#Phones

[dragonsandwolvesohmy]

My friends and I screamed until we lost our voices. I literally can't scream anymore, no sound comes out, though if I'm lucky I'll get a croak of a sound, now some fifteen years later. For a time, sounded like I smoked from the damage done. My voice is still altered to this day and recently I had a nurse comment on it.

We just screamed for the hell of it. You know, permanently damaging ourselves instead of being on our phones.

"kids don't pay attention in class anymore Because Of Phone" is so funny as an argument. students haven't paid attention in class since school was invented. my parents' generation were in there making flipbooks out of the corners of their notebooks and doodling random shit instead of taking notes. and they didn't have phones.

[1313-mocking-bird-lane]

I keep seeing articles about "phone detox" this and "phone addiction" that and I read some of them. The ones I did read have a theme in common. They say that the first 24 hours are the worst, it's like an itch under their skin and they just stare into space or at their turned off cellphone... YOU'RE BORED WHAT THE FUCK, like before cellphones we didn't just stare off into the void, we actually did things, board games, card games, hobbies, handicrafts, writing letters. You're feeling that way about being without your phone because you have nothing to do, pick up a book or something, find another way to alleviate your boredom and see where that takes you.

Ok some people use the phone as an all the time crutch device I'm sure, but, just maybe, if you're tech detoxing don't just stare off into space in situations where you'd usually use your phone, see what happens.

Also, some of the articles do go into how they had to, borrow cash, or arrange an emergency contact, or a place where people could get hold of them and...yeah, that's life pre-cellphone, you told people where you were going, and how to get a hold of you, you had a physical bank or credit card or cash for money, the difference is we had payphones, which are uncommon now, so we could still call people for, like a tow or whatever, but you can still use phones in local businesses if you ask I'm sure.

Human beings, mammals, also need enrichment, they need to do things, and whether that's doom scrolling, Candy Crush, reading fanfiction, knitting or sewing.

[jetix]

docomo FOMA P906i

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[b3aches]

I do miss the amount of variety cell phone designs had in the 2000s and 2010s. Maybe I am uninformed, but there just doesn't seem to be as much colour and variety now.

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[shiftythrifting]

[witchrealms]

cat shaped landline phones, 1980s/90s

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[insandriumheart]

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[stormypngz]

✦ transparent phones!

i love phones i'm foaming at the mouth rggghhh

[grickle14]

Roaming free.

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[jetix]

2006-01-07

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