Re:Teens who refuse to use social media
by earthscienceman on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @06:59AM
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It's funny you should say it like this. I've never had a smartphone and am an American who recently moved to Paris. For the first few months I wonder why old people were so aggressive with their looks. Then I realized it was because they were the only other people on the metro not on their phones. It's an interesting social dynamic.
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Re:Teens who refuse to use social media
by jschwartzi on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:52AM
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I do the same thing when I'm sitting around in waiting rooms, and sometimes I'll even say "hello" or "how are you?"
People lament the absence of spontaneous conversation in their lives, but they don't realize that it's because they don't ever make eye contact with anyone else around them. There are tons of people everywhere who love to chat in line, or waiting for a bus, or sitting in waiting rooms. It's how we used to pass time before we bought a black mirror to entertain ourselves.