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[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 98 points 11 months ago (15 children)

I remember when I worked in a movie theater people would wonder how I knew they were on their phone when I came in to ask them to stop.

You're pointing a flashlight at your face in a dark room.

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[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 57 points 11 months ago

i dunno, it's always the little things that make one smirk.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 39 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Since COVID students do not give a fuck. They used to hide it, now they get offended when you tell them to put their phone away.

[–] Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've heard the same from a university professor.

I think his wording was pretty close to "their 'don't give a shit' factor is through the roof"

Honestly, similar with my work too. Covid seemed to amplify the idea for lots of people that 'they don't give a shit about you' so people just stopped killing themselves trying so hard.

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

I don't have the comparison but before covid people were doing all kind of stuff on their laptops in university. I remember a guy who watched star trek during a lecture and said "the lecture is being recorded, I can watch it later". Then he watched that lecture during a lecture that wasn't recorded.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My fiance is a professor and things I've heard about the last few years blow my mind. It's not so much what they are doing exactly, but how shocked and offended they get if she asks them to stop.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My mom is a professor and the shit she tells me about her students is insane. I overheard a call she was having with a student and basically the student was offended that simply scheduling a call wasnt enough to unfail her paper. Basically "I called you to talk about it so I didn't fail, right?

Or the fact that they expect to be able to just turn in things whenever they want irrespective of a deadline...and then get offended when told their paper either won't be accepted at all or docked for each day late it was.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Adolescents don’t like being told what to do? I’m shocked!

[–] Duranie@midwest.social 15 points 11 months ago

Or adults!

I used to teach massage at a vocational school, and for multiple reasons had a "no phones" policy on the classroom (distraction, exposed body parts, and others.) I could have ignored it during lectures except that the overlap of students on their phone and the ones asking to re-explain information or just lost as to what they're supposed to be doing was nearly perfect.

[–] ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I truly don't understand the college students who are paying insane tuition to be there to get a degree and they couldn't care less. I don't know if their parents are forcing them to go to college or what.

[–] Cjwii@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly even in a professional setting it's gotten so much worse. Been in meetings with VPs directors, c line, everyone has their phones out testing and emailing away during the meeting not even caring

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

As a software dev, this has always been a thing in the industry. Very rarely is our attention needed, and we are mostly there to fill seats and answer a handful of questions.

Sometimes our full attention is needed, but we generally know about those beforehand. For the rest, we continue to test, write code, answer communications, etc.

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

Me to the pet rat on my crotch: Don't worry, he will never suspect anything

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's true. When I look down at my crotch, I cry.

[–] Denvil@lemmy.one 9 points 11 months ago
[–] TheWanderer@lemm.ee 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My guy, otherwise how would I check the condition of my magnificent boner :/

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 24 points 11 months ago

"If you saw how big my dick was, you'd get it." - Is how you answer this, especially if you're a girl

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Teacher: "I know you're sexting!"

Student: "Dude, I'm just upvoting memes."

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Teacher: "So why do you have a boner?" 👀

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Student: I don't know! It just does that!

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[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Student: "They're good memes."

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

"I told you, I'm upvoting memes."

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (13 children)

Genuinely why I miss my blackberry, I could type out a message while looking straight ahead

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago

I had t9 on lock back in the day. Write and send a message without having to look at my phone at all. Sure, there was no internet on there, but that tiny Nokia would stay charged for like 5 days and survive a 20 foot drop on cement without a case.

Fun fact: they would NOT survive being dropped into a gallon of polyurethane floor finish :-(

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[–] Total_Gusta@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] mack7400@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

"None y'all have anything worth smiling at down there."

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

When you're in your seat, it really does give a false sense of blending in with the crowd.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Da Vinci's note book:"turns his smile into a grimice"

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