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26. These kids today

Reply to madokie (Original post)

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 10:40 AM

Nov 2014

I don't think it's rude to check a phone in a lull in conversation. Or in a conversation in which you aren't included. That shit happens to me all the time and that's rude. Now I have something to do rather than have to sit there and listen.

The people who complain about this are the ones who should look in the mirror. Maybe they dislike losing their ability/habit of dominating others and forcing them into boredom while they lecture?

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It's Not Just Rude, It's Ruining Your Brain [View all] madokie Oct 2014 OP

People sometimes mock me for not having a smart phone. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #1

I'm too damn busy with other things to worry with a smart phone madokie Oct 2014 #2

Yeah, I use a similiar phone, but smart phones do some cool shit. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #29

Too late!!!! . . . I'm a veteran. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #3

It turns out multitaskers are terrible at every aspect of multitasking. Xipe Totec Oct 2014 #5

Smart phones are incredibly useful. silverweb Oct 2014 #6

Seems to me the op isn't blaming the "extremely useful technology" LiberalElite Oct 2014 #13

Introducing: The NoPhone deutsey Oct 2014 #7

I have a smart phone, drm604 Oct 2014 #8

Imagine... ReRe Oct 2014 #9

I'm not sure they can be helped malaise Oct 2014 #10

Have you ever tried to work where you had to do several things at once? leftyladyfrommo Oct 2014 #11

Yes. LWolf Oct 2014 #23

The other really good thing about e-mail leftyladyfrommo Oct 2014 #24

Yes. LWolf Nov 2014 #25

I grew up with teachers and I've been liberalhistorian Nov 2014 #28

In my school, LWolf Nov 2014 #30

Then the schools can take out their wifi and install a suppressor Demeter Oct 2014 #12

They can remove their wifi, but cellphones might be more complicated. Orrex Oct 2014 #16

You should watch this... liberal N proud Oct 2014 #14

Most excellent! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #18

Just getting them ready for work where that is a job requirement. MindPilot Oct 2014 #15

I Have A Smart Phone RobinA Oct 2014 #17

Exactly. It's not the phone itself, it's the obsessiveness of the user... Phentex Oct 2014 #19

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Oct 2014 #20

Now, were this professor in a high school, he might have to actually DO something about his WinkyDink Oct 2014 #21

I have been expecting to see this loyalsister Oct 2014 #22

These kids today treestar Nov 2014 #26

I completely agree and have been screaming against liberalhistorian Nov 2014 #27

Whatever happened to the good old fashioned day dream? JEB Nov 2014 #31