Life Without Cellphones?

Question

Life Without Cellphones
How was your life changed by having a cellphone?
A lot of people say that because there is texting, people don't seemly see each other or call. Some consider it as a blessing, the best tool to bridge one with friends and family.


How about you? What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

If you want my opinion, I don't think that this has anything to do with philosophy, but then again you aren't the first offender.

Answer 2

I haven't had the need for a cellphone since I quit the job that had me driving an hour and a half there and the same back. It is a convenience that some people require to keep up with their jobs or life and some just don't need it. I don't need it; my husband has one, because he is now the one driving long distances on rural roads. As a modern convenience and aid is it useful but I often see the use of them cross over into abuse or at least overuse. My father has a phone in every room and a cellphone, and his wife has a cellphone and pager. His wife complained abour hers going off when she was catheterizing a patient (she's a nurse). IMO she should have set it to silent for this phase of her work. Who knows what discomfort it caused her patient? She complained about the person who called, but truly, how could that person have known what she was doing at that moment?

On the other hand, having the use of my father's cellphone came in dead handy as I tried to keep up with two family members undergoing simultaneous surgery in two widely spread apart areas of a large hospital. As others have said, there are benefits and drawbacks; the technology itself is neutral, except for the possible problems with high frequency RF's effects on the human body.

Answer 3

It is an advancement in technology that's all. The individuals either abuse this technology or use it wisely.
Hell I remember as a kid the telephone was a gift! That's that big black monster hanging on the wall with a loud bell on it!
We were living just north of Toronto and in order to get someone on the phone we had to pick up the receiver and wait for the operator to come on to put our call through. She would come on the line when you lifted the receiver and ask for the number you wished to connect to, then she would dial it at the switchboard!
Our phone number was 46! That was it. #46. My phone calls were always to # 32, because that was Lynn's phone number and she was a sweetie, hell she even knew how to kiss!! And she would too! So a lot of calls were made to that # and meetings in the woods would be arranged.
Today? Lord you have to use ten digit numbers and you can call from anywhere. Cool.
Cellphones ...just another technological advancement.
Abuse it or use it properly, that's up to the individual.

Answer 4

I always swore I would never have a cell phone. But time changed that and me. I was traveling between Florida and Tennessee, a lot of the time at night, and my husband felt like I needed to have one in case of an emergency, so I got one. And, of course, it became indispensable to me as time went by. Yes, I still have one and don't know how I lived without it. But I still call it my umbilical cord and feel that I am tied down by it. I try to be considerate and not use it in public places or when I'm eating. I try to be safe by not using it as I drive unless I have headphones on. But to live without it? I don't think so. Not any more--and I've only had it two years!

Answer 5

Living in the desert with miles between any humans, having a cellphone when driving is a must. Texting someone with a short message that doesn't need elaboration is also a plus. Otherwise, I never use it.

Answer 6

i agree one said comment, this probably belongs in social science. but any ways...

i disagree. i believe that modern technology has actually driven friends and family apart. we subsitute quality time with quick phone conversations and text messages.

while yes, it does provide some modern conviences, and if you are stuck on the side of the road, or you want to sneak some pictures of women at a night club in short skirts, does come in handy, but generally speaking as a device to bring people closer together, i beg to differ.

not only do we spend less time together, the time we do spend together, includes people checking text messages and taking phone calls. this drives me nuts. why do you want to hang out if all you are going to do is mess with your cell phone the whole time. i guess thats when you whip out your own. "ur b n rude"

Answer 7

It's making thoughts more of a creative thinking rather than a personal thinking. It has reduced its value of true communication and social personalization. Yes, it is a very useful tool. What comes great power, comes great responsiblity as they say... Using it wisely is a should do!

Answer 8

Well it has its positives and negatives..............

We all know this people driving and talking on the phone really bad................

But than we need the phone if we get a flat tire right so there are good points and bad............

Annoying people on the express bus talking loud early in the morning or coming home hehehe ...............

Or calling people in case of emergencies
or even tracking people down when missing etc..............
I am happy that we have th cell phone and I get to upgrade it every two years with a new phone hehehe and take pictures too on my camera phone :))))

Answer 9

Actually, I don't own a cellphone. I've gotten along for forty-some years without one - why do I really need one? It's just another bill to pay.

Answer 10

i don't own a cell phone. have befor. they can be handy but in truth are more a burden than blessing. keeping up with it, paying that bill, and all the interuptions. just not good for ones' well being i'd say. live as simple as possible with minimal distractions, or not...

Answer 11

Once upon a time ago there were no cell phones and everyone had to use pay phones. So the question is has anyone notice the disappereance of pay phones?