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I could have been clearer. A phone is practically a necessity of modern life. Sooner or later people have to use it, unlike alcohol. Whether social media is a n

I could have been clearer. A phone is practically a necessity of modern life. Sooner or later people have to use it, unlike alcohol. Whether social media is a necessity is a different question. I bet everyone gets their own dose of it, whether they like it or not.

marysol5 2mo ago
It really isn't
defrost 2mo ago
> A phone is practically a necessity of modern life. It isn't yet. > Sooner or later people have to use it, unlike alcohol. So far I've avoided having a smart phone, I've not had a mobile phone since flip phones - I went off always being contactable about that time, having had bleeding edge sat phones for decades. I have a land line, an answering machine, travel, purchase, am part of several overlapping businesses and deliver work for clients. eMail, cash, debit cards still get me by <shrug>
- laserlight 2mo ago
  > It isn't yet. Would you care to elaborate how you don't think a phone is not “practically necessary”? I have never personally met someone like you. I've never known someone who personally met someone like you either. Theoretically, nothing is a necessity. That's why I wrote “practically”. Practically nobody lives like you do.
  - defrost 2mo ago
    > Would you care to elaborate how you don't think a phone is not “practically necessary”? Can you rephrase sans the cascading negatives. To restate, I have a full life in a G20 country, I don't own or use a smart phone. > I have never personally met someone like you. There are many people on the planet. > Practically nobody lives like you do. There are many people like me .. you don't met them via your smart phone.
  - marysol5 2mo ago
    I've had smart phones since the first Android, and my whole live revolves around my digital data (even more so when I have 2FA on everything) But I've had plenty of moments in my life without a phone, be it the battery is dead, or I've lost/broke it. And I've survived fine. I've had to re-engineer some parts of life, but yet I remain...

marysol5 2mo ago

It really isn't

defrost 2mo ago

> A phone is practically a necessity of modern life. It isn't yet. > Sooner or later people have to use it, unlike alcohol. So far I've avoided having a smart phone, I've not had a mobile phone since flip phones - I went off always being contactable about that time, having had bleeding edge sat phones for decades. I have a land line, an answering machine, travel, purchase, am part of several overlapping businesses and deliver work for clients. eMail, cash, debit cards still get me by <shrug>

laserlight 2mo ago
> It isn't yet. Would you care to elaborate how you don't think a phone is not “practically necessary”? I have never personally met someone like you. I've never known someone who personally met someone like you either. Theoretically, nothing is a necessity. That's why I wrote “practically”. Practically nobody lives like you do.
- defrost 2mo ago
  > Would you care to elaborate how you don't think a phone is not “practically necessary”? Can you rephrase sans the cascading negatives. To restate, I have a full life in a G20 country, I don't own or use a smart phone. > I have never personally met someone like you. There are many people on the planet. > Practically nobody lives like you do. There are many people like me .. you don't met them via your smart phone.
- marysol5 2mo ago
  I've had smart phones since the first Android, and my whole live revolves around my digital data (even more so when I have 2FA on everything) But I've had plenty of moments in my life without a phone, be it the battery is dead, or I've lost/broke it. And I've survived fine. I've had to re-engineer some parts of life, but yet I remain...