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Are you addicted to your smartphone?

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  • 15-09-2019 9:36pm
    #1
    Rufeo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭


    I find myself spending too much time on it these days. There are endless amounts of videos on YouTube, sites like Boards and Reddit, and don't get me started about WhatsApp and Instagram. Hahaha. I am thinking about buying an old flip phone.

    How long per day would you spend on your phone?


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    #2
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,116 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Way too much probably, but it's my lifeline to the world.

    Twitter, YouTube, boards and Podcasts account for most of my usage.

    I do not watch TV or listen to live radio.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I don't access the internet on my phone at all. Just the Tablet for that. The phone is turned on maybe three days a week. No mobile reception were we live.


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    #4
    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,863 ✭✭✭gifted


    Way too much time on it


    Half thinking of going back to the old Nokia type phone and keep the Internet for for tablet in the evening.


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    #5
    Andrew00
    Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭Andrew00


    We all are there's no doubt about it


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    #6
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    No. I don't even use it every day.


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    #7
    AlphabetCards
    Registered Users Posts: 410 ✭✭AlphabetCards


    Recently deleted all the social media apps, turned my phone display to greyscale and my insta, fb and whatsapp are getting yeeted as soon as I get my data off them.

    Next step is to make my phone google free.


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    The Crazy Cat Lady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭The Crazy Cat Lady


    yes very much so

    boards/facebook/messager/WhatsApp/Gmail/radio most of my usage


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    #9
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    I check boards about every hour. Could do with knocking it on the head again. I have a lot of closed accounts over the years when I’m on it too much.

    I don’t have any other social media.


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    #10
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Not at all...







































    Posted from Smart Phone Device.


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    #11
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Well, yes and no.

    Yes, I am and no, I'm not.


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    #12
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,437 ✭✭✭touts


    I DONT have a problem. I can give it up any time I want.


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    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,437 ✭✭✭touts


    I DONT have a problem. I can give it up any time I want.


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    #14
    KoolKluxKlan
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭KoolKluxKlan


    Ever since I bought an Apple Watch I find I look at my phone far less during the day, definitely went through a phase of being addicted to it for a while but not anymore.


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    #15
    OneArt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭OneArt


    My smartphone's addicted to me. Won't stop f***ing beeping and asking for "updates" and all that ****e.

    I just put it in a box for several hours a day. Works wonders.


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    #16
    Ranjo
    Registered Users Posts: 446 ✭✭Ranjo


    If I'm heading to the loo and can't find my phone, I'll spend 10 mins searching for it before I give up and, get constipated.


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    #17
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    ILoveYourVibes wrote:
    No. I don't even use it every day.

    :pac:


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    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,461 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    I wouldn't say addicted but it is my contact to the world (phone) and my computer ( Google)
    I I'm not a big FB user really and can't do Twitter really , but I'm on my phone when having a smoke.
    I didn't take it on purpose on night going out and other people constantly on their phones was a real pain.


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    #19
    Lantus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭Lantus


    The changeable nature of apps and social media makes these devices highly addictive. I've been trying to delete Facebook which I don't post on for 6 months. Nigh impossible.

    Boards is also addictive.

    It's a huge social issue and not in a positive way.


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    #20
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,753 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    I'm addicted to a lot of things. Alcohol, nicotine, love, that rush, sadism, making stupid lists and air. Not my phone.

    I do Boards on the desktop and have become slightly addicted to that though.


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    #21
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Catalina Dazzling Robbery wrote: »
    I don't access the internet on my phone at all. Just the Tablet for that. The phone is turned on maybe three days a week. No mobile reception were we live.

    Do you live in the 1950s?


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    #22
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,929 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    I was snorting 8 iPhones a day there for a while. Realised I had a problem when I found myself in the jacks of the Ilac Center with some stranger going halves on a iPad Pro. That shït”ll fück you up.

    I’m down to one Samsung in the morning now, just to clear the head, and maybe a sociable HTC at the weekend. I tried the flip phones and the Nokia 3310, but they just gave me a headache.


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