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This seems like a dumb tiktok trend or some shit. It's hard to get by in this world without a cellphone
But I just wish anyone would still want to talk on the phone. I love chatting with friends for an hour or so on the phone but everyone hates it now. Quick random texts just feel so much less personal. Ah well
a lot of these articles are trash for this reason. most of it shouldn't be posted tbh
There's just zero merit to these "people on the internet are saying X" stories.
Nothing of value to sourcing a few retweets, ticktock duets, instagram stories, or whatever the fuck TMTMTM version of it you get.
Actual street interviews with random schlubs are far, far more informative than this crap. The internet is huge and you can find literally any opinions on it. Sourcing these anecdotes is absolutely the trashiest tier of journalism and anyone writing one of these stories should think hard about an immediate career change.
Run a fucking poll if you want to write a story about public opinion.
The world will be a better place the day after every serious news media organization leaves twitter and tells all their journalists they cannot use it as anything other than an original source to what a specific public figure has to say.
YES!!!!!
it's from the nypost - a tabloid rag from rupert murdoch - what did you expect?
It doesn’t say anything about getting rid of their cell phone for one. The article says quite the opposite actually.
It's not clear these people wouldn't have a cellphone as well.
I still want to talk on the phone and I probably wouldn’t if it was like corded landline days when you were constrained to wherever the cord would reach. Cordless was freeing, and I’ll never go back!
I look back fondly on the moments of “where is the phone?!” Because someone took it to their room to have a private conversation but then left it there on accident.
Still happens I guess, but where everyone has their own phone (not one shared for the whole family) it’s less frantic and thus less hilarious to me.
we still play that game. at least once every week or two, i'm calling a 'lost' phone from another or using the handset locator on a cordless system.
There were cordless landlines for years. So you could go usually anywhere in the house or even into the yard a ways. But I can't think why anyone would want to use something like that when you have cell phones. Large, comfy form factor I suppose.
Same reason I like running retro consoles/hardware. The process itself is part of the fun.
Newer ones aren't that large, but why bother when you have a cellphone always with you anyway
I swear, these article-writers just hear about a few quirky teenagers and immediately label it a viral trend that will sweep the entire world...