Ive mentioned this in other topics but I dont have nor have ever owned a cell phone. Simply no need for one. I also havent had a desktop PC in about 12 years. I only have a tablet and outside gaming my only real internet usage is gamefaqs and checking some sports scores and news on espn.I was gonna say I know a guy on CE who doesn't.
I was gonna say I know a guy on CE who doesn't.This. Like wtf is wrong with some people
Ive mentioned this in other topics but I dont have nor have ever owned a cell phone. Simply no need for one. I also havent had a desktop PC in about 12 years. I only have a tablet and outside gaming my only real internet usage is gamefaqs and checking some sports scores and news on espn.Do you drive and ever worry about breaking down?
Do you drive and ever worry about breaking down?They also had abundant pay phones they could walk to which really arent around anymore.
Sure people drove and broke down before cell phones. They also had to hope someone stopped to help or start walking.
They also had abundant pay phones they could walk to which really arent around anymore.Yeah and that was if you broke down in a city or near a business. In the country or on the highway you were screwed. If I go out and forget my cell phone I'm paranoid af that I'll break down.
Im probably going to get some flak for saying this, but I feel like this message board attracts a certain type.
People who dont do much with their lives, have very little ambition, and who are just playing video games all day. They have zero need for cell phones.
They dont network, they never leave the house, and are living with parents or other relatives.
Do you drive and ever worry about breaking down?
Sure people drove and broke down before cell phones. They also had to hope someone stopped to help or start walking.
Im probably going to get some flak for saying this, but I feel like this message board attracts a certain type.I should probably look up how to network instead of just anticipating that Im too antisocial to do so. I just failed at the other things whenever I tried to do them (and continue to fail when I try again).
People who dont do much with their lives, have very little ambition, and who are just playing video games all day. They have zero need for cell phones.
They dont network, they never leave the house, and are living with parents or other relatives.
No, you're right. I used to think that nerd stereotype was overblown, but we do genuinely have quite a few hikineets.Yeah, and it's perfectly fine if that's how people want to live their lives.
I should probably look up how to network instead of just anticipating that Im too antisocial to do so. I just failed at the other things whenever I tried to do them (and continue to fail when I try again).Failing? Welcome to life. You will fail a lot. You can either see those failures as something that make you weaker or see them as something that will make you stronger.
Yeah, and it's perfectly find if that's how people want to live their lives.You are too considerate, perhaps. For the reasons you listed, I can't believe anyone in that situation, unless they had a rich and apathetic benefactor, truly want to live that way.
Contrary to popular opinion, I have a life and leave the house, so I need one.
If it wasn't for my wife and my mom I wouldnt have one. I hate the fact that I can be reached at anytime. And my God if I forget to charge it, the nagging is unbearable.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fc28d42c.jpgthere's like more active cell phones than there are people in the world right? Possibly, 8 billion?
I've never really seen the point with how cellphones are here. If I had one, it would only be for emergencies. We can't get ones where you load some money on and it never expires. I refuse to play monthly for something I'll almost never use.
"I don't want to speak to these people" seems like a problem that extends far beyond cell phones, especially since a cell phone only makes it a larger issue if you actually give said people your number. You could simply... Have a phone for emergencies, and not tell anybody the number.
That's what a cellphone to me should be for. Not dumb meaningless conversations that you needed to call me.
I rather talk to you in person. I grew up when cellphones weren't a thing. Cellphones became widely available when I was around twenty.
Then... use it for that? I'm confused. Do you think you HAVE to have meaningless conversations just because you have a cellphone?
Like said, "I don't want to talk to anybody" is something that extends far beyond cellphones.
This doesn't answer the question, though. You can have a cellphone for emergencies and just not give anybody the number. That seems like it solves your problem almost completely. "I don't want to talk to people" doesn't seem like it's a reason to not have a cellphone. It just dictates how you use said cellphone.
Yeah, and it's perfectly fine if that's how people want to live their lives.When I fail something, I categorize it in one of two ways: what can I do to make this successful and what factors prevent prevented my success.
I personally would be depressed if I lived like that. Having to rely on aging parents for everything, not knowing what will happen when parents pass away, having to abide by parents' rules because staying at their house, and more.
I love my parents, but I would feel like I was suffocating if I stayed with them.
Failing? Welcome to life. You will fail a lot. You can either see those failures as something that make you weaker or see them as something that will make you stronger.
A cell phone is indispensable for me just for google maps and a compass app. My natural sense of direction is pretty bad and so trying to navigate without some kind of help usually doesn't go well.I get lost super easy, so having Google Maps on hand via phone has allowed me to go out and do things that used to give me a bunch of anxiety.
I get lost super easy, so having Google Maps on hand via phone has allowed me to go out and do things that used to give me a bunch of anxiety.
No but in my line of work (Army) it is all but mandatory <_<Well in the military, youre on 24/7 recall. Not having a phone means now we have to dedicate resources to track you down if necessary during a time when manning is critical.
Like they don't mandate it (because they'd have to pay us extra if they did) but you must be contactable. Which if you don't have a (cell) phone, then you're just making your own life more frustrating. Leadership will just play dumb games with you, like having you report places for info or whatever, beyond what we normally do.
Downside to it being all but manatory is it wreaks havok on my anxiety. Mix of always knowing some BS could come down or if my phone is low on battery having extra anxiety of it dying