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I guess I don't understand. In many ways, I consider myself addicted to the Internet. That having been said, I don't text my friends. I hate calling them. I'd l
by drivebyacct2 14y ago
I guess I don't understand. In many ways, I consider myself addicted to the Internet. That having been said, I don't text my friends. I hate calling them. I'd love to go get a beer. I seriously, rarely ever text more than "Meet me at X" or "Want to do lunch?".
It's frustrating that you make a huge set of presumptions about me based on me... pointing out that your all-or-nothing stance is needlessly reductionist. And almost diminutive or offensive.
It's not hard to own a smartphone and not keep your nose glued to it. I love having it when I'm waiting in line. I love having it when I need directions (I'm directionaly challenged to put it nicely). I love having it when I need to look up someone's number on FB to text or call them about a project. I love having it meet other single people interested in a date in my area. I love having it to find the ISS overhead to point out to my dad.
And, yet, I don't like texting. I don't like away-facebook messages, (IMs are okay, nice for when I've just graduated and moved across the country from most people I know).
Calling me a drug addict would be much more apt than trying to use it for a boring allusion. I mean, drugs are great.
- meaty 14y agoI make no assumption. It's only because I've been there. I was you based on how you describe yourself about 2 years ago. It did some serious damage to my life and I don't wish other people to go through it.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoHm, well, for what it's worth, I don't know if you were, but I'm trying to be very conscious about figuring out what's important to me and focusing on it. I've been through some existential-crisis/depression stuff lately and prioritizing and maximizing life has been critical to me. On one hand, I think I'm addicted to being over-stimulated, but I also am focusing on maximizing the (real) social interactions to keep me grounded in a sense. I'm trying to be conscious of it, we'll see in a few years. (I've always detested texting though. Honestly, right now I'm really struggling because one of my closest friend demands attention and I can't give it hundreds of miles away other than texts or phonecalls which I dread. Hangouts are better, really infinitely so).