Could You Live Without Your Cell Phone?

[Bucki1968]

This is one of the many conversations I have with golfing buddies while playing. I'm with the "it would suck at first but I would get used to it".

[iacas]

Am I the only one giving up my cell phone? If so, then no, I couldn't.

If cell phone technology suddenly went out of our conscious minds, then of course we'd adapt. We lived without them before, we could do it again. Shit would suck, comparatively, but we'd not cease to exist as a species or something.

It would suck pretty bad though, so I voted for the second one.

[mcanadiens]

At the risk of opening myself up to more "caveman" comments, I hardly ever carry a cell phone. There are rare occasions when an important call will force me to use a burner phone, but that's it.

Paying for a cell phone offends me and I don't want to be bothered when I'm on my time. 

[klineka]

18 minutes ago, mcanadiens said:

Paying for a cell phone offends me

Why? Are you offended to pay for a computer? For a TV? For a car? 

[mcanadiens]

Just now, klineka said:

Why? Are you offended to pay for a computer? For a TV? For a car? 

Yes.

It hurts my feelings every single time I reach for my wallet.

[klineka]

Just now, mcanadiens said:

Yes.

It hurts my feelings every single time I reach for my wallet.

Your feelings get hurt when you have to provide someone with money to purchase something you can't otherwise produce yourself. Got it.

[mcanadiens]

4 minutes ago, klineka said:

Your feelings get hurt when you have to provide someone with money to purchase something you can't otherwise produce yourself. Got it.

Obviously, there are certain things I have to purchase and other things, like expensive cell phones and cell-phone plans, that I don't. That's sort of the point.

 

[Double Mocha Man]

21 minutes ago, mcanadiens said:

Yes.

It hurts my feelings every single time I reach for my wallet.

Do you not use your wallet at the beginning of a round of golf to pay the greens fees?  And at the end of the round to pay your debts?  😀

My cell phone connects me with the world.  News, friends via text.  Multitudes of things via apps. Email for credit card offers.

Edited February 9, 2022 by Double Mocha Man

[iacas]

Guys, it would "hurt" me to pay for a piece of art I don't think I like or need, too. You choose not to pay for some things, as well.

[nevets88]

I want to weigh in here on some positive aspects of the smartphone. It has changed the lives of those with disabilities and other health issues, diabetes for instance. Even if you're perfectly healthy it helps you stay that way, and great with preventative stuff.

 

 

[Double Mocha Man]

I pay for everything except lawn mowing.  I like to do that myself.  45 degree hill, good exercise.  All my neighbors use a service.

[iacas]

18 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

I pay for everything except lawn mowing.  I like to do that myself.  45 degree hill, good exercise.  All my neighbors use a service.

So you never prepare your own meals?

Clean your own house?

Etc.

[Double Mocha Man]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

So you never prepare your own meals?

Clean your own house?

Etc.

Okay, you caught me.  It was a sweeping statement.  I enjoy cooking. I clean my own house, but reluctantly.  And I never pay anybody to swing my golf club for me.

[Piz]

I hardly ever use my cell phone.  If I didn't have a laptop, however, I'm certain I would use it all the time.  So it isn't so much about the device, itself, as it is the access it provides.

P.S.  Apologies for the anthropormorphizing.  

Apparently...spell Czech don't know that'n.

[pganapathy]

41 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

And I never pay anybody to swing my golf club for me.

That is the one I would be willing to work for you and get paid to do 

[Double Mocha Man]

5 minutes ago, pganapathy said:

That is the one I would be willing to work for you and get paid to do 

😄  Then you'll have to throw in some caddying, too. 

[ChetlovesMer]

3 hours ago, Bucki1968 said:

This is one of the many conversations I have with golfing buddies while playing. I'm with the "it would suck at first but I would get used to it".

Before I vote I need to ask one question:

Am I the only one going without a cell phone and everyone else gets to have one?
Or, are we going to ban cell phones from everyone, or somehow uninvent them or something like that? 

[billchao]

I’m not sure how I would function without a smartphone, given the nature of my job. I’m not old enough to have done it before the smartphone days so I literally have no idea what working without one is like.

The phone allows me to be in contact with customers immediately and vice versa, technical support if I encounter issues I need help with, gives me easy access to manuals, and much more.

Definitely the second option for me.