The Inescapable Smartphone

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11/16/2018 at 19:08 • Filed to: None

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I wasn’t going to share this until I found this great photo.

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DISCUSSION (22)


Kinja'd!!! Just Jeepin' > Just Jeepin'
11/16/2018 at 19:12

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Seriously, check out the link. Finally made it to the end, some fascinating photos on several levels.

Read on theatlantic.com


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > Just Jeepin'
11/16/2018 at 19:13

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Companies: Here’s a device that fits in your pocket, contains all the world’s information, and connects to almost everyone in the world

Boomers: Why are you on that phone?!


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > Just Jeepin'
11/16/2018 at 19:15

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Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > Just Jeepin'
11/16/2018 at 19:16

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Very interesting. Really does make me want to get an old Motorola Razor and have a non- smart phone again


Kinja'd!!! Just Jeepin' > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2018 at 19:18

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Most of those images, though, were of people doing things on smartphones they could never have practically  done otherwise. Why would you want to go back?


Kinja'd!!! RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/16/2018 at 19:20

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I keep telling myself my next phone will be a Nokia 3310. Maybe I’ll actually go through with it someday. 


Kinja'd!!! Jetstreamer > Just Jeepin'
11/16/2018 at 19:34

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Disconnecting and going back to basics can be a very powerful and pleasant thing. And while I agree some of the pictures show things that could not be done without smartphones, most of them can be done . It would just require learning a skill and more manual work. Both are not bad.

For each good thing smartphones bring they also bring bad things into the world. Like self-absorbed people posing with duckfaces for likes on Instagram :D.


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench
11/16/2018 at 19:35

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Can you even use those on modern nextworks?


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > Just Jeepin'
11/16/2018 at 19:36

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Because I would like to still be able to contact people incase of an emergency , but also be able to just put the smart phone away, throw my sim in an old flip and disappear .


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin'
11/16/2018 at 20:07

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Smartphones are the greatest thing man has ever invented. Smartphones are the worst thing man has ever invented. 


Kinja'd!!! winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Jetstreamer
11/16/2018 at 22:55

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I miss the days when a phone was just that - a phone. If you wanted directions, you printed them out. If you needed local directions, you’d talk to the locals, maybe make a friend in the area.

It was a different time...


Kinja'd!!! NojustNo > Just Jeepin'
11/17/2018 at 18:14

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And and all of them are holding the phone in the wrong orientation. SMH.


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > Just Jeepin'
11/12/2020 at 10:56

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Wait until these youths discover transistor radios!


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin'
11/12/2020 at 11:30

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How do we know that guy is taking a selfie? He could be using the SkyView app to figure out what stars/planets he’s looking at...

#BenefitOfTheDoubt


Kinja'd!!! ibRAD > Just Jeepin'
11/12/2020 at 11:38

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Hi guys!

Just taking a break from hunting. No smartphone but you can reach me at 156.475MHz if you’re within a couple miles.


Kinja'd!!! ZHP Sparky, the 5th > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/12/2020 at 12:56

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I keep seeing ads on instagram for something called “The Light Phone”. Check it out...appealing, but I wish it had some form of map capability. One of the few aspects of a modern smartphone that is truly useful. I’m not one of those people who uses a map app to drive to the local grocery store, I believe in learning your surroundings and roads around you...but it’s absolutely helpful when you’re out and about and just need to get somewhere or travelling through a new area. 


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/12/2020 at 14:22

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Motorola brought the Razr back as a smartphone with a folding screen on the inside. They’re already on the second version . It’s...not cheap.


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > Textured Soy Protein
11/12/2020 at 18:08

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Yeah, but I don’t want that. I want the old flip phone


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > ZHP Sparky, the 5th
11/12/2020 at 18:11

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Hmm interesting. A bit pricey for what it is.


Kinja'd!!! sn4cktimes > Just Jeepin'
11/13/2020 at 10:21

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I’m on mobile right now. Really expected a Rick Roll...


Kinja'd!!! Just Jeepin' > sn4cktimes
11/13/2020 at 10:21

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Sorry to disappoint!


Kinja'd!!! ZHP Sparky, the 5th > CaptDale - is secretly British
11/13/2020 at 13:39

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Absolutely. Hoping this stops being such a niche and more brands start playing in this space - shouldn’t be tough to achieve (to literally give us LESS) for a reasonable price, when you can already buy even a pretty damn well specced smartphone for $300 or so brand new.