[HN Gopher] We're All Teenage Girls Now
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       We're All Teenage Girls Now
        
       Author : walterbell
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-07-20 20:37 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | themodelplumber wrote:
       | This is kinda creepy. I'm glad this person and their public
       | transportation shadow/muse never made eye contact, because she
       | probably would have made a nasty face or stuck out her tongue and
       | we'd be reading about how we're all preteen girls now.
        
       | panny wrote:
       | I've noticed people who are glued to their phones are typically
       | awkward around people, many are very depressed and unhappy, and
       | most have few if any real life accomplishments. I don't mean
       | Nobel prizes either. I mean like, planted a garden or made a pie
       | from scratch to share with friends. How could they? They have no
       | time left after spending all day on their phones.
       | 
       | I gave a new neighbor a bag of potatoes that I grew in my yard as
       | a welcome gift when I went to introduce myself. At first she was
       | puzzled about why I would go to the store to buy her potatoes,
       | until I explained that I grew them. Then I could tell that she
       | had no idea what to do with raw potatoes. Then her phone buzzed
       | and she stopped interacting with me. She didn't say thank you or
       | bid me farewell. I just had to walk away from the entirely
       | awkward interaction. She tapped away on the screen in her
       | doorway, oblivious to the world around her as I left.
        
       | theshadowknows wrote:
       | Lol this guy was so upset that a random lady on the train didn't
       | look at him that he wrote a whole blog about it? I'll never
       | understand this point of view. Omg people look at their phones
       | too much so they don't experience real life..give me a break
       | dude.
        
         | ryankrage77 wrote:
         | I agree.
         | 
         | Breaking news: Commuters ignore stimulus from commute in favour
         | of phone.
        
         | magneticnorth wrote:
         | And he makes it very clear that he was watching her closely
         | enough for _45 minutes_ to be certain she never looked up. I 'm
         | not so surprised that all the young women he's closely
         | observing are doing their best to appear preoccupied and not
         | interested in engaging with strangers.
        
       | PaulHoule wrote:
       | Was reading Freud on the bus this morning and wondering why
       | teenage girls are that way.
        
       | Koshkin wrote:
       | > _thee of them are dogs_
       | 
       | Just wait a couple of years, and 90% of your "friends" will be
       | generated by an AI.
        
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