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what do yall think of this 5min video

and folks wonder why I typically only use my cellphone as a phone, have no social media accounts, or any of that shit. I see the shit going on and been saying this shit for years (particularly on the IC).
 
Truth but we had to do the same shit it's complaining about just to get that viewpoint
 
konceptjones said:
Only if you're on a phone already. I've logged into this site exactly once on my phone since I signed up here. I'm always on here via desktop.
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Dont think device matters. Internet addiction was real before smart phones. Not saying u specifically but in general dont think youre any better bc ur addicted in a diff way than whats on the spotlight
 
ChicagoFigure said:
Dont think device matters. Internet addiction was real before smart phones. Not saying u specifically but in general dont think youre any better bc ur addicted in a diff way than whats on the spotlight
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The device matters a lot. A phone sits in your pocket and takes zero effort to use and get on the internet with. No other device is this convenient which is why people are constantly on them. By comparison, a laptop takes far more effort to use casually and still can't be used in the ways a phone can due to it's sheer size. If two people are on a bus or train, and one is using a laptop and the other a phone to consume media, the phone user can continue to use it while leaving, while waiting for another connecting transport, while walking down the street, etc. Meanwhile, the laptop user has to put their device away in order to do those same things. The person on a laptop is significantly less connected than a person with a phone by virtue of it's form factor. The phone user can spend time doing trivial, meaningless things while the laptop user must plan out what they're going to do while traveling because the length of time their device will be in front of them is limited; there's no instant gratification there like there is a phone. Add to all of this the constant connectivity to others via cellphone whether by text, IM, or actual phone calls and it's really a whole different beast over a computer in any form.

This is why the video specifically focuses on cellphones. Nobody is whipping out a laptop at dinner; they're staring at cellphone screens. Nobody is walking down the block composing an email on their laptop, they're sending texts on their phones while walking. Nobody is taking pics of food with their laptop's webcam and posting it up, they're doing that on their phones.

The phone is the problem.
 
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konceptjones said:
The device matters a lot. A phone sits in your pocket and takes zero effort to use and get on the internet with. No other device is this convenient which is why people are constantly on them. By comparison, a laptop takes far more effort to use casually and still can't be used in the ways a phone can due to it's sheer size. If two people are on a bus or train, and one is using a laptop and the other a phone to consume media, the phone user can continue to use it while leaving, while waiting for another connecting transport, while walking down the street, etc. Meanwhile, the laptop user has to put their device away in order to do those same things. The person on a laptop is significantly less connected than a person with a phone by virtu of it's form factor. The phone user can spend time doing trivial, meaningless things while the laptop user must plan out what they're going to do while traveling because the length of time their device will be in front of them is limited; there's no instant gratification there like there is a phone. Add to all of this the constant connectivity to others via cellphone whether by text, IM, or actual phone calls and it's really a whole different beast over a computer in any form.

This is why the video specifically focuses on cellphones. Nobody is whipping out a laptop at dinner; they're staring at cellphone screens. Nobody is walking down the block composing an email on their laptop, they're sending texts on their phones while walking. Nobody is taking pics of food with their laptop's webcam and posting it up, they're doing that on their phones.

The phone is the problem.
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Guess youre right tho theres a buncha introverted antisocial weirdos (or maybe just super depressed) who rather sit inside all day on their lap top and only use their phone as an extension to what their lap top does bc no one is calling or texting their phone to begin with.
 
konceptjones said:
Only if you're on a phone already. I've logged into this site exactly once on my phone since I signed up here. I'm always on here via desktop.
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Wasn't just about the phone it was about the internet as well.
 
The smartphone helps magnify whatever addictions significantly. It’s the reason I don’t allow phones at the dinner table no matter what. Trying to find balance is difficult but never impossible. Not if you want it bad enough.
 
Great video full of truth...I only use my phone to call or text people and that's it...people tell me to get this and that app "it's so easy" they tell me but still I have no interest in all that bullshit...if I am on the internet like I am now then I am on my laptop...plus it's crazy how kids are being targeted from a very young age..good to hear Elliot Hulse in the video that man is smart as fuck and has been a mentor to me for years...big up to Denzel and all the other truth speakers out there too!
 
konceptjones said:
as an extension of what the phone offers for consumption. The whole video was bookended with talk about phone usage, along with talking about them throughout it.
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You kinda proving the videos point acting like 2 are completely different in affect.
 
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