22 cartoons that show how smartphones are killing real conversations
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22 Cartoons That Show How Smartphones Are Killing RealConversations
May 7, 2015Art
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Okay, Ill admit it. Sometimes I look at Facebook at the table. Just a couple years ago, that thought never would
have occurred to me. So Im guilty of it, but these cartoons kinda made me think twice about the habit.
You see people doing it all the time. Coffee shops, zoos, all sorts of different places their faces are buried in
their smart phones, not engaging with whats going on around them. These days, someone not glued to the
phone is an exception.
Does this technology improve our lives? Definitely! But maybe its time to show a little self control.
Enjoy.
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h/t [boredpanda]
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David Eric Lawton Reverse Logistics Specialist (Shipping/Receiving) at Target
Before smartphones (and still now) people sat in coffee shops, at the breakfast table, etc. with a
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newspaper or a book. Why doesn't anyone complain about that? It's the same concept, just with new
technology.
People don't think before openning their mouths or writing an article.
Like Reply 20 May 10, 2015 9:39pm
Vanessa Reign
Well...did they take the newspaper with them on the bus, then at work, then on the train, on
a date, to the cinema,then at the dinner table, to the toilet, then on the nightstand? Think.
Like Reply 44 May 12, 2015 3:47am
David Eric Lawton Reverse Logistics Specialist (Shipping/Receiving) at Target
Vanessa Reign Actually to most (not all) of those, yes. I've seen a lot of people doing exactly
those things for many years.
Like Reply 10 May 12, 2015 4:36pm
Sindri Bjrn kason Works at Reykjavkurborg
David Eric Lawton I apologize, sir. Your profile picture was very misleading. I deleted the
comment posted in my moment of ignorance and will leave this comment as a formal
apology. I'm sorry.
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Chantal de Paus Freelance Translator at Cat Got Your Tongue?
This article makes me realise two things:
1 I belong to a shrinking group of people whose lives don't revolve around WhatsApp, selfies and
texting. I can go for days without using my smartphone, I often leave the house without my phone, I
rarely take a selfie and I seldom text or app. My smartphone doesn't control my life.
2 I used to not need a mobile phone at all, so it's gaining territory in my daily life. I need to be careful
not to turn into a smartphone-addicted drone, because it just stealthily forces its way into everyday
habits.
Like Reply 13 May 12, 2015 11:14pm
Isaac Williams Lead Game Designer at Ars Tali Games
This article is an obnoxious oversimplification. Imposing human centricism and egoism on
technology rather than realising we've always been like this.
Like Reply 7 May 13, 2015 12:21am
Rob Kennedy Cleveland, Ohio
Isaac Williams I doubt you're old enough to remember how we've "always been."
Like Reply 13 May 13, 2015 1:26am
Joseph Filip Ad Integrity Analyst at Facebook
Rob Kennedy Maybe he read a book on his phone. Personal experience isn't a reliable source
of truth most of the time.
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Luke Mckeown-Todd CEO at Cerberus Industries
Smartphones are not the downfall of humanity that anyone born before 1990 seems to think they are.
Life was not perfect before they came along and it hasn't collapsed now that they have. I am fortunate
enough to have grown up just as they emerged so i can see it from both sides. Whilst i could rant for
ages about the benefits of the added knowledge of all mankind in your hand and how its impossible for
the older generations to understand i won't.
I will say this and simply this. I can talk to my girlfriend who lives an hour and half drive away from me
whenever we want. I can keep talking to m... See More
Like Reply 64 May 9, 2015 4:06pm
Jim Wetherell Works at Retired
And the great thing is you can do all that without have to shave, shower, or get dressed, all
from the convenience of your home.
Like Reply 14 May 9, 2015 7:11pm
Amanda Jean Turner Brampton, Ontario
Technology has its advantages, but so many people are slaves to it (including myself). There is
truth in these cartoons. It's not healthy.
Like Reply 44 May 9, 2015 8:44pm
Joseph Stafford
Disagree. Your talking about the uses of Skype etc which is great for its limited uses. This
article talks to how '3rd person' or 'spare wheel' the cell-phone has become in alot of peoples
day to day lives. Whether dining out with a loved one OR sitting alone on a bus or in a park
human engagement with either mother nature OR 'self' has given way to voyerism or ego-ism
needing to see how many people liked your last post or snooping through your newsfeed to
see what other people are doing but the worst thing is people needing to introduce their social
network into whatever one is doing even if that one might be supposedly enjoying the
company of another face2face.....absolutely weird.
Like Reply 28 May 10, 2015 8:41pm
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Andrew Gilbert Sociology Tutor at La Trobe University
Never has a new technology been so socially isolating since the invention of the book
Like Reply 10 May 11, 2015 1:28pm
Ray Govett Hughson, California
Yes, and look where those damn things led us
Like Reply 3 May 13, 2015 12:55pm
Andrew Gilbert Sociology Tutor at La Trobe University
Ray Govett Yes, I think between religious or political fundamentalism on the one hand and
literature, poetry, science, philosophy, etc. on the other, the jury is still out on the book.
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Jean Brake Masters Morgantown High School
Best "laugh" of the day and so true!
Like Reply 9 May 8, 2015 8:21pm
Surya TeJa Rayachoty, India
Yes mam!
Like Reply May 9, 2015 7:24pm
Surya TeJa Rayachoty, India
So Sorry to say that Smartphones aren't just revolutionizing our lifes, but they are degrading our Life
style and Health!!
Like Reply 9 May 9, 2015 7:23pm
John Lines Owner/Photographer at GreenTurtle Photography
My friends little girl told us in tears one night that when she walks by herself if someone walks by she
either looks at her phone or pretends she's talking to someone.... I know, phones don't make people
have personal problems just like guns don't kill, but what if the best friend you ever met walked on by
in their "phone shell" and you missed the person that would help you more than anything? So the
phone seldom receives in my house, it's illegal behind the wheel, it costs three to four times as much as
a land line ever did and is three to four times less reliable. Kids look like the zombie apocalypse, and they
believe cellular activity might be killing bees and be harmful to human life.WTF? Like a lot of innovations
of the 21st century, if I had a button on my cell that destroyed every single phone on the planet- I
already pushed it. Write me a letter if you can write that is....
Like Reply 6 May 13, 2015 8:23pm
Janice La Brooy Supervising at Cargo Company
Just reminds me of time spent in the presence of friends and my husband. Uuuuugggghh!!! Just like
spending time with a door knob. Irritating and oh so annoying.
Like Reply 5 May 9, 2015 7:49am
Eelco Cramer Multi inzetbaar figuur at Het Burgerweeshuis
Smartphones are a good thing. It helps internet addicts leave the house for a change.
Like Reply 4 May 12, 2015 6:11pm
Rob Kennedy Cleveland, Ohio
Technology is not destroying the art of conversation. The art of conversation is adapting to
technology. Tell me one thing that a face-to-face conversation offers that a conversation via
technology doesn't. This, however, doesn't not mean that there aren't problems.
People are far more connected than ever, and this excessive connectivity has a tendency to lead to a
degredation of individualism. The more contact you have with people, the more you are influenced by
them and they by you. The two of you become closer and closer to being of identical mind the more
you talk.
The biggest probl... See More
Like Reply 2 May 13, 2015 1:55am
Chantal de Paus Freelance Translator at Cat Got Your Tongue?
"Tell me one thing that a face-to-face conversation offers that a conversation via technology
doesn't."
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doesn't."
Body language.
Like Reply 22 May 13, 2015 4:26am
Stephanie Tramdack Cash Cape May Court House, New Jersey
Further to Chantal de Paus' response: all the richness and nuance of voice - which, for me,
even voice telephony does not capture. The real, breathing, energetic presence of another
human being right with us, close enough to touch or not touch. The ability to see how
someone really is, as opposed to how they come across in a few stilted words on a flat little
screen.
Like Reply 6 May 13, 2015 3:50pm
Sabrina Creedon Largo, Florida
Chantal de Paus A conversation via technology could be something like Skype or FaceTime
where you're fully capable of seeing and hearing the other person.
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Deanna Westwood Riebeeck College Girls High
Good point Luke - My dad is 90 and pretty much housebound - thanks to technology he gets to keep
in touch with people he can't physically visit, chatting to them on Skype, he can still manage his own
banking, even though he can't get there, read the news, watch catch-up TV, electronic books where
he can adjust the print size to suit, brain-training exercises, the list goes on. That said, those cartoons
are a reminder that we need to value face to face time with people we love
Like Reply 2 May 13, 2015 10:32pm
Lyle Caine Specialty Department at Whole Foods Market - Sherman Oaks on Sepulveda Blvd
People defending smartphones. Oh, joy!
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Shaun Kennedy
It is not the fault of the technology, the technology is amazing, revolutionary and awesome. I really am
in awe of how far phones have come. The fault is in the abuse of the technology, the addiction, the
endless denial hidden behind fallacious arguments to their merit. Articles like this use humor to illustrate
a wasting disease of human interaction where the abuse of this technology reigns. You can have a
smartphone and use it wisely, make it a tool and not a vice. There's no need to be put on the
defensive when an article decries the abuse, simply do not be the abuser. It's easier said than done
sadly but the truth is in your own social life.
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Ben Kachasu Cape Town, Western Cape
YOU ROCK
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Dave Kinsella Content Creator at YouTube
There will always be a negative and positive to every action. Smartphones have improved areas of our
lives and perhaps degraded others. Anyone looking back on the "good ol' days" is deluded or anyone
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thinking thecnology will bring about a Utopia is also mistaken. Things are never going to be as they
were again, and we can either sit here and moan about it or embrace it and make the best of it.
Like Reply 4 May 10, 2015 4:15am
Rob Kennedy Cleveland, Ohio
This is, quite possibly, one of the smartest posts on this page.
Like Reply May 13, 2015 1:28am
Sergio Cl
and everybody whatching this shit guess what_ ... by and phone..... so no way
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Bill DeLuna Lewis Bartender at Special Event Services
.. thats cute . you think you get it.
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Bill DeLuna Lewis Bartender at Special Event Services
Not the date,not the cinema.. and nightstands?..those were books. the rest YES absolutely cos' they
caused actual conversations.
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Andy Shick Buffalo, New York
Should be "magic smartphone" not "smartphone smartphone"
Like Reply May 9, 2015 9:30am
Jesse Krause
I wonder how many people read this article on their smartphone.
Kind of ironic seeing the exact kind of oversimplified meme whose spread depends on social media
bashing social media.
There is a happy medium. Technology has advantages, but, like anything, there are downsides too.
Maybe, just maybe, it isn't black and white. Mind=blown.
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