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WhiskeyGrinder

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14. But this is written in a way that the mocking, the lack of "group intimacy," was the problem.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 09:49 AM
Aug 2018

The group had group intimacy. It just wasn't the kind that he liked.

I'm also tired of white affluent men who try to solve problems that don't exist and don't think through how their solutions might affect others.

Let's hear it for the Luddites! Saboburns Aug 2018 #1
How Is This Luddite? ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #2
The anti-cellphone brigade is tiresome Saboburns Aug 2018 #8
That Doesn't Make It Luddite ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #9
Outdoor music festival lover! backtoblue Aug 2018 #3
maybe it will get boring at some point JI7 Aug 2018 #4
and the phone is more exciting? LOL. FSogol Aug 2018 #5
i was referring to the phone JI7 Aug 2018 #6
Sorry, yeah, I hope it does. There's a guy in our office who is attached to his phone like an FSogol Aug 2018 #7
The anecdote about the concert is so weird to me. This guy was mad that some people were WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #10
The moment they were enjoying together was mocking someone. n/t FSogol Aug 2018 #11
His product didn't address the mocking. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #12
They can still mock him, they just can't upload it so thousands can mock him too. n/t FSogol Aug 2018 #13
But this is written in a way that the mocking, the lack of "group intimacy," was the problem. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #14
Stand by your convictions! Send us a video of your most embarrassing moment and we'll upload it FSogol Aug 2018 #15
Cell phones are simply a tool. If he doesn't like the way people use the tool, taking it away WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #16
LOL, putting the phone away for a short perod of time equals taking away their phones? FSogol Aug 2018 #19
First of all, I've never espoused a "pro-phone at all times" theory. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #24
Reminds me if gun control d_r Aug 2018 #20
Indeed. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #21
This is a problem Skidmore Aug 2018 #17
We've all seen films of people dancing similarly at Woodstock. Were they WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #18
Well, that's completely different. Mariana Aug 2018 #22
Yep. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2018 #23
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