Shakespeareances.com: Fact: Guys cannot text and urinate at the same time. A single nerve controls both brains, so trying to multitask at the urinal is a non-starter—literally. What guys do at the urinal normally is none of my business unless I'm standing in a line that has stalled because a user is fiddling with the object in his other hand.
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While I can’t say that I disagree with a lot of what he is saying, I can say that the way this article is written, makes me a little defensive. As someone who is part of the generation raised with a cell phone in their hand, I can understand how hard it is to put it down. I have at times been the person who was yelled at because I was using my phone at the wrong time, or trying to make a phone call at an awkward moment, but I can say that while those conversations can often wait, the expectation these days is that they cannot. Having mobile devices means that when people call you, they’re expecting the device is in your hand at all times. Often this means that when you let a phone call go right to voicemail the caller knows they’ve been ignored. I understand the inability to always answer the phone, but articles like this also have to understand the culture mobile devices have created.
YES. That is all I have to say. YES. This man is totally right. I have nothing against you using your phone, but do it respectfully. Don't be on the phone during someone's special moment. That's just not right. That isn't fair to the people who are performing or getting honored. I was raised in the generation that phones were a constant, but I also learned to live without it. I didn't have a phone until senior year of high school, and even now I still have a flip phone. It isn't that hard to put the phone down when you are doing something else to amuse you. Why is it that our generation needs to be amused at all time of the day? Does sitting outside and enjoying the sunshine not count as amusement??
As a response to Abby up there^: The culture of mobile devices should never have happened. It will deteriorate the society that we live in. I have had some of the most interesting conversations of my life while on the bus with strangers. People need to realize that the phone is not always on you at all times, like when there were only land lines. There would be a time when the owner would not be at home and therefore couldn't get your call. Leave a message like a normal person and get on with your life. There is no need to be on your phone 24/7. No one needs to be connected that badly. If you need human interaction, go actually interact with people in the real physical world! Maybe I am an exception from this culture because I don't have an intelligent device. I can say that I have missed many events because I am not constantly monitoring the Book of Faces, but I am also usually doing something else with my life that is also interesting.
Remove your face from the screen and go do real things.
I agree with Abby that the way the author presents his argument makes me feel a bit defensive even if I don't disagree with all he has to say. I agree that there are time where it is impolite to answer your phone in a public place and that it isn't a good idea to use your phone and drive. However, it is still impolite to ignore texts and phone calls. So often people just turn to calling and texting as business or emergency solutions that completely ignoring your phone in public is rude. People know when you receive a call or text. It is expected it gets through an therefore it is expected that you answer. With phones there is a balance of when it is more polite to answer your phone or when to let your notification wait.
There is no defense for driving and texting. There is nothing so important that it is worth risking the lives of you, you passengers, and everyone else on the road. It is the height of selfishness and moral depravity to think so, as is driving drunk. But ours is a selfish culture. The fact that it apparently never occurs to so many people how their addiction to cell phone use could be deleterious to the quality of life of those around them proves this theory. I have a campaign I'd like to start. The next time you have the urge to pull your phone out, for no good reason, in a meeting, or a theatre, or a car, look up at the sun, or the stars if it's night, and remind yourself: your life is meaningless in the grand scheme, so how important could that incoming text be?
Just based on the title, this article didn't really appeal to me. I agree that we're too attached to our phones, just as much as the author of this article. I feel disappointed when I go out with friends and we wind up texting at the dinner table and honestly a little angry when people's devices go off in a movie. And I'm seriously angry and disheartened when I see or hear about people texting and driving because it shows absolutely no consideration for others. We have our phones on all the time, movies and performances should be spaces where we can turn them off. The only reason I actually chose to read this article though, was the bit at the beginning about men not being able to urinate and text at the same time. Again, not that anyone should be doing so, but I had just never heard that before.
I found this article to be very interesting in the sense that I can't decide whether or not I agree with the author. On one hand he's absolutely right, there are some people who are much too addicted to their electronic devices. Like Andrew said, there is no excuse for texting and driving, it is so dangerous. But on the other hand there is a time and place for everything. I would argue that taking a photo of a pitcher at a baseball game is not inappropriate or taking video of a concert is not out of the ordinary. I think that this is where this guys logic is flawed. However I understand where he is coming from and see his point.
It is sooooo very disrespectful to be on your phone in any sort of performance. Whether you are in a movie or a theatrical performance it is rude to the audience, but it is extremely disrespectful to the performers in the case of the latter. I can't imagine attending an even that you paid to attend (probably a fair amount of money, nonetheless) and to then spend part or the entirety of said event playing, texting, or talking on one's phone. I like my phone, absolutely! I check it often and enjoy texting or playing games on it, but I would never dream of interrupting someone's important speech, performance, or other form of entertainment for my own personal pleasure.
To be honest, reading this article with all its insistence surprised me a little, because it seems to me that everything written should have been common sense -- the fact that there still needs to be an "intervention" for some people is completely ridiculous. There are some times when phones should not be in use, period, and somehow not everyone has learned that yet. However I agree with Abigail's point about the writing of the article; the attacking manner of speech naturally makes the reader a little defensive. I think I've heard so many attacks on modern people for being "addicted" to their mobile devices that it's pretty much an automatic response to be a bit annoyed whenever the subject comes up. In response to Kristen -- mobile devices are not bad things. It is true that some people act like their devices are their lifelines, but unless they are being actively disruptive, that's their business. As for people who haven't figured out when to use their phones, yes, I too would love to confiscate the offending device, but in essence the disrespect is only an extension what people would do even without their phones, albeit magnified in obnoxiousness.
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