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Even when people are not looking at the phone, they need to know it's nearby. Some young people feel anxiety without their phones to the level they don't go ou
by nabla9 2y ago
Even when people are not looking at the phone, they need to know it's nearby.
Some young people feel anxiety without their phones to the level they don't go out even for a few minutes without a phone. They still lose their phone inside their homes, but they feel comfortable because they know it's nearby. But if you are asking someone to come to help carry something, takes max 2 minutes, and they refuse until they find their phone. It is same for taking out the trash, and visiting the nearby shop (5 min max).
- koakuma-chan 2y agoI can't pay for anything without my phone.
- chabes 2y agoYikes. Sounds reckless. You don’t keep emergency cash?
- koakuma-chan 2y agoIn case my bank goes down? No.
- shwaj 2y agoOr perhaps if your phone goes down.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoIt wouldn't make sense to keep emergency cash in case my phone goes down because my money wouldn't go down with the phone.
- kennysoona 2y agoHuh? If your phone goes down you can't pay for stuff, if you have cash you still can.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoOh you mean like if the battery runs out? I just make sure it never does. I thought they meant like if I lose my phone, but in that case I could just go home and grab my card and pay with my card.
- kennysoona 2y agoSo you're hobbling yourself to a phone for why exactly? Carrying a spare $40 makes your wallet too heavy?
- koakuma-chan 2y agoI don't even have a wallet. Also, a big reason to avoid cash is that you never know who was its previous owner, and whether they washed their hands. Unless you can somehow get factory new cash.
- kennysoona 2y agoWow you're like the archetypal preferred corporate consumer. 100% voluntary opt in to being completely dependent on specific corporate products. > Also, a big reason to avoid cash is that you never know who was its previous owner, and whether they washed their hands. This is silly. By this same reasoning you should never touch a door handle in public.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoThat's correct. You should never touch a public door handle with your bare hands. And often you don't have to. Many doors would be opened for you if you just pushed them, and some would even open themselves on their own if they saw that you wanted to get through. But, hold on, let me blow your mind even further: you should also never eat food that fell on the ground, even if it was less than 3 seconds.
- chabes 2y agoIn case you need money and you can’t access it… A power outage caused by a disaster. Lost phone and card. Any situation where you can’t ask the bank for permission to push a payment. Be careful putting so much trust into institutions, especially in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty five, jesus
- RandomBacon 2y agoDo you need your wallet to take out the trash?
- koakuma-chan 2y agoIronically, I was taking out trash a couple hours ago, and left my phone in the house, and somebody called me, and when I got back they no longer needed me.
- msm_ 2y agoSounds like a win? Why did they even call you if they could sort that out themselves in a few minutes.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoI might have won this battle, but chances are I'm gonna lose the war.
- kennysoona 2y agoSeems like a silly self-imposed limitation.
- koakuma-chan 2y agoWish I could make an NFC implant and pay like that. But probably not in this decade, since that would require merchants to have an eyelid scanner or something similar, so that people can't pay with your hand while you're not looking.
- AlecSchueler 2y agoOr just carry a debit card?
- selfhoster 2y ago> Even when people are not looking at the phone, they need to know it's nearby. Ugh..I felt like I was on the high ground until I read that.