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I would be surprised if the parent you’re responding to is even remotely discussing phone calls or answering machine messages, but rather the depth of what smar
by Klonoar 3y ago
I would be surprised if the parent you’re responding to is even remotely discussing phone calls or answering machine messages, but rather the depth of what smartphones enable distraction-wise nowadays. Cell phones existed before but you weren’t browsing the entire web on them. ;P
A beeper isn’t even in the same league and it’s really not a point here.
- JohnMakin 3y agoYou were definitely browsing the entire web well before 2012 on smart phones. And even before then there were internet enabled phones.
- itishappy 3y agoWhat percentage of the population do you think had them? What percentage of school children? Nerds doing nerd stuff aren't going to affect the zeitgeist much, it's the network effect of having essentially 100% of your peers spending much of their time on social media.
- Klonoar 3y agoNot everyone was there by 2012, and yes, there were internet-enabled phones but the experience was substantially worse. You are attempting to put a square into a circle here.