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Re:Why I’m Using a Flip Phone by cortic on Friday July 27, 2018 @03:59AM (#17624290)
>millions of man years wasted streaming mind numbing video.

..millions of man years wasted waiting.

>zoning out of the real world people around you to doodle on your phone that’s sad.

..humoring pointless gossip so people will like you, that's sad.

My point is that these seem very subjective and judgmental.

Re:Why I’m Using a Flip Phone by tinus_hn on Friday July 27, 2018 @12:16PM (#17627050)
Which is why using these ‘arguments’ makes you appear like an old fart. Get off my lawn! Kids these days!
Re:Why I’m Using a Flip Phone by soziawa on Friday July 27, 2018 @10:11AM (#17626068)
I mean there were books before there were phones. The point is that phones have added little value.
Re:Why I’m Using a Flip Phone by lolsal on Friday July 27, 2018 @12:30PM (#17627180)
> The point is that phones have added little value.

... to you.

My phone doesn't always have to be solving a problem or completing a task. The other day I was waiting for something and happened to look up the weather. I ended up going down a rabbit hole and re-discovering https://earth.nullschool.net - it was fascinating! It enriched my life, to no particular end. That sort of stuff happens all the time and immensely valuable to me.

Re:Why I’m Using a Flip Phone by Ntrails on Friday July 27, 2018 @10:20AM (#17626138)
There were iPods before there were smartphones, and that completely revolutionised my listening habits. I don't stream music or listen to podcasts so that need was already a solved problem for me.

Except. Now I only carry one device. vOv

Re:Why I’m Using a Flip Phone by posting2fast on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @11:45AM (#17654176)
"waiting" isn't an actual action. You either read something, or think, or look around while thinking, and so on, but nobody just "waits". Being aware is an action. Thinking is an action. If people around you gossip, tell them that gossip is lame and shift the conversation.

And what does it even mean to say something is subjective? Contrary to what? And what does judgemental mean? That you can be whatever you want, and think of yourself however you want, but others may not see you how they see you? What's wrong with judgement?

Re:Why I’m Using a Flip Phone by cortic on Thursday August 02, 2018 @07:32PM (#17676318)
>"waiting" isn't an actual action.

semantics. you feel like you can only be critical of action, while inaction gets a pass? 'thinking' quietly is not inherently more valuable than being entertained. And while we are at it, nobody is just 'entertained' we learn, process, and yes 'think' at the same time

>to say something is subjective

In this context subjective means only applies to you Contrary to something that is a universal truth, something koolba seemed to be claiming.

>What's wrong with judgement[al]?

Its a weak argument, to say someone has 'failed' by your standards is to say they have failed by an arbitrary measure that may not have anything to do with their goals.