U n me both friend....I won't go out to dinner any more with anyone who has in the past spent the entire time staring at a smart phone.
Ironic that they are called "smart phones", eh, when they only seem to serve to make folks duller, more self-important, and reliant on tedious tech, heh.
If a true Orwellian dystopia is the order of the day, we are 3/4 of the way there already, sadly.
You ever walk the streets and actually
pay attention to how
many (mainly younger) folks are basically just bumbling around with their necks crooked, staring into tiny screens?
Did you know that there are actually treatment centers in place for (not making this up!) "device addiction"? Also, I'm calling it: Much like with the rash of tendonitis, or secretary's wrist cases over the past 20-30 years, in the coming future we are going to see nonsense conditions with names like 'iphone shoulder' and 'tablet neck strain', you mark my words.
Scarier still, when the inevitable happens and cell towers/service blacks out worldwide, what the hell are the deeply addicted folks gonna DO with themselves?? Shiiiiittttttt; they might actually have to return to - GASP - human interaction!