God yes! I need an account to make an account.

Office...

They still exist. Depend on your area maybe

Just bought a console and some games! Plug and play! Nope. The console needs to spend all day on the internet downloading Encyclopaedia Britannica. The you have to install the games. And load THEIR 10 gigabyte updates.

Smartphones at concerts! You will NEVER EVER look at the video again..

Maybe, but then you are relying on a handful of companies to decide what you need to know. I realize that tailored newsfeeds are bringing us back to the days where you are only going to see what they want you to see, but there are advantages to having news available from numerous sources. (That being said, I agree with the spirit of this post. I am burnt out on news right now.)

I think the future of cell phone etiquette is going to be turning the thing off for 12 hours a day. It might take a while to become ubiquitous, but I know people who do that now.

Yes I am this "difficult to communicate with" person and I dont care lol. Stand your ground!

I miss these days. We all survived. More anxiety now always being connected. Why didn't you answer my text within 2 minutes bullcrap drives me nuts

This is a hill I'm ready to die on. Seperate phones for work and private, work phone is off at 6pm an on when I leave the house for work. I also shut off all sounds and vibrations from notifications, except state alarm app and phone calls from selected people. It's so much more peacful!

Newsflash: Nobody is obligated to answer their phone, respond to messages, or even have their phone switched on 24/7. I don't and I have not yet died.

Something I HATE is satellite phones on planes. It’s the last bastion of incommunicado. Let me relax, adjust to a new time zone, get drunk, watch movies, sleep, eat crap food in peace, let me travel without interruption. Please.

In my experience people were also rarely late to turn up as when you had agreed where and when to meet you were stuck with it. No texts back then to say "I'm 5 minutes away" whereas in reality it's more like half an hour.

Gods I know people who fear they might miss something if they are away from the phone for more than 10 seconds.

You're only available if you choose to be

I was told that I "lacked a sense of urgency".

Let's do like France, cellphone working hours :D

I had a pager because it was the only way my family could contact me, no home phone for awhile.

Pretty much everybody I know turns of their phone at night or only allow certain number to go through. There is a whole yung generation who write and leavevoicemessages instead of calling. I think the pendulum is swingin the other way, by now.

I don't have a smartphone. When I'm out of home or the office, I cannot receive emails or any form of notifications from social media. It's AWESOME :)

This! When I went on vacation I truly disconnected. I'm at the beach Jerry, I don't need to see your meme

My phone stops ringing after half ten at night. All messages, calls, texts, etc. are just saved until I switch off the alarm in the morning.

Well, turn off the phone, it is that easy! :)

My mobile goes onto do not disturb at 10pm and comes off at 7.15am.

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I'm on do not disturb the second I get home.

hmmm . . .im torn on this one because i enjoy having the ability to look something up at my fingertips, i can play a podcast anywhere, listen to music anywhere . . . . i can text my friend and ask a question and she will get back to me when its convenient for her . . . . . . i just dont answer my phone as much . . . . .

I refuse to have voice mail. It's not even set up. That bends several people out of shape but I stand my ground because before I shut it down years ago almost all the voice mail was spam callers or people who new me who would just leave the message, "Call me." Don't need that in my life.

I'll be rude... call me rude. I don't care. I'm busy

With the instant communication that cellphones bring, it also brings out the people who feel entitled to instant responses. If my son is home, I do not carry my phone around with me, and have never felt obligated to reply to anyone instantly.

I decided a few months back to keep my cell phone on "do not disturb" mode 99% of the time. No more alerts. I see the texts/notifications when I periodically check my phone. My anxiety has been SO much better. I highly recommend it!

Simple really, one private phone and one you switch off.

I actually have 2 working phones. My smartphone of course has texting. I actually don't read texts/emails, as I have clinical anxiety. If it's that important the person can call me and not leave a VM [voicemail]. People don't call me that often.

I remember when people thought you were a drug dealer if you had a cell phone

Not me...was overweight, ugly styled, ugly Wear, ugly glasses, ugly hairstyle, addicted, sad, and an a.....e. I feel I'm so much a better person today at 41

THAT was freedom..

It was awesome to show up at the airport 1/2 hour before the flight and just get on board the plane. Now it's 4 hours before flight time and a big delay because someone is trying to get their emotional support Komodo dragon on the plane and they wore lace-up boots.

And the salaries there are probably the same.

I sincerely hate fb

Oh yes. Touchscreens with their endless menus are extremely annoying. I'll stick with my ancient tactile equipment.

My mom worked for a supermarket in the 90s it was new. She trained people in different departments. Her bring home pay was 1400$ a week to start abs she got 3000$ bonuses every 3 months. Had full benefits and a company car in case she needed to travel to another store w a per diem. They closed slowly after 9/11. They cut her hours bc they didn't want to pay people anymore. Things got progressively worse. She never made that kind of money again.

Definetly. Millenials and Gen Z have no hope for their future. We know that things are bad and will likely get worse.

None of the films you want to watch are on Netflix, or Amazon or anything other platform. You waste so much time looking. You could have got a pizza ordered, gone to Blockbuster, found some films, picked up the pizza and be at home stuffing your face in the time you have spent searching online for stuff you want to watch.

There were bulletin boards, the Well, USENET. Mind, I get the point, and modern social media now dominate. But social media were there, and yes, they could get very poisonous too.

In USA you mean

I just mute all commercials and look at my phone during them.

Snake..

I wonder if there's a market for a stripped down smartphone (akin to a Nokia 3310) that can retain some of the more useful features of a smartphone (certain apps, internet connectivity, maps, photo and video, etc) but do away with unnecessary stuff like social media apps etc? As in keep the useful features of a smartphone but restrict the ability to add battery draining "fluff".

The hope is what I miss too. I read my old journals from the 90s and I was so happy and excited for the future. My daughter gets a kick out of them bc of all the things I did every day. Sure there were some sad or hard times but it was infrequent it didn't pile on to where you feel life is so mundane but also scary.

Oh lord I thought I was Pam Anderson in the 90s. Tan skin platinum hair breast implants the skimpy club clothes. Was so thin and petite. Then came the marriage kids aging. Oh well

They are still about.