Dirty_habiT Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Last night I had an idea I hadn't considered. We've all been funneled into using cell phones all the time. What was life like before cell phones and apps? Do any of you remember? Did life somehow suck without cell phones? Did the convenience eventually become overshadowed by novelty and entertainment? So last night I turned off my cell phone completely. I'm going to try to get through a few days without it soon (not today). I think if I can survive just fine without it, and I'm fairly certain that I can, I may just cancel the plan and hook up a land line to my house with an answering machine. How many of you cannot survive without your cell phone being close to you all the time? 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Dirty_habiT said: Last night I had an idea I hadn't considered. We've all been funneled into using cell phones all the time. What was life like before cell phones and apps? Do any of you remember? Did life somehow suck without cell phones? Did the convenience eventually become overshadowed by novelty and entertainment? So last night I turned off my cell phone completely. I'm going to try to get through a few days without it soon (not today). I think if I can survive just fine without it, and I'm fairly certain that I can, I may just cancel the plan and hook up a land line to my house with an answering machine. How many of you cannot survive without your cell phone being close to you all the time? 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deine Mudder Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 I have a cell phone (smart phone) with me usually, however it's "offline" (on airplane mode) a lot of the time, because of work or just because the situation calls for peace and quiet. What I use the thing for the most is probably listening to music, using the calendar, notes, meditation timer, guitar tuner, flashlight, camera.. so basically not a lot of online things but stuff you would have used multiple different "analogue" items for before smartphones were around. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 yo bringing back the answering machine is big dick energy bro - dope. the only reason i feel pertinent need for connection is so I can be contacted for anything related to my kids. that said I definitely spend too much time on this fucking thing. 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 https://www.asterisk.org/ You can configure this and have a call routing system that can thwart spammers to. Stuff like dial 123321 to leave a message. Also there is Stunt Banana which I think you could use to change your outgoing caller ID. It's a set of custom scripts that installs asterisk a certain way on an ec2 instance. https://stuntbanana.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 Also your friends can collect call you from jail on a land line. I don't know if this is still a thing or not but for a long time my friend and his mom basically made it known that anyone could call their landline collect from jail if need be since it didn't work to call cell phones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Porn in your palm changed the game 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Said this before but until a year or so ago I still had a flip phone. I'm not attached to my phone at all, put it down in the house and leave it. Keep the volume at a moderate level, sometimes I don't hear it ring and if I don't that's why it has caller id and voice mail. Mainly use it for call, text, photos for texts. I might have used the map function once or twice but otherwise I don't use the internet, don't have or use apps, and have turned off as many functions as I can. I also don't social media so not connected to my phone for that either. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 I'd actually be fine with a cellphone that is literally JUST a phone. No t9 texts, no apps, no gps, none of that shit. My self control doesn't allow me to have a computer in my pocket and not use it for all kinds of time wasting shit. That's not me taking responsibility, that's me knowing my limitations and what I should distance myself from. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 This is weird you bring this up. I was literally talking to my dad about this yesterday how the cellphone has ruined people’s need to think/plan ahead about almost everything. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I've never had a cell phone (Mobile - Europe and Asia). When the telephone rings at my house, I get up and walk to that room. The answering machine screens our calls. If I hear a familiar voice or the call I'm expecting, I'll pick up the transceiver handle and say, "hello". Break time at work I'll sit in my car and read my book. I just finished, Call Of The Wild, so I'm going to pick up, Acid For The Children, from my buddy whom just finished it. Until then it's the current issue of FineScale Modeler 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Dude. It's refreshing to hear people still exist by choice in the world like this. Props to you man I'm envious. The amount you value your time and free thought is probably well beyond average. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 @Ko SprueOneThats wild bro. Good on you. I held out on cellphones for ever. The best I would do for people was a pager. Like it was deep enough into cell phones that people would look at me like I was retarded when I would tell them to page me if they needed to find me. Finally I had a girl friend buy me a celly cuz, now that I think about it, she probably didn’t believe where I was half the time. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I need to make a change and start doing something about my phone habit. I will cycle through the same five sites over and over again if I’m just sitting around. Just a really weird bad habit. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I just don't need one yet. I'm not anti-cell or anything like that. I just don't need one yet. When I go somewhere that I haven't been before, I'll look it up on the internet then write down the directions and memorize the map on the map site. I'll pick up a paper map of that area if needed. This has been working pretty good. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ko SprueOne said: I just don't need one yet. Yeah you say that now. Wait until you realize you can jerk off anywhere 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 There is no way in hell I’m ever quitting this thing. I’m so addicted it’s literally unhealthy and kind of legitimately insane. If there was rehab I’d consider going it’s that bad. Not even so much for social media or reading either. I’m just addicted to looking at stuff. Stuff for the house. Stuff for this or that. Anything. It’s just always in my hand and I hate it. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I really miss when I didn’t have 12oz on here too. That’s a recent thing for me personally. Around about 2/3 years ago when I started coming back maybe a little longer but I still always used my MacBook because my stupid ass couldn’t figure it out on here. But now my oontzing is almost exclusively via the phone. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elena Delle Donne Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 answering machine messages used to be cool and fun 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T4M* Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Desktops or the library's computers. Best part, looking up the nastys and deleting history 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morton Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I miss the functionality of screening calls with an answering machine, listening to the beginning of the message and then picking up if worthy. I like my phone, thank you very much. Pros and cons as usual. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misteraven Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 On 12/12/2021 at 9:22 AM, Dirty_habiT said: Last night I had an idea I hadn't considered. We've all been funneled into using cell phones all the time. What was life like before cell phones and apps? Do any of you remember? Did life somehow suck without cell phones? Did the convenience eventually become overshadowed by novelty and entertainment? So last night I turned off my cell phone completely. I'm going to try to get through a few days without it soon (not today). I think if I can survive just fine without it, and I'm fairly certain that I can, I may just cancel the plan and hook up a land line to my house with an answering machine. How many of you cannot survive without your cell phone being close to you all the time? Anyone else try this? What’s your experience been? Maybe it’s an excuse but feel like I can’t get rid of my phone because of work and responsibilities. But damn, miss the days before smart phones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Of course we can all survive and adapt back to life pre cell phones if necessary. Problem is, a nasty ass pay phone is a rare site these days. I won’t be able to pull out my hand written paper list of contacts out of my wallet to call my peeps on the street. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndv Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I haven't tried it. Sometimes I forget my phone when heading to the store, will panic for a second and continue without though but it feels awkward kind like foil in your mouth when you bite down. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I occasionally go out of cell range and it ain’t no thang until you need it for communication (porn)…..then it suuuuuucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 If it weren't for spotify and dating apps I wouldn't need my personal cell anymore as I have one for work. I like the idea, but also lack follow-through... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicklesndimes Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 i was one of the last of my acquaintances to go permanently on a cell phone. i had the landline/answering machine until like 2012. i also had very sporadic periods of having internet service at home until 2017, just went out and used wifi for things as needed. don't get me wrong, i had cell phones on and off over the years before that, but i was definitely "out of the loop" when it came to buying in to all the hype of having these gadgets 24/7(as i type this out on one as i am speaking on it..). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 On 12/12/2021 at 11:27 PM, Dark_Knight said: Yeah you say that now. Wait until you realize you can jerk off anywhere Did you really need a phone to come to that realization? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I got a smart phone around 3 years ago. Pretty much limit myself to calls, text, photos, and a few occasional internet usages. Ringer and notifications no louder than mid range. Very few apps. Most capabilities of the phone are turned off. I'm fairly unattached to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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