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.
A bit, I need it for contactless payments as in my country we use eletronic payments for almost everything
I feel weird if I’m taking a shit and I don’t have my phone with me, forget about leaving the house without it.
Time to study air freshener first aid.
I do not. I don’t feel awkward necessarily just sitting there doing nothing but I also tend to avoid situations where I am like that because I do get bored and impatient fairly easily. I also just don’t like phones. I don’t do much with mine other than the things I find very useful like calls, text messaging and maps. I much prefer my PC whenever possible.
I’m American, and I’m 40. I didn’t have a mobile phone until I was like 19 and didn’t have a smartphone until I was probably about 28 or something.
I understand why people would feel awkward without their phones for sure. Especially if that’s what they are used to. I used to smoke cigarettes and I remember kinda feeling silly just standing there not smoking after I quit.
I only get as awkward as the distance travelled
I’d be fine going to the mall, bit iffed since I don’t have music to accompany me
I’d be damned if I visit hierapolis without my phone on me, fuck knows how I’ll get back if I also lose my wallet
For the second yes, but mostly because I get lost very easily. The first not really, many people outside are not on their phones.
If you take public transport, everyone is on their phones. Well maybe not exactly on their phone but some are listening to music/podcast via headphone/earbuds that are playing on their phone.
Maybe you live in a rural area and people are less attached, but in cities, everyone is addicted af.
If I take public transport, then I look outside the window.
Nah I live in a medium sized city and it’s not everyone. There are many people with headphones sure and some are doing things on their phone. There are also many people not doing anything or looking out the window (when in busses). It may have to do with demographics, it’s mostly older people who aren’t doing anything and teenagers in groups who spend the whole ride talking and that’s a big part of public transport users so they affect the general image.
For what it’s worth I probably bring the phone usage up cause I read on my phone but you can do that with a physical book and there are some people doing that too.
Bring a book or newspaper/magazine. Those people are the minority but it’s still fairly common to see people read on the train or at the bus stop.
No. I usually read books anyway, and i tend to forget my phone very often. So nothing unusual.
No. I’m an 80s kid. It’s kind of nice once in a while to forget it.
I imagine people with their phone in their faces while shopping, walking their dogs, etc. must have max anxiety over even the fleeting thought of not having their precious.
If it’s just a local trip, I don’t really care, as long as I’m confident I just left it somewhere at home. Sometimes feels awkward on the bus because everyone besides the local homeless person or the group riders talking to each other is on their phone, but it’s fine.
If I’m somewhere unfamiliar I can get very paranoid as I worry if I dropped it, it got stolen, or if something else happens I wouldn’t know where to go.
Do you feel weird/anxious if you go outside and don’t have a phone with you?
Nope. I sometimes forget my phone at home, no big deal I seldom use it. And even when I don’t forget it I have zero social apps or games installed on it, not even email ;)
I only use it to pass phone calls and to manage IDs and finances (and it’s only because my banks all require me to use their stupid apps, I would gladly tell them to go funk themselves but I need to be able to access my accounts).
What I never forget and I never hesitate to use whan I have the opportunity is a pocket book, so I always have something to read (without distraction, aka no Internet) and a pocket notebook/pen so I can write stuff (without any distraction, bugs, updates or whatever…) and in both case without any worry about being tracked.
so like its basically social expectation to be on your phone when you are by yourself.
Is it? And then people are surprised they’re exhausted, and constantly anxious and/or angry at one another? Doom scrolling is poison for the mind and for the soul. I’d rather look around, or speak with people.
you are missing a lot of information
Do I? Well, so far it has not caused me much issues.
that you might need in case you get lost or something.
When that happens, I ask my way around to people. It sometime is a nice opportunity to start a real conversation ;)
edit: typos and clarification.
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.
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, 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.
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.
I’d end up staring at people while I drink my coffee without my phone.
