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  • 08-07-2017 7:31am
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    Jim Bob Scratcher
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭


    What's with people today ? Constantly checking facebook and other social networks in social settings. Why aren't people talking face to face anymore ? :confused:


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    mugsymugsy
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    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    What's with people today ? Constantly checking facebook and other social networks in social settings. Why aren't people talking face to face anymore ? :confused:

    What did you use to post this?


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Jim Bob Scratcher


    mugsymugsy wrote: »
    What did you use to post this?

    Didn't take too long for the typical smart aleck response


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    Annasopra
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    They're all gonna get bad necks and wrists


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4413192/Scientists-warn-generation-text-neck.html


    http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/doctors-warn-of-selfie-wrist-injuries-452340.html

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Jim Bob Scratcher
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Jim Bob Scratcher


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    They're all gonna get bad necks and wrists


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4413192/Scientists-warn-generation-text-neck.html


    http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/doctors-warn-of-selfie-wrist-injuries-452340.html

    They will all be hunchbacks if they don't stop it. :pac:

    But seriously I just think it's very bad manners to be constantly looking at your phone when in company of other people in social settings.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,799 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    They will all be hunchbacks if they don't stop it. :pac:

    But seriously I just think it's very bad manners to be constantly looking at your phone when in company of other people in social settings.


    Textneck is a serious medical condition.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    They will all be hunchbacks if they don't stop it. :pac:

    But seriously I just think it's very bad manners to be constantly looking at your phone when in company of other people in social settings.

    What if you dont like the other people?


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    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    What's with people today ? Constantly checking facebook and other social networks in social settings. Why aren't people talking face to face anymore ? :confused:

    Jim Bob let me guess you were out last night trying to have a conversation with someone but they were only half listening to you as they were glued to their phone.


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    Sam Kade
    Registered Users Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    tomwaterford wrote: »
    What if you dont like the other people?
    What would you have done before mobile phones were invented?


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    tomwaterford
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    What would you have done before mobile phones were invented?

    Walked off/awkward silences...lifes too short to be indulging people you dont like in social situations


    Mobile smartphones are probably the greatest invention of the last 20 years tbh


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    The high horse brigade
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    Sam Kade
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Walked off/awkward silences...lifes too short to be indulging people you dont like in social situations


    Mobile smartphones are probably the greatest invention of the last 20 years tbh

    You are a real people's person.


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    Lt Dan
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    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    Didn't take too long for the typical smart aleck response

    You still haven't answered the original question


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    jacksie66
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    tomwaterford
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    You are a real people's person.

    Never claimed to be :D:D


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    Sam Kade
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    jacksie66 wrote: »
    Why are people so focused on what other people do. If someone spends their own cash on a phone and wants to stare at it 24/7 then so be it. Just like the other thread about veganism, if people minded their own business and worried about their own lives, not everyone else's then the world would be a much better place..

    Maybe they want to talk to someone which is impossible if the other person is glued to their phone. How does that compare to telling people what not to eat?


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Jim Bob Scratcher


    jacksie66 wrote: »
    Why are people so focused on what other people do. If someone spends their own cash on a phone and wants to stare at it 24/7 then so be it. Just like the other thread about veganism, if people minded their own business and worried about their own lives, not everyone else's then the world would be a much better place..

    They should stay at home then, and stare at it till their hearts content. Why even bothering going out ?


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    Lt Dan wrote: »
    You still haven't answered the original question

    elaborate please ?


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    jacksie66
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    PucaMama
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    jacksie66 wrote: »
    Why are people so focused on what other people do. If someone spends their own cash on a phone and wants to stare at it 24/7 then so be it. Just like the other thread about veganism, if people minded their own business and worried about their own lives, not everyone else's then the world would be a much better place..
    Veganism almost feeds off telling others what to do. No one with a smart phone walks around lecturing others to get one.


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    jacksie66 wrote: »
    Leave them off. Not hurting anyone else..

    Of course they are not hurting anyone but why bother going out in the first place to stare at your phone all night ? :confused:


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    PucaMama
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    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    jacksie66 wrote: »
    Leave them off. Not hurting anyone else..

    Of course they are not hurting anyone but why bother going out in the first place to stare at your phone all night ? :confused:
    Because they want to? Why do people who sit alone at the bar bother going out?


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    jacksie66
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    brevity
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    If you are out with friends then it's rude. If you are on your own then I don't see the problem.


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    PucaMama wrote: »
    Because they want to? Why do people who sit alone at the bar bother going out?

    Touched a nerve have I ? let me guess, you're one of these sheep who can't go 5 seconds without gawking at their latest arsebook update ?


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    tomwaterford
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    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    Touched a nerve have I ? let me guess, you're one of these sheep who can't go 5 seconds without gawking at their latest arsebook update ?

    How do you know their looking on facebook??
    Unless your looking at the screen aswell??



    They could have the kindle app and be reading a book


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    PucaMama
    Registered Users Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭PucaMama


    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    PucaMama wrote: »
    Because they want to? Why do people who sit alone at the bar bother going out?

    Touched a nerve have I ? let me guess, you're one of these sheep who can't go 5 seconds without gawking at their latest arsebook update ?
    And your one of these "enlightened" ones who don't realise they are still sheep, just in a slightly smaller flock. You sound like a boring old man. Maybe that's why their phone was more interesting.


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    [Deleted User]
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    If I want to use my phone I use it, I don't really care about some people's dislike for people using the tech they pay a lot of money for and get a lot of enjoyment from.


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    How do you know their looking on facebook??
    Unless your looking at the screen aswell??



    They could have the kindle app and be reading a book

    Well they are looking at some form of social media. I just think it's the height of bad manners to be constantly looking at your phone when you are in the company of others. If this is coming across as alien to some people on here something is very wrong.


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    Big Pussy Bonpensiero
    Registered Users Posts: 7,776 ✭✭✭Big Pussy Bonpensiero


    You'll only ever hear a certain type of person complain about the "technology".

    Understanding the reasons why people do so isn't difficult. But I suppose that really isn't the point of this thread OP, is it?


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    Lt Dan
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    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    elaborate please ?

    You were asked by another person , what device did you use to compose this thread. Mobile or pc?


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