Have we become too attached to our phones?

I was browsing yahoo and they had an artical on sandy and the headline read. "Millions of storm victims struggle to cope without heat, refrigeration, TV, or cell phones" Really? Cell phones? Has our generation become way too attached to these devices that not being able to use them is a hardship?

as long as im not driving my phone hardly gets used.

i use it to listen to music while i drive.

other than that, it hardly gets used, other than the few odd calls here and there.

oh i do also use my phone as an alarm clock every morning. so guess id have to use my real alarm clock if needed. i fvcking hate the alarm sound though. makes me cringe.

I'm sure you can live for 2 weeks without something that people used to live without for years.Nick3306

I definitely see how people have gotten too attatched to them, especially when I'm driving and I see people on their phones in their cars. I want to reach in there and slap them. I live in a college town, so it's especially bad among all the students. As for myself, I only use mine to call my parents since I don't live with them anymore and set up meetings with my friends.

Yes, people are too attached to their phones...............I would say to a crippling degree.............

I mean it has gotten to the point where it is mentioned as a hardship alongside lack of heat.Nick3306

Of course...at least some people. My roommate says I can't go anywhere without my phone, but I just want to be available for others. I'm not one of the people that will be on my phone constantly when I'm with friends...honestly, I think it's rude. If you're paying more attention to your phone, why are you with me?

I mostly find this a problem with people that have access to interet on their phones.

I have a basic phone that has basically an 8bit screen and does calls and thats it...and I never use it.

As a caterer I have to have my phone for calls, emails, gps, and porn.

I use my phone all the time, but the vast majority of the time isn't spent talking or texting. Usually reading, working, or listening to something or watching something. Its these people that use twitter/facebook/text constantly that you have to watch out for.

As soon as my ETF shrinks to at or below a single month of service (should be around February) I am going to pay it and NEVER have another phone. Ever.There isn't anyone in the world I want to hear from bad enough to pay $90 a month for the ability to do so. Send me a letter....at YOUR expense.

The only reason I'll miss it is because I currntly drive a beater which is subject to leaving me stranded anytime I get in it and go anywhere.

Maybe for communication?

I detest my phone actually.

It's pretty annoying that people are constantly on their phones. I would be more than happy to go back about 10 years to when not every single human in the country had a cell phone and if they did they weren't fvcking around with it constantly.

I have, especially the past two years.

Cell phone's are how most people communicate. Text, talk, twitter, facebook, etc, is how most people communicate. It usually holds email and other phone contacts. So if you lost the use of your phone it would be very hard to communicate at all with friends and family.Kurushio

cell phones have become integral to life.

Without cell phones communication is significantly more difficult.

So I can fully understand why they put that there.

And no. Everybody likes having one but I've learned from experience that it doesn't matter how attached you are to electronics, when you have to, you'll get by without them.

I've spent months with no internet, cable, or a working smart phone and I had no problem. Granted I still accessed the internet, but it was sparingly.

People maythinkthey're addicted, but they're not.

Very much. Can't really talk to a person without them finger banging their phone as if the end of the world is approaching.

I haven't, I've used it about 3 times this year.

Prior to the invention of the cell phone, people just stood around helplessly unable to communicate. It was quite a sight to behold.

Hopefully. How else will providing government track us?LOXO7

I use mine as an MP3 player. Sometimes I get these strange messages from other people.

I'm not talking about just using it a lot. I use my phone quite a bit. I am talking about people seeing it as a need instead of a convenience. the people who cant seem to function without it. Of course certain jobs require you to have your phone on you at all times but that doesn't mean you are too attached to it.Nick3306

[QUOTE="Nick3306"]I'm not talking about just using it a lot. I use my phone quite a bit. I am talking about people seeing it as a need instead of a convenience. the people who cant seem to function without it. Of course certain jobs require you to have your phone on you at all times but that doesn't mean you are too attached to it.mems_1224

A land line usually still works as long as it is not a phone that needs electricity for it to work (like a battery operated phone with a baseplate/charger). They still work to this day as well as pay phones, which many New Yorkers found out this week as they fed change into the few that are still in the city.

People got by with not having cell phones for a hundred years or so. They were able to reach their children in school without a problem. They were able to function and have a social life without having a piece of plastic and electronic parts growing out of their hands. A social life means interacting with others in person and face to face. If you are typing messages to someone via Facebook, you are not having a social life and if you do happen to be out with friends and are still more interested in what happens via your cell phone, you are not involved in a social event.

I was browsing yahoo and they had an artical on sandy and the headline read. "Millions of storm victims struggle to cope without heat, refrigeration, TV, or cell phones" Really? Cell phones? Has our generation become way too attached to these devices that not being able to use them is a hardship?

Nick3306