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Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by nrhk »

godot wrote: post #80
toomanybeersies wrote: post #76

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I think it's how you look at it. I look at pictures of my friends doing cool things as inspiration to keep doing cool things. Not in a competitive sense, but seeing my friends having a great time inspires me to keep traveling and keep doing interesting things.

This is also exactly my view about Facebook usage. I think it's a good, healthy use case of it, especially for people with means to (which you and I appear to be). I think the general negative view is because people without the means (for example, money, to travel, for variety of reasons), simply become more miserable as they watch friends travel on FB. It's probably a more complicated sociological topic. Many would…

It's the fact that it's an unreasonable and unhealthy comparison.

It's like watching someone's highlight reel and thinking their the best player ever. Of course not, no one's ever as good as their highlight reel.

We all have time and means for a vacation or two but when everyone only posts their vacations on a platform like FB, it makes it seem as though everyone's life is wonderful. We never see the day to day drudgery.

As much as everyone shits on Snap, it's been the perfect platform for a more 'realistic' view into the lives of friends and acquittances. You feel a lot more connected with folks when everyone's posting shit like morning coffee, memes, stupid selfies, small wins and the day to day.

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by warrenm »

airza wrote: post #136
grecy wrote: post #134

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I have a dream to open a bar (or hostel) that is a massive Faraday cage so that phones and laptops on wifi simply don't work. I'd call it "The Stone Age" or some similar pun. (Yes, I would put up a sign to that effect notifying people - if they don't like it they can go elsewhere)

Even though i don't care for it in a movie theatre, the FCC has traditionally taken a pretty dim view of trying to block someone's authorized radio communications.

Loads of buildings don't allow (or practically don't allow) cell signals :: nothing stops them from being built.

It's active interference the FCC takes a dim view to - passive interference (thick walls, loads of metal, etc) is fine.

There's a theater near me that I can get 4-5 bars of LTE outside, 1-2 bars near the doors, 3G just 20 feet inside, and only 1x or a bar of 3G in each screen room.

Don't see the FCC dropping the hammer on them because it's the way the building is constructed, not active interference

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by kurthr »

grecy wrote: post #134
mrisoli wrote: post #39

> Will browsing your phone anticipating the next notification become a dirty habit that others will shun you for? It is already frowned upon in some social circles, occasional browsing is okay but some people can go completely off reality when going through their Facebook feed, I have some friends like this(very introverted), when we met at a bar or restaurant we would make a "phones on the table" rule, first to reac…

I have a dream to open a bar (or hostel) that is a massive Faraday cage so that phones and laptops on wifi simply don't work. I'd call it "The Stone Age" or some similar pun. (Yes, I would put up a sign to that effect notifying people - if they don't like it they can go elsewhere)

Please follow your bliss... if it's in the Bay, I know people will go. One thing... use Mu-metal and RF-impedance matched materials! They'll work a lot better than a Faraday cage.

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by WD-42 »

nether wrote: post #148
WD-42 wrote: post #145

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I don't think that's really necessary. I frequent a place that makes it very clear that cell phones are not welcome. There is a giant sign at the entrance saying as much. People respect it. I've never seen anyone pull out their phone here, I think the social pressure is enough.

Where is this place and what is it named?

It's Paula's in Capitola (Santa Cruz).

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by WD-42 »

maroonblazer wrote: post #146
WD-42 wrote: post #145

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I don't think that's really necessary. I frequent a place that makes it very clear that cell phones are not welcome. There is a giant sign at the entrance saying as much. People respect it. I've never seen anyone pull out their phone here, I think the social pressure is enough.

How many people don't enter because they know they can't trust themselves to not pull out their phone? Or, how many more people would enter knowing it was physically impossible for them to check their phone?

I don't know how many people don't enter because they can't control themselves. They are usually very busy, sometimes line out the door, so it doesn't seem to hurt business very much. But I suppose the food is good so they have the luxury to set the rules.

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by ngokevin »

kurthr wrote: post #153
grecy wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a dream to open a bar (or hostel) that is a massive Faraday cage so that phones and laptops on wifi simply don't work. I'd call it "The Stone Age" or some similar pun. (Yes, I would put up a sign to that effect notifying people - if they don't like it they can go elsewhere)

Please follow your bliss... if it's in the Bay, I know people will go. One thing... use Mu-metal and RF-impedance matched materials! They'll work a lot better than a Faraday cage.

Every place has this feature already if you're on T-Mobile.

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by imron »

sumedh wrote: post #113
betenoire wrote: post #54

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S/He's getting down voted because (I assume, it wasn't me) he changed the topic/point of the conversation, not because what he wrote wasn't true. Often a comment on something social/subjective/squishy devolves into a objective discussion about the irrelevant details..... like this comment does.

His/her comment is totally relevant, I didnt know facebook was that sneaky to actually save that.

That probably doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the sneakiness that goes on.

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by notliketherest »

nether wrote: post #141
grecy wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a dream to open a bar (or hostel) that is a massive Faraday cage so that phones and laptops on wifi simply don't work. I'd call it "The Stone Age" or some similar pun. (Yes, I would put up a sign to that effect notifying people - if they don't like it they can go elsewhere)

This is basically wilderness backpacking. It is sublime to hang out with likeminded folks, just focused on staying warm by a campfire, talking about your days.

I've been looking for people like that, are you in the bay area?

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by 13of40 »

mannykannot wrote: post #132
mrisoli wrote: post #39

> Will browsing your phone anticipating the next notification become a dirty habit that others will shun you for? It is already frowned upon in some social circles, occasional browsing is okay but some people can go completely off reality when going through their Facebook feed, I have some friends like this(very introverted), when we met at a bar or restaurant we would make a "phones on the table" rule, first to reac…

This reminds me of an momentarily disturbing incident quite a few years ago. We were in a gothic cathedral when a large group came through the door. As one, they each raised a straight arm as if at a Nazi rally, and it took me a second to realize they were all using their compact digital cameras (a recent development at the time) to take pictures of the stained glass windows of the apse. We have mostly stopped photog…

I've had the reverse experience: When I first went on vacation with my wife about 10 years back, I was appalled at how much time she wasted taking pictures, but now I'm at a point where I want to scrape through all of my old media and find the old pictures I know I must still have.

Re: Social Media Is the New Smoking

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Post by Pica_soO »

kurthr wrote: post #153
grecy wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a dream to open a bar (or hostel) that is a massive Faraday cage so that phones and laptops on wifi simply don't work. I'd call it "The Stone Age" or some similar pun. (Yes, I would put up a sign to that effect notifying people - if they don't like it they can go elsewhere)

Please follow your bliss... if it's in the Bay, I know people will go. One thing... use Mu-metal and RF-impedance matched materials! They'll work a lot better than a Faraday cage.

Show HN: A wire and glue gun carrying drone that envelops any given House with a EM-Cage.
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