sun on your face, or hell, even the biting chill of the wind...regularly take some time to wallow in 'the real stuff' that we have the honor to experience. It's those things in life that reboot our brains and put things in to the correct perspective.
Good grief...re-reading this before posting, I fear I've become a grumpy old man.
Meh, whatevs...Fu** the Bozos!
As a society we can create things more complex than ever before but as individuals our skills have become limited.[/QUOTE]
On one hand, I agree, but I also think as individuals, humans are fairly intelligent, but when you get us into a herd, humans become the dumbest creatures on the planet.
Add The Book of Faces and TokTik into the mix....we're doomed.
The fix, IMO? Power the devices off, go for a hike, hug a tree, talk to your dog, kiss your partner, close your eyes for a moment and enjoy the warmth of the sun on your face, or hell, even the biting chill of the wind...regularly take some time to wallow in 'the real stuff' that we have the honor to experience. It's those things in life that reboot our brains and put things in to the correct perspective.
Good grief...re-reading this before posting, I fear I've become a grumpy old man.
Meh, whatevs...Fu** the Bozos!
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Mad Dog
·Please...don't give maddog any ideas.
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janice&fred
·“Niedermeyer” look…
Strikes me more like a "was that a wet one?" look.
Maybe too many Beenie Weenies?😁
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Pvt-Public
·Not to imply people are “stupider” than in generations past, but the ability for critical thinking and problem solving has definitely diminished- you can just look it up or there is an app for that.
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vbrad26
·Such a good movie. Definitely worth a re-watch. Its been a while!
Terry Crews for president!
Speaking of movies, I was watching Disney's Wall-E with my 4yo a few months ago.
Despite it coming out in 2008, I'd never seen it. And some of it was eerily accurate to what we're already seeing today.
But it definitely ties in with the theme of this thread...
Terry Crews for president!
Speaking of movies, I was watching Disney's Wall-E with my 4yo a few months ago.
Despite it coming out in 2008, I'd never seen it. And some of it was eerily accurate to what we're already seeing today.
But it definitely ties in with the theme of this thread...
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CPRwatch
·Bunch of Luddites or is that a crowd of or flock of or follower of , I’ll just ask Alexa she’s always right .
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JwRosenthal
·Al Gore invented the internet- it’s his fault!
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