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SMART PHONES! Us older types remember when people just sat and stared at each other on subways, buses, trains, planes and in restaurants or, amazingly enough, talked to each other. So I'm curious what the MAIN reason you use your cellphone is when staring at it.

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lerlo 8 Feb 24
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other. So that i don't look like an alcoholic loser when in a pub on my own and pretend to be texting a companion to see why there are late in joining me.

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I don't stare at my phone at all. Yes, I'm old.

Carin Level 8 Feb 27, 2019
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Chose other, as I don't have nor do I want a smart phone.

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Porn. I just wanted a flip phone. Something that just sends and recieves phone calls and messages. I had an old flip phone. They would not activate it because they said it was no longer supported, but had I activated it a few days earlier, they would. Too much crapware on a smart phone. When I got my current phone new, it was loaded with adds. I mean you get an add when you try to make a call, and it takes forever to get to the dialer. What if I need to call 911? Battery life sucks, takes about a day to charge.

I was at my ex's house a while ago. Her daughter ran out of minutes, but wanted to call her BF. I said she could use my phone b/c it had unlimited minutes. It was my dad's flip phone because I was waiting for my new phone to come in. She opened it up and said "I don't know how to use this". I said you type in the number then press the green button. My GF could not stop laughing.

I have friends that have kids that don't believe that cell phones were as big as a brick. If they weren't so expensive, I'd get a bag phone. Gets reception like no other...

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Why isn't stalking an option????

See the "other" option 🙂 does that mean they are on your phone ? Or is it research? Haha

@lerlo Right that's what I meant. "Research" LOL

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I voted other just because there are 4 basic answers... email, texting and reading. Often, it just pure avoidance of an uncomfortable situation. I'm not a people person and like to look busy when I'm mentally absent.

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Yep, back in your day there was so much interaction...

Nice try. When you finished reading the newspaper, cuz its finite, then you talked about it with other people.

Not fair. That's the 1923 Unsociable club.

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I checked "other" but here is my situation. I have 2 cell phones - one to call with and the other to text with only if I have to text. Only one phone is able to text and I have little money invested here. I will not ever spend $700 to $1200 plus for some idiotic thing that I can carry around and smile at as I look down on it constantly messaging or whatever it is that people do. I have enough insanity in my life as it is without buying into this nonsense. I use a phone for communication.Not so long ago a person I know got my number and said that we could now text each other all the time. Guess what? It doesn't happen because this is a game I am not going to play. Text me if it is important.

                                                            TEXTING GAME

Whatcha doing?
Restocking.
Wanna get a pizza?
Maybe after work.
U know what Don did?
No.
Tryin to dance an he farted.
Ha ha
Later coz I'm restocking.

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