Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles
by Broken_Hippo on Monday June 17, 2019 @03:21PM
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Years ago I had to carry a bunch of crap with me.
I had to take time to check email instead of simply looking when I get the message on my phone.
I had to take a magazine to the toilet instead of reading on my phone.
I wore watches. They never lasted as long as the phone. I used to have alarm clocks too. The phones actually do better to wake me since a lot of alarm ringtones vary in sounds.
Gameboys and other portable gaming devices have been a thing for some time.
I actually carried around pen and paper when I went to the grocery store! When I was poor, I also took a calculator.
I used to have a portable television. It was black and white and possibly had a smaller screen than current phones. It definitely had poorer definition and one was lucky to pick up channels with the antennae.
Instead of arguing about who is correct about something, we can look it up in a restaurant. It is cool, and makes the conversation less about who is right and wrong and more about what is and could be.
Do you remember landlines? Wasn't it just wonderful that one couldn't have a private conversation at home? Would you seriously trade texting and/or having a private phone number for a house phone of old?
My niece carries my sister's phone around the house on video to talk to me. It dosn't matter that they are in Seattle and me in Norway.
I have a camera with me all the time and picture processing costs nothing! Do you have any clue how much I wanted that as a kid? I loved taking pictures, but couldn't afford film developing. As a bonus, my phone takes better pictures than many of the old cameras I've used. I happen to take pictures of manhole covers when I'm out, at least when I can make them interesting.
I share my artwork, that I make on paper, on the internet using my phone.
I have access to so many things. Lots of people can teach themselves "adulting" now, especially cooking. On their phone. Before I had my tablet, I used my phone in the kitchen.
Wasting life? No. You just aren't seeing the joy these piece of technology bring to others and disregarding the things the phone has replaced.
I had to take time to check email instead of simply looking when I get the message on my phone. I had to take a magazine to the toilet instead of reading on my phone.
I wore watches. They never lasted as long as the phone. I used to have alarm clocks too. The phones actually do better to wake me since a lot of alarm ringtones vary in sounds.
Gameboys and other portable gaming devices have been a thing for some time.
I actually carried around pen and paper when I went to the grocery store! When I was poor, I also took a calculator.
I used to have a portable television. It was black and white and possibly had a smaller screen than current phones. It definitely had poorer definition and one was lucky to pick up channels with the antennae.
Instead of arguing about who is correct about something, we can look it up in a restaurant. It is cool, and makes the conversation less about who is right and wrong and more about what is and could be.
Do you remember landlines? Wasn't it just wonderful that one couldn't have a private conversation at home? Would you seriously trade texting and/or having a private phone number for a house phone of old?
My niece carries my sister's phone around the house on video to talk to me. It dosn't matter that they are in Seattle and me in Norway.
I have a camera with me all the time and picture processing costs nothing! Do you have any clue how much I wanted that as a kid? I loved taking pictures, but couldn't afford film developing. As a bonus, my phone takes better pictures than many of the old cameras I've used. I happen to take pictures of manhole covers when I'm out, at least when I can make them interesting.
I share my artwork, that I make on paper, on the internet using my phone.
I have access to so many things. Lots of people can teach themselves "adulting" now, especially cooking. On their phone. Before I had my tablet, I used my phone in the kitchen.
Wasting life? No. You just aren't seeing the joy these piece of technology bring to others and disregarding the things the phone has replaced.