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I cannot tell you a way my life has genuinely gotten better since the advent of "smart" phones.
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Oh man where to start.
No tertiary devices. No GPS or iPod in my car. Just my phone. For so many useless gadgets. Cameras, video cameras...CALCULATORS, All in one place. That's number 1.
2 would be that these devices are all a part of an ecosystem that grew so fast... Not only did our phones suddenly all have GPS, but it'd tell us about traffic. That used to be someone's news beat. Gone, overnight
Mobile browser. What?! You mean every time that annoying know it all friend starts confidently talking about something they know nothing about You can just Google it right in front of them instead if having it be some annoying thing.
For better or worse, I am never bored.
That's just the first few that come to mind...
What if i liked my ipod?
What if knowing about traffic didn't stop me from driving straight into it 99% of the time?
What if me and my friends were never far from a browser and any disagreement could have waited the 10 minutes it took to get to a computer?
I always feel fucking bored.
There's music RIGHT ON YOUR PHONE, man. Load it up, play. If you picked the right phone, you have regular headphones, too.
That's a horse/water problem I can't solve.
It's hard to do that AND touch grass ever.
That's another thing we can't help with. Find something to engage with, even if it means leaving your computer behind.