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Okay, if we accept that landlines are thing of the past and cellular service is the phone alternative then we pretty much accept the smartphone is involved. There do remain legitimate reasons to have one despite all of the privacy-destroying negatives.

So here is an alternative which would maintain the modern phone system, maintain the useful aspects (2-Factor Authentication apps, mobile banking deposits, etc...), yet stop the abuse of privacy and roadblock future (maybe near term) Orwellian abuses, digital vaccine passport apps coming first in mind.

Leave the smartphone on the desk at home. It becomes the new landline. Text messages and voicemail become the new answering machine.

Could we start a movement to this effect? Yes, there are so many conveniences afforded now such as navigation and whatnot but I clearly remember living just fine before cell phones existed.

What does Poal think?

Okay, if we accept that landlines are thing of the past and cellular service is the phone alternative then we pretty much accept the smartphone is involved. There do remain legitimate reasons to have one despite all of the privacy-destroying negatives. So here is an alternative which would maintain the modern phone system, maintain the useful aspects (2-Factor Authentication apps, mobile banking deposits, etc...), yet stop the abuse of privacy and roadblock future (maybe near term) Orwellian abuses, digital vaccine passport apps coming first in mind. Leave the smartphone on the desk at home. It becomes the new landline. Text messages and voicemail become the new answering machine. Could we start a movement to this effect? Yes, there are so many conveniences afforded now such as navigation and whatnot but I clearly remember living just fine before cell phones existed. What does Poal think?

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[–] • 0 pt

Not so much, I'm usually reading news articles and looking up stuff. I watch a fair share of Youtubes, too. It is a mix.

[–] • 4 pts

News = novelty = dopamine Looking up stuff = immediate gratification = dopamine Youtube = want to be entertained = dopamine

It's as if they don't want you doing anything but constantly consuming.

[–] • 3 pts

Leave your phone at home and go out and score drugs = dopamine

[–] • 2 pts

No, you really need to listen to this guy. I have the same addiction you do. Watch the documentary "the minds of men" by Aaron and Melissa Dykes ASAP to learn about what you are doing to your brain

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

I don’t think I’m doing anything to my brain. It still literally functions better than 99%of the population (Mensa) and I was waaaaaaaaaay ahead of everyone else in predicting that Covid was a hoax and why it was being propagated.

[–] • 1 pt

Lol, we're ALL "mensa IQs" here, and you're clearly a troll

[–] • 0 pt

All with screens

[–] • 0 pt

Would you rather I buy a set of encyclopedias every year? This isn't 1975 anymore.

[–] • 0 pt

You probably look at screens 12 hours a day, you're screen addicted

[–] • 0 pt

He's right, you are addicted. So am I. Even this obsession with truthful info to combat the lies is a trick to keep you involved in the degeneracy and traumatize you. Very few are able to move past and live a real life.