I am attached to my cell phone 24/7. I wish I could
have it glued to myself. I have noticed
lately that I am addicted to my cell phone, and my social media apps. Every morning
when I wake up, I have to check, in this order, Snapchat, then Instagram, then
Timehop, then I check emails, and finally I scroll through Facebook. All of
these before I even get out of bed.
I have also noticed that I am always looking at
my phone when I am waiting. Just like most people. Have you ever walked in to a
waiting room and actually saw people interacting? NO! they are always on their
phones. People nowadays are always connected to their phones. There is something
about being connected to the world In the palm of your hand, that people just can’t
disconnect. Hence the problem of texting
and driving. I will omit that I used to
do it all the time. I had a problem with being able to ignore my phone when it
goes off. It was like burning a hole in me.
I don’t do it anymore, because I have hands free in my car now. I think
the hands free technology has cut down on texting and driving. But what I see more
than ever, most in young women, is snapchatting and taking pictures while
driving. While driving yesterday I was
pasting an accident, and I counted at least three people trying to take a
picture of it, while their car was still moving.
I feel that the advances in technology that keeping use
connected to our phones. We pretty much have a computer in our hands. The more
advances in technology the less disconnect that people will become with the
world.
I agree! As of lately I have really been conscious about how much I am on my phone and using social media and sometimes I wish I would just put my phone down and enjoy the world outside of technology. I think you're point about not being able to just disconnect is really good as well, we almost have to train ourselves to not be so attached to our phones and computers, and that seems really sad to me.
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