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[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Ah, the good old romantization of the things you don't know.

If they're so eager about it, they can try taking their hands off the phone, for change.

Edit: typo

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls 16 points 1 year ago

But that doesn't take away that other people will be on their phone when you're with them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn’t change expectations of others for you to respond to work emails or other shit at all hours. Doesn’t bring back the days of concert going paying attention instead of 800 phones being held up to record some shitty angle that will never be watched again, or people being rude while checking out, or distracted driving.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Doesn’t change expectations of others for you to respond to work emails or other shit at all hours.

That was still a thing before the internet/cellphones. My dad would receive phone calls at home at all hours back in the 90s and he was just a low level manager. He just pretended to not be home. When work gave him a cell phone, he would just turn it off when he left work and pretend his phone died.