I was out at the pub last night for a friend's birthday do, and at any given point someone was checking Twitter or FB or whatever feedy thing they have and it's just A Thing, a given now, but it does strike me as kind of sad.
Yeah, me too. The other night I was waiting at a bus stop and I was really tired after the end of a long day, and would have loved to sit down, but there were three people already taking up the whole bench, and they were all hunched over their smartphones, faces glowing bluely, totally oblivious to anybody around them, and I did think it was sad.
And even if the only reason I don't have a smartphone is extremely temporary and not my choice, I still felt a bit grateful that I wasn't like that (not that I am at bus stops, anyway; it's hard enough work for me to find the right bus when I'm staring in the direction they'll be coming from), that I was just standing there and thinking about my fairly shitty day and what I'd do when I got home and stuff. I was unhappy and I kind of wanted to escape, but I was kind of glad I couldn't, too.
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Date: 2013-10-07 05:36 am (UTC)Yeah, me too. The other night I was waiting at a bus stop and I was really tired after the end of a long day, and would have loved to sit down, but there were three people already taking up the whole bench, and they were all hunched over their smartphones, faces glowing bluely, totally oblivious to anybody around them, and I did think it was sad.
And even if the only reason I don't have a smartphone is extremely temporary and not my choice, I still felt a bit grateful that I wasn't like that (not that I am at bus stops, anyway; it's hard enough work for me to find the right bus when I'm staring in the direction they'll be coming from), that I was just standing there and thinking about my fairly shitty day and what I'd do when I got home and stuff. I was unhappy and I kind of wanted to escape, but I was kind of glad I couldn't, too.