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Re: Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn't be normal

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Post by vmception »

Areyouabot8 wrote: post #185
vmception wrote: post #23

my friend's phone died last year and he 1) couldn't get inside anywhere to charge it because he didn't have his covid vaccine card anywhere 2) couldn't scan a menu to order at the outdoor cafe we found in the mean time it was amusing, it stopped being fun very quickly, but we figured it out. these two scenarios are obviously not as relevant any more but its way beyond "addiction"

Are people not terrified at the 50% chance the entire society and environment we live in is being engineered to require us to carry tracking and surveillance devices on us 24/7 for sinister purposes down the road ?? I'd argue its even more than a 50% chance after what happened with Australia and Canada recently

I would say mildly disappointed, personally.

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Post by kennywinker »

MerelyMortal wrote: post #148
CrazyStat wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, it has greatly increased the availability of pre-packaged gluten-free food options. The consequences aren't all bad. (I have a sibling with celiac disease).

Did it increase the actual availability, or just the marketing? I've noticed things that never had glueten in it, labeled "glueten-free" after the craze a few years ago.

There are plenty of foods that have never had gluten-containing ingredients, but have always been made in factories or contexts where they come into contact with gluten. Celiacs, and people with NCGS who have strong reactions, when given the option will usually avoid anything that hasn't been actively tested and confirmed gluten free. For things like a bag of rice, or produce, there isn't an option with that label for re-assurance, and then it's a gamble... the odds of a bag of rice containing gluten may be low, but with such big consequences it's still a gamble. So the proliferation of the GF label is useful. There have also been a ton of new products launched that are gluten free, so it's definitely not just a labeling thing.

Re: Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn't be normal

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Post by ThalesX »

rootusrootus wrote: post #131
panaffa wrote: post #72

I'm part of the new generation and I think the opposite. I am obsessed with my phone and the Internet. And I don't think it's bad. It's extremely stimulating in a way real life is orders of magnitude worse at. Point of reference, born around 2000. There's no going back for me. I want my phone at all times to have access to billions of possible thoughts, pictures, memes. It's literally a god like power.

You sound serious. > have access to billions of ... memes But this is where I think maybe I'm getting trolled.

I think the definition "an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means" can be taken, instead of "an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations".

Re: Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn't be normal

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Post by _uy6i »

RHSeeger wrote: post #189
bparsons wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is because you were a child. Not because you didn't have a phone.

I don't think that's true at all. There's a lot of sources of anxiety (while on the go) that having a phone with you mitigates. - If I miss my turn (gps will renavigate) - If I can't find the place (I can call them and ask) - If there's something else I need to get while I'm out (my spouse can call me and tell me) - My tween, who stayed at home while I ran to the store, has a problem (she can call me) These are all t…

How did humanity manage?! /s

Don’t get me wrong, smartphones are great conveniences, I can land in a foreign country and book a hotel, a car from the airport, find a place for lunch, etc. all (surreptitiously) while waiting at passport control. That being said I making a plan with someone (and not flaking), and doing a little research/looking at a map, asking friends for recommendations, was never that hard)

Re: Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn't be normal

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Post by _23sd »

solveit wrote: post #150
_23sd wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I misunderstood your comment initially so corrected this sentence) The problem is that the sentence is typo'd so searching for the exact quote (not keywords) doesn't work correctly. For the record the actual quote is: >With a terminal, you were never more than a question or a shout away from almost anything you wanted to know, or almost any help you could possibly need When you Google that in quotes you get actual r…

> I agree it's a little disappointing that one mistaken word throws Google so far off the trail. But can you imagine the aggravation if Google chooses to do the opposite and 'helpfully' 'corrects' your quotes for you? Actually I am not sure I have to imagine...

Definitely hands off my quote searches, but one might hope that if you took out the quotation marks it would be able to pick up the correct quote. In fact it can if you change around certain words in the first sentence (Stories set in the Culture...). I think what's going on is that "without a terminal..." is not such a well known quote and has some pretty broadly applicable keywords (terminal...question...help), while combining the more unique set of keywords from "stories set in the culture...", which is a more well known quote, is more likely to lead the search engine to the quote even if you're missing one of the keywords in it due to a typo.

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Post by dale_glass »

_uy6i wrote: post #194
RHSeeger wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's true at all. There's a lot of sources of anxiety (while on the go) that having a phone with you mitigates. - If I miss my turn (gps will renavigate) - If I can't find the place (I can call them and ask) - If there's something else I need to get while I'm out (my spouse can call me and tell me) - My tween, who stayed at home while I ran to the store, has a problem (she can call me) These are all t…

How did humanity manage?! /s Don’t get me wrong, smartphones are great conveniences, I can land in a foreign country and book a hotel, a car from the airport, find a place for lunch, etc. all (surreptitiously) while waiting at passport control. That being said I making a plan with someone (and not flaking), and doing a little research/looking at a map, asking friends for recommendations, was never that hard)

Humanity also managed without computers for a very long time.

But look at that, we're both here. Guess the tech must be good for something, and it's better than not having it.

Re: Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn't be normal

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Post by Aeolun »

panaffa wrote: post #72

I'm part of the new generation and I think the opposite. I am obsessed with my phone and the Internet. And I don't think it's bad. It's extremely stimulating in a way real life is orders of magnitude worse at. Point of reference, born around 2000. There's no going back for me. I want my phone at all times to have access to billions of possible thoughts, pictures, memes. It's literally a god like power.

I really desire the feeling that I’m disconnected from the matrix for a little while.

Leaving my phone at home, and foregoing all my other digital tools really makes me feel like it’s just me and my immediate surroundings I’m paying attention to.

Re: Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn't be normal

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Post by hooande »

aiisjustanif wrote: post #18
sysadm1n wrote: post #11

Well not that I live in a bad neighborhood or anything like that, but you really don't know what could happen at any given moment, and need to phone emergency services. This is not paranoia (well maybe it is), but paranoia doesn't work retroactively, you have to be proactively paranoid. If you're concerned about privacy buy one of those cheap Nokia dumbphones that old people use. Keep your smartphone at home, and swa…

> but you really don't know what could happen at any given moment, and need to phone emergency services. This is not paranoia (well maybe it is), but paranoia doesn't work retroactively, you have to be proactively paranoid. It would be nice to not live that way sometimes you know? There are places where people aren’t conditioned to feel that way.

I always bring my phone in case I'm in a traffic accident and need to call someone to pick me up or let them know I'm going to the hospital

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Post by whathappenedto »

RHSeeger wrote: post #189
bparsons wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is because you were a child. Not because you didn't have a phone.

I don't think that's true at all. There's a lot of sources of anxiety (while on the go) that having a phone with you mitigates. - If I miss my turn (gps will renavigate) - If I can't find the place (I can call them and ask) - If there's something else I need to get while I'm out (my spouse can call me and tell me) - My tween, who stayed at home while I ran to the store, has a problem (she can call me) These are all t…

Not only that, but a phone solves the "where am I" problem, which was such a pain when I was younger. Having to look for the nearest street signs while driving around, barely being able to read them and guessing its suffix, then searching the map index for which coordinate that street is in. Basically all problems solved by GPS. The directions feature you pointed out is basically a whole other application (replacing printing mapquest or written directions).
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