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How is checking your phone incongruous with being in a stressful situation? I was very stressed while my partner gave birth. I still checked my phone. And plent

How is checking your phone incongruous with being in a stressful situation? I was very stressed while my partner gave birth. I still checked my phone. And plenty of people walking check their phones. And those who walk and use their phone likely use their phone more competently than those who drive and use their phone. That implies walking has less mental overhead. And how does falling asleep imply relaxation? If anything, falling asleep implies mental fatigue. So we can assume driving adds more mental strain. There are entire studies done on driver visual search patterns when driving [0]. What kind of visual search pattern do you use when walking? Are you constant scanning the horizon looking for potential hazards? In fact, walking is generally considered to be an automated activity [1]. [0]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16127339/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16127339/ [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4879139/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4879139/

pandaman 4y ago
I don't know, did I really say that it's incongruous with stress? I believe I had been talking about mortal danger. Do you see tight rope walkers checking their phones? Base jumpers, rock climbers, deck hands on a fishing trawler, firemen in a burning building, cops during a traffic stop, any other people during genuinely dangerous situation? And yes, walking is not stressful for most people, that's the point of my first reply in this thread. There are people that find being outside as stressful as you find driving if not more, it's a real condition called agoraphobia. It's silly to pretend everyone is affected by such a condition though and trying to rationalize this is not strengthening such an argument IMHO.
- atwood22 4y ago
  Rock climbers definitely check their phones, just fyi. Apparently the police check their phones in active shooter situations as well (see Uvalde shooting). If the crux of your argument is that because people check their phones while driving, it is equally or less stressful then walking, then it's not a convincing argument.
  - pandaman 4y ago
    You mean people climbing walls in gyms or actual rock climbers in the mountains where they may die? I specifically mentioned police during traffic stop, police definitely check they phones when they feel safe, as other professions I mentioned. Not when their life is on the line.

pandaman 4y ago

I don't know, did I really say that it's incongruous with stress? I believe I had been talking about mortal danger. Do you see tight rope walkers checking their phones? Base jumpers, rock climbers, deck hands on a fishing trawler, firemen in a burning building, cops during a traffic stop, any other people during genuinely dangerous situation? And yes, walking is not stressful for most people, that's the point of my first reply in this thread. There are people that find being outside as stressful as you find driving if not more, it's a real condition called agoraphobia. It's silly to pretend everyone is affected by such a condition though and trying to rationalize this is not strengthening such an argument IMHO.

atwood22 4y ago
Rock climbers definitely check their phones, just fyi. Apparently the police check their phones in active shooter situations as well (see Uvalde shooting). If the crux of your argument is that because people check their phones while driving, it is equally or less stressful then walking, then it's not a convincing argument.
- pandaman 4y ago
  You mean people climbing walls in gyms or actual rock climbers in the mountains where they may die? I specifically mentioned police during traffic stop, police definitely check they phones when they feel safe, as other professions I mentioned. Not when their life is on the line.