Like, you just look weird if you sitting by yourself (example: waiting at a bus stop) and just stairing into space, so like its basically social expectation to be on your phone when you are by yourself.
Plus, just feels like if you don’t have a phone on you, you are missing a lot of information (access to the internet, maps, etc.) that you might need in case you get lost or something.
I leave my phone behind now and again so I don’t feel the obligation to always be reachable, a privilege I’m sure. I don’t often get lost but I speak the local language so I can just ask a stranger if I do. I absolutely don’t find it weird if someone’s alone and not looking at a phone and don’t think anyone around me does, though I’ve never been one to care about that sort of thing anyway. I’ve intentionally removed all the timewasting apps from my phone as well, namely social media and news and all that.
My pockets feel unusual. Same when going out without a wallet. Constantly feel like I left them somewhere.
Ooposite, i feel weird and unreal when I have a phone, like I’m not human, just bound to this box and that’s all I am, no me. also I’m embarrassed using my phone in public, because it is embarrassing and when I see people doing it my respect sinks by 70%.
I feel weird and anxious when I go outside even if I do have my phone with me.
No. It’s not hard to entertain myself by simply observing the world around me and daydreaming.
I was on the metro recently and didnt feel like using my phone. tried to zone out into space but kept feeling like people were looking at me funny, noticing I wasn’t looking down at a phone. made me feel so u comfortable I took my phone out and forced myself to use it for the next 20 mins
feeling like people were looking at me funny, noticing I wasn’t looking down at a phone
Lmfao, this is exactly what I was taking about
Whereas my response to that situation is to want to do anything but that. Who wants to be just another sheep squinting zombielike at a screen?? I will never get it.
I’d end up staring at people while I drink my coffee without my phone.
its basically social expectation to be on your phone when you are by yourself.
Books and newspapers are not forbidden (yet?)
Not really, but I’m old. I grew up in the '80s and '90s. I still prefer not to forget my cell, mostly because there’s no payphones anymore.
Yeah but only because I have literally no personality and will stare blankly in space (and 9 times out of 10, in the direction of some random person) and I’m only worried about not blending in enough without starting stupid fights. I wasn’t listening to your stupid conversation, I was completely zoned out but okay. It was probably a really stupid conversation about stupid marijuana products and brand names and “attractive” men who look like personified dead rats or something stupid I wasn’t even interested in.
Not really. The only thing I’d be missing access to is where I am on my finances when shopping and I don’t have it.
My take-out burrito wasn’t ready on-time and I forgot my phone in my vehicle. I had to look at posters on the wall while I waited! Please pray for me, it was awful and I’m still traumatized.
I’ve recently had to force myself to pay more attention to my phone. I keep putting it down and forgetting it for many hours at a time. I have to get better or one of these days I’m going to have left it outside my home or car, it’s only a matter of time.
About a decade ago, I fell and broke my ankle while out running.
It was only by sheer chance that this happened around a bunch of people, and I was able to get help immediately. If I’d been out somewhere else or at a different time, I would have been absolutely fucked.
Since that day, I never leave the house without my phone, ever.
(if I’m hiking somewhere out of range, then I map out my route and ensure that someone else knows where I’ll be)
if I’m hiking somewhere out of range
FYI, there are satalite messengers that have cheaper monthly costs than a satellite phone (they use text only, no voice calls).
Also there are satellite personal locator beacons that have no monthly fee, so you can just keep one around in your hiking backpack. And press the emergency button if you need help. (You have to register the beacon beforehand to have it ready for use) Downside of these locator beacons compared to a satelite phone/messenger is that you cannot communicate what help you need. (Example: you can’t tell them if you got bitten by a venomous snake so they won’t know until they get to you and that might be too late)
I actually got a locator beacon recently.
I can’t really justify the cost of a two-way one given how rarely I go anywhere properly remote, but the little one-button boxes make for huge peace of mind. And honestly if I get bitten I’d likley be just as fucked with or without a conversation :D
I think part of the problem is, because I always carry it, I keep thinking I’ve forgotten something. Or go to check the time or whatever and remember I don’t have it.
