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i survived the era before mobile.. it wasn't that scary :)
by rapnie 9y ago
i survived the era before mobile.. it wasn't that scary :)
- matwood 9y agoSame here, but it had its own set of annoyances. Sitting at home waiting for a phone call, or trying to coordinate meeting up, particularly spur of the moment, was a huge PITA. Even with cell phone annoyances, I prefer the cell phone world over the pre-cell phone world.
- nicky0 9y agoI would go back in a heartbeat.
- mullen 9y agoI have to laugh at some these posts. I also lived in a world without cell phones and I (and the rest of the world) did just fine. Turning off your phones at a concert is not a big deal at all.
- monksy 9y agoThe irony, despite my prior comments, I don't have an issue with turning my phone off and keeping it with me. I do have an issue with being locked away from it or have it taken away by someone you can't trust.
- to_bpr 9y agoIndeed. Pleas to "terrorism" and "think of the children" on a topic of simply unable to access your phone for a couple of hours. HN has experienced a palpable drop in quality recently.
- girvo 9y agoCommenters have said that about HN for years.
- orbitur 9y agoYou probably also survived an era without baby monitors. Doesn't mean life isn't unconditionally better with them.
- jhasse 9y agoI remember a baby crying for 20 minutes before someone noticed. Nothing happenend.
- gtremper 9y agoOf course. The ones who didn't aren't able to comment here.
- musage 9y agoSpeaking of scary, check out this breed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15913342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15913342 > Having lived through the horrors of the pre-smartphone days https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15913665 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15913665 > I remember life before smartphones. I remember boredom. It sucked. I would never go back to the agonizing pain of sitting in the DMV for three ours or standing in line at a grocery store just for some "missed moment" where I study the shitty tabloids in line or DoT pamphlets. > Romanticising the past is not new. Whether it's television, hot showers, or smartphones, there will always be cynics who wish a simpler life on the rest of us.