Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Quitting the smartphone
From:    Arelor(21:2/138)
Date:    Tue Aug 25, 2026 10:07

  Re: Quitting the smartphone
  By: Peter London to All on Sun Aug 16 2026 07:55 am

 >
 > I have made the same observations as you. It's dystopic, especially
 > seeing couples and especially with kids, like 5 people glued to their
 > phones, not saying a word during dinner. What happened? Years ago I
 > stopped bringing my phone to the table. At least that.

This right there is a very serious problem.

I run a weekly retrogaming orgy with friends every friday and we have 2 guys who won't put their damn phones down. The first one is not very problematic because what he does is to mute his phone, place it on a table where everybody can watch the screen, and stream sports events in the background, so in principle he is with us and he also checks the sports from time to time. It is not very different than having a TV in the background.

Then we have a compulsive Instagrammer and sometimes I feel like strangling the guy, because he impacts the group. I am talking such a level that we might be playing a board game and when it is his turn he needs to put the phone down and ask for a recap of what we all have been doing at the table while he was not paying attention. It is annoying and he gets annoyed because everybody else gets annoyed.

Considering I drive from my home (which is out of town) to attend the orgies, I feel like this guy is robbing me of my time.


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