I ask this question because I asked myself the same question when I stumbled upon the same scenario time and time again.
I walked past a gas(fuel) station and there was a long queue because there was scarcity of fuel at that time (it may sound strange to some of you, but it's real. I promise), and I noticed something very disturbing. Literally the tens of people in their cars all had thier heads bent downwards, using thier mobile phones. It would have been OK if just 5 people were using their phones. But a situation where literally every single person on that queue was engrossed in thier phone?? Ay ay ay ay.... They were not making calls, they were probably texting, chatting or whatever.
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Another scenario was when I went on a road trip with some friends to a new city to sight-see. While I was looking around, enjoying the beautiful scenery, I immediately noticed that all the others on the bus were on their smartphones. Then the following questions struck me :
- "is reality too boring that we'd rather chat, text, check up on social media, or juicy celebrity gossips than actually see and enjoy our environment and what it's in it?"
- "Are the stuff we see on our phones more fun and exciting than reality itself?"
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I was so disappointed and awestruck.
Like, can't we do without our phones for a few minutes or hours and simply enjoy life? Not social media/internet/online life... I mean, real life - precious moments that most times, we never get back.
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I'm not saying we shouldn't use smartphones. I'm literally using it right now. I'm saying that smartphones were made to help us enjoy life, not deprive us from living it.