Indeed. If his[2] argument were amended with "... unless it affects someone else negatively"[1] then I certainly wouldn't have a problem with it. Cf. people us

Indeed. If his[2] argument were amended with "... unless it affects someone else negatively"[1] then I certainly wouldn't have a problem with it. Cf. people using cell phones to text during a movie in a theater -- it's incredibly distracting and immersion-breaking for everyone else in view of the phone screen. [1] I think he probably meant it thus, but obviously cannot know. [2] Randall Munroe, that is.