My wife is completely addicted to her phone. I hate that they can do everything, now. When she's not texting, she's checking Facebook or playing games. She does it during commercial breaks when we're trying to watch TV together. Sometimes she'll do it in the middle of a program. Back when we used to work the same shift, she'd do it if we were on lunch together.
I really hate the consumer model for smart phone games in particular. It's not like the Nintendo games that I grew up on, where you get to the final level, you save the princess, and then you're done. Her games never really "end." You just keep having to grow more crops, or kill more zombies, or whatever game she's currently playing. Some of the games actually punish you for taking a break and not playing, because then all your crops die or whatever.
In a moment of weakness I actually sabotaged her charging cable recently. Not my best moment, I will freely admit. As far as she knew, suddenly the cord wouldn't charge her phone. She got it replaced that very same day.
I actually don't own a smart phone. I have basic flip phone I can use to text her, or keep on hand if I need to make an emergency call. I also don't use Facebook.
I can understand how technology can be very addicting (I used to obsess over video games as a teenager, and these days I probably do spend a little too much time on the Internet) but when I try to set her up with what I consider a "real" video game; i.e., something she can play on the big TV in the living room so I can at least watch, she's never interested. Nope, got to play on that tiny little screen that only she can see.
Also, when I'm trying to get some writing done or otherwise concentrating, suddenly her phone pipes up with some stupid YouTube video going at full blast, playing on that crappy little phone speaker. It's the most obnoxious thing ever.
What's funny is that years ago, before she got her smart phone, there was a point when I found a new computer game I liked. I had been playing it for about two weeks when she came over all annoyed and asked, "So, uh, how long are you going to be playing this game for, exactly?"
Two weeks.
Quigster
I really hate the consumer model for smart phone games in particular. It's not like the Nintendo games that I grew up on, where you get to the final level, you save the princess, and then you're done. Her games never really "end." You just keep having to grow more crops, or kill more zombies, or whatever game she's currently playing. Some of the games actually punish you for taking a break and not playing, because then all your crops die or whatever.
In a moment of weakness I actually sabotaged her charging cable recently. Not my best moment, I will freely admit. As far as she knew, suddenly the cord wouldn't charge her phone. She got it replaced that very same day.
I actually don't own a smart phone. I have basic flip phone I can use to text her, or keep on hand if I need to make an emergency call. I also don't use Facebook.
I can understand how technology can be very addicting (I used to obsess over video games as a teenager, and these days I probably do spend a little too much time on the Internet) but when I try to set her up with what I consider a "real" video game; i.e., something she can play on the big TV in the living room so I can at least watch, she's never interested. Nope, got to play on that tiny little screen that only she can see.
Also, when I'm trying to get some writing done or otherwise concentrating, suddenly her phone pipes up with some stupid YouTube video going at full blast, playing on that crappy little phone speaker. It's the most obnoxious thing ever.
What's funny is that years ago, before she got her smart phone, there was a point when I found a new computer game I liked. I had been playing it for about two weeks when she came over all annoyed and asked, "So, uh, how long are you going to be playing this game for, exactly?"
Two weeks.
Quigster
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