The best way to learn the value of your things is to pay for them yourself. When I discovered my laptop screen was broken and would take $400 to fix, I was devastated and put off fixing it for as long as possible. I was embarrassed that I had treated my possession so recklessly that …
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High School Spends Thousands of Dollars in Grant Money on Locking Up Student’s Cell Phones For The Entire School Day
I went to high school in the age of smartphones. When I entered the 9th grade, I entered with a purple slide phone in my backpack. After the first three weeks of school, it became abundantly clear that I needed to get an iPhone as soon as possible; not because of the social stigma of …
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High School Spends Thousands of Dollars of Grant Money on Locking Up Student’s Cell Phones For The Entire School Day
I went to high school in the age of smartphones. When I entered the 9th grade, I entered with a purple slide phone in my backpack. After the first three weeks of school, it became abundantly clear that I needed to get an iPhone as soon as possible; not because of the social stigma of …
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Moviegoers Complain About People Using Their Phones in the Movie Theater
Like the majority of people that exist in 2023, I have an unhealthy dependency on my phone. It pains me to admit that much of the time, I struggle to go half an hour without looking at it at least once. My attention span is in shreds, but you know one place where I can …
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‘There was a lot more boredom’: People Discuss What Daily Life Was Like Before Smartphones
I didn’t own a cell phone until 2006. I was late to the smartphone game as well, receiving my first iPhone in 2015 at the ripe old age of 27. Before cell phones, things were different. The only distractions I had on my commute, if I was lucky, were a walkman or my homework. Netflix …
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Nostalgic Thread Looks Back on Wacky Vintage Mobile Phone Designs
The 2000s were a deeply strange time. We were in the golden era of reality TV, and wearing a dress over bootcut jeans. Thoughts of economic and environmental strife were a lifetime away. Most importantly of all, we didn’t really have smartphones yet. Plenty of those who now wield the latest iPhone or Android look …
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Funny Thread Looks Back on Wacky Vintage Mobile Phone Designs
The 2000s were a deeply strange time. We were in the golden era of reality TV, and wearing a dress over bootcut jeans. Thoughts of economic and environmental strife were a lifetime away. Most importantly of all, we didn’t really have smartphones yet. Plenty of those who now wield the latest iPhone or Android look …
Seguir leyendo Funny Thread Looks Back on Wacky Vintage Mobile Phone Designs
Bamboozling Thread Wonders Why We Do Or Don’t See Our Phones In Dreams
The fact that our subconscious can make up stories in our head while we’re sleeping is probably one of the wildest parts of having a brain. Dreamland is a strange place, and the amount of loose teeth/falling off tall buildings/unexpected public nakedness that tends to happen is only the start of it. Case in point …
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Innovative South Korean Street Lights Divide Opinion Over Their Purpose
It’s probably fair to say that most of us have an unhealthy attachment to our devices. Screen addiction is a very real phenomenon, and many of us get antsy when we don’t have our phone within arm’s reach. However, most of us are capable of prising our eyes from our electronics for short periods of …
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Homeowner Gives Everyone Anxiety After Showing Off Futuristic Smart Home
One of the most unprecedented parts of living in the modern world is how much of our lives are dictated by computers. They are integral to everything from finding a job to shopping for groceries and as technology advances, they are becoming more and more of an essential part of our homes. Without getting too …
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