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Sweden. Good luck living there without a smartphone.

• nicce 2y ago
  It is not only about the smartphone but social media too, to be precise. You are less attractive, "odd" or "strange" if you are not there. There is huge social pressure.
  • hiatus 2y ago
    > You are less attractive, "odd" or "strange" if you are not there. There is huge social pressure Other people's thoughts of you are not under your control. That people feel pressured to be on these platforms says more about the company they keep than anything else.
    • elric 2y ago
      What? Society moves in one direction, some people don't (can't, won't, whatever). Those people become marginalised as society fails to provide adequate alternatives. Reducing it to "the company you keep" and "feeling pressured" seems a tad simplistic.
  • 93po 2y ago
    If someone evaluates whether to socialize with you based off of this, and it's important enough to you to not have or carry a smart phone, then they're probably not super compatible as friends or a partner anyway