Is this real, is this what we have become?

[Exterous]

There is a good chance that those people were pokemoning. There is a spot here on campus, outside of my building, where they occasionally gather to fight each other with their phones.

It's effing weird.

Yeah we ran into a big cluster of people walking around on their phones in Parc Elisabeth. Seemed misplaced so we were wondering what was going on. We got a look at one of the screens as we were passing by. Sure enough - pokemon

 

[Exterous]

2) Of all things that gets me - It's seeing people (3-5 or more) at a lunch or dinner restaurant in public - and all or most of them just have their head down at their phone. There are people all the fuck around you to discuss things with - and all you want to do is see what everyone else is doing? Jesus fuck people have mental issues.

Love it, always happens.

Someone makes a comment about a group of people out to dinner completely ignoring each other as they look at their phones. Not being social in a social situation.

So we've heard this comment directed at us when its just my wife and myself and us when it was me, my wife and another couple. The thing the commentators didn't know was that we were 6+ days into a trip with eachother. Oh no! We're not talking to eachother during dinner. We've only spent the last 6+ days in constantly close proximity. Besides, the restaurant had the best wifi we'd had for days. We'll have the remaining 12 hours of the day to talk to each other but we only have good wifi for another 45 min. I get thats not always the case but you never know

 

[Paladin3]

Somebody cue up the theme from All In The Family. "...those were the days!"

 

[rh71]

If it's not pokemon, clearly those people were staged there for the purpose of showing the cellphone craze. You could walk through Central Park and it would look nothing close to that. People are still enjoying the fresh air, sun, and peacefulness without their face staring at a device the whole time.

And you're telling me this guy stuck a phone/camera in random people's faces and none of them minded?

Also I don't think I saw anyone with earphones in. At a park. Probably because they had to hear the director.

There was also a lot of [oh the camera's coming, time to start the act]. Staged.

2 people wore Pokemon constumes.

 

[Kaido]

It is absolute nonsense to compare those. There are two VERY distinct differences.

1) In the newspaper days newspapers were used mostly with strangers. People on a train, people walking down a street alone, waiting for a bus, hospital waiting room, etc. They were not a substitute for actual human contact. Groups of friends and family members would not meet to ignore each other and stay glued to a paper.

2) Content is key. There were no emoticons, no selfies, no pictures of LOL Catz in newspapers. There was one page of comics and 20 pages of news. People were getting informed, educated, staying aware. Phones are the exact opposite. Those idiots are not reading about genocide in Africa, the fiscal ramifications of Brexit and relations with North Korea. They're almost completely fixated on counting how many people comment on the picture they shared of the coffee they're drinking. They're doing everything possible to insulate themselves from the real world while newspapers were the doorway into the real world. The difference is like that of one person watching Meet the Press and another watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians. They both might be looking at a screen, but the purpose is very different and the purpose of newspapers was about 180* opposed to the purpose of what social media has become.

1. I know that people being on the phone all the time is a big thing to complain about on the Internet, but I'm curious how many people actually run into that IRL. Like, sure, the teenagers I know are pretty glued to it, but teenagers have always goofed off doing stuff since the dawn of time. If we're all just waiting around for whatever to happen, then yeah, we'll all pull out our phones, but I'd like to see who really goes out as a group with their friends where people literally, actually spend ALL of the time staring at their phones the entire time. I think it's just one of those fairly over-hyped things on the Internet, kind of like how "millennial are killing everything". Sure, you can find some photographic & video examples, but IRL, even in places like NYC, I see people laughing & talking & whatnot in public. Do phone zombies exist? Sure, but it's not like it's everyone, all the time, everywhere.

2. I think there's a small percentage of people who really, truly care about likes & thumbs-up & hearts on social media and do that to the exclusion of real-life. I think more of it is that third-party people like to blow up the idea that everyone & their dog does it, and kind of sensationalize it because it's a fun idea to make fun of, and we all tend to fall prey to over-blowing stuff like that because it's irritating, haha. PS I only post here for the likes, yo

What I think it boils down to is 3 things:

1. People get bored easily, and phones help mitigate that.

2. People have social anxiety, so phones act as a way to help cope with that.

3. People are extremely prone to distraction in general, and bright little entertaining screens are like brain-crack for humans.

Also:

 

[Carson Dyle]

Holy bejesus be hard to find the few who don't have their heads planted in a device. What does this say about our civilization? Is this bad in the long term?

And I'll bet you spend every idle moment in front of a computer monitor. Probably 12-16 hours a day if you happen to work at a computer.

It's the same thing.

 

[quikah]

They are playing Pokémon Go. Sorry, but this is a really dumb post taking the video out of context.

 

[Kaido]

If it's not pokemon, clearly those people were staged there for the purpose of showing the cellphone craze. You could walk through Central Park and it would look nothing like that. People are still enjoying the fresh air, sun, and peacefulness.

And you're telling me this guy stuck a phone/camera in random people's faces and none of them minded? Staged.

I was just in Central Park the other day & it was full of people running, biking, walking dogs, chatting, etc. So either that video was staged, or people were waiting around for something to happen, like someone famous to come out or a rare Pokemon to appear or a concert to start or whatever.

 

[Kaido]

And I'll bet you spend every idle moment in front of a computer monitor. Probably 12-16 hours a day if you happen to work at a computer.

It's the same thing.

Hey, I resemble that remark!

 

[rh71]

And I'll bet you spend every idle moment in front of a computer monitor. Probably 12-16 hours a day if you happen to work at a computer.

It's the same thing.

Well not quite. Outdoors = more to see and more social interaction possible.

 

[Lanyap]

This is the end of our society as we know it. We have to stop social media and google! I read something recently that said our brains will adapt to using google since we can easily search it instead of memory so our brains will become less functional.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

They are playing Pokémon Go. Sorry, but this is a really dumb post taking the video out of context.

Yes, but Pokemon go is just 1 step above what the original message was

e.g. people getting run over trying to catch pokemon.... I find the irony of getting fatties and stupid to go outside and move around to catch fake characters rather hilarious.

Also... Pokey man.... GO TO THE POLLS!

 

[Red Squirrel]

People are seriously addicted to their phones, and it probably indeed is bad psychologically. Yeah back when I was a kid it was NES and SNES and other video games, and some kids did spend lot of time talking on the landline phone... but those things were not portable, so when you were away from them you lived without them. Now people are glued to their phones no matter where they go.

I personally see my smartphone as a tool more than a toy. It's a convenience to have the internet anywhere I go and I may check something on it, but I won't be glued to it all the time either. Honestly I think I would have a bit of trouble if I had to live without it, but I think I would mostly be fine. Mostly I like having it near me in case someone wants to contact me, like friends or family, but other than that I actually do often leave it at home if I'm not going far.

 

[Thebobo]

If it's not pokemon, clearly those people were staged there for the purpose of showing the cellphone craze. You could walk through Central Park and it would look nothing close to that. People are still enjoying the fresh air, sun, and peacefulness without their face staring at a device the whole time.

And you're telling me this guy stuck a phone/camera in random people's faces and none of them minded?

Also I don't think I saw anyone with earphones in. At a park. Probably because they had to hear the director.

There was also a lot of [oh the camera's coming, time to start the act]. Staged.

2 people wore Pokemon constumes.

yea thats why I asked if folks thought it was real. I would say its possible but damn..

 

[Thebobo]

They are playing Pokemon Go. Sorry, but this is a really dumb post taking the video out of context.

No need to be sorry I saw the video and posted it and asked if it was real. I know nothing of Pokemon and thus plead for your forgiveness.

 

[lxskllr]

This is the end of our society as we know it. We have to stop social media and google! I read something recently that said our brains will adapt to using google since we can easily search it instead of memory so our brains will become less functional.

There's some truth to that, but I'm not sure it matters. Knowing how to access data is probably more important than knowing it. Every professional has used reference books since the beginning of professionals. Problem is you can only own so many books, and libraries aren't always practical, so they winged it. Winging it sometimes generates genius, but it also makes fuckups, and more often, simple mediocrity.

I can do more now than I ever could, cause all I need is an inkling of correct procedure, and a web search provides the details. I don't retain those details as well as I used to, but I can look them up again. That's better than memorizing one thing, and seldom changing.

 

[shortylickens]

can anybody tell me whats in the OP?
His fucking post is fucking fucked up.

 

[rh71]

can anybody tell me whats in the OP?
His fucking post is fucking fucked up.

Yeah I had to open the thread in MS Edge. It loaded quicker than Chrome. In short, an unreal amount of people in a small space at a park all fidgeting on their phones. Every single one of them.

 

[MrSquished]

I was just in Central Park the other day & it was full of people running, biking, walking dogs, chatting, etc. So either that video was staged, or people were waiting around for something to happen, like someone famous to come out or a rare Pokemon to appear or a concert to start or whatever.

Agreed. I thought staged too after watching a minute of it. I too was in Central Park last week and it was full of people doing a lot of things besides being on their phone.

 

[highland145]

Selfies here - selfies there,

My CRS's 15 y.o. photos got merged with hers over the weekend. The girl had 3500 pics in her selfie folder.

 

[Chaotic42]

Newspapers are at least generally informative. I have a bad habit of forgetting my phone at home.

 

[clamum]

POKE-E-MANS!

 

[Kaido]

 

[Thebobo]

Holy wide screen!

 

[FeuerFrei]

This is the end of our society as we know it. We have to stop social media and google! I read something recently that said our brains will adapt to using google since we can easily search it instead of memory so our brains will become less functional.

Ask Home Depot about the sad millennials they have to educate on simple house maintenance tasks.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017...rced-host-tutorials-using-tape-measures-hamme
Why memorize something when you can google it?