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LisaM

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36. My niece (12) went on a four day sailing/camping class last summer. No social media.

Mon Apr 10, 2017, 12:39 PM

Apr 2017

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The counselors took the phones (for emergencies) and had a set time each day they would check to see if the parents had called with any emergencies.

When my niece came back, she seemed tanned, relaxed, and energized, and even older than when she'd left a few days earlier.

Her mom and I were wondering what would be the first thing she'd want when she came back, remembering our own camping trips as kids. I thought it would be a cold Coke. She thought it would be a shower. Wrong on both counts! She needed to get back on her phone.

It was really too bad, because it seemed that the four days of sailing and being self-sufficient for four days had really made a difference (I don't want to say 'improved' because she's a good kid). It would have been nice it there's been more after effects.

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Anyone watching 60 Minutes about the ex-Google employee who is concerned [View all] Akamai Apr 2017 OP

I know people who bristle at the idea of talking on planes. LisaM Apr 2017 #1

Great point. But I am insufferably talkative and I will try several times to talk. Akamai Apr 2017 #2

Oh, I enjoy small talk. LisaM Apr 2017 #13

I love small talk. EllieBC Apr 2017 #23

I once took a cross-country bus ride in the early 90s Orrex Apr 2017 #29

Ghost in the Shell was prophecy, not fiction LittleBlue Apr 2017 #3

i prefer not to talk to other people n/t. okieinpain Apr 2017 #4

it is worse than you all think Hamlette Apr 2017 #5

I agree -- When I unplug for a day or so, I do not miss it. I tell people that I often Akamai Apr 2017 #7

I'm with you trixie2 Apr 2017 #18

I didn't see it. I was texting. Yavin4 Apr 2017 #6

I did text it to you, but your imogi said I should drown myself. Akamai Apr 2017 #8

Ha haaaa! Smartypants!! eom Leghorn21 Apr 2017 #12

I do think of it as an addiction. I have a sell phone, but prefer my land line. I take it when napi21 Apr 2017 #9

I only have a flip phone cell Zing Zing Zingbah Apr 2017 #30

I have a problem with this. It bugs me because I don't do the things I used to do because I am Maraya1969 Apr 2017 #10

Thanks for the heads up... PoiBoy Apr 2017 #11

Gadget Zombies moondust Apr 2017 #14

I saw a picture the other day that just stunned me. pamela Apr 2017 #15

I've been to museums where people spend more time taking photographs of paintings than dalton99a Apr 2017 #22

yup. recently my wife and I at lunch watch couples ignore each other and stare at their phones NRaleighLiberal Apr 2017 #16

Here's a documentary on internet addiction from a few yrs ago. littlemissmartypants Apr 2017 #17

The 60 Minutes report wasn't about internet addiction, but more Ilsa Apr 2017 #28

There is another documentary, Screenagers littlemissmartypants Apr 2017 #19

I feel better knowing trixie2 Apr 2017 #20

Life is best enjoyed when you record everything with your cellphone and upload it so Google can dalton99a Apr 2017 #21

People do things that are stimulating killbotfactory Apr 2017 #24

Sub sole nihil novi est Lokilooney Apr 2017 #25

I hate it when people want to talk to me on trains/planes butdiduvote Apr 2017 #26

I met my far better half in Toastmasters speaking club in 1975. Akamai Apr 2017 #35

My parents are addicted to social media, their cellphones in particular Jonny Appleseed Apr 2017 #27

My work takes me to a number of schools. It's spring break. Last week I asked the kids Squinch Apr 2017 #31

My niece (12) went on a four day sailing/camping class last summer. No social media. LisaM Apr 2017 #36

Not to mention all these young whippersnappers addicted to their Auto Mobiles Foamfollower Apr 2017 #32

I never played my Atari until my hands were blistered... Johonny Apr 2017 #33

I don't talk to anyone on a plane crazycatlady Apr 2017 #34

I almost always travel alone, and enjoy a little bit of conversation. LisaM Apr 2017 #37