smartphones

Yesterday I watched this trailer for Naqoyqatsi.
I had never heard of it, but it came up as a suggestion on Netflix so I checked it out-
of course it confirmed all of my worst nightmares and now I don't think I really want to see it.
No nature, only technology, war always.

If you have an extreme movie plot about the dreadful future, and are looking for someone to convince... I'm your gal.
I've been feeling especially negative lately, probably due to my classes. Let's see, Comparative Children's Rights- we go around the room and each say what our research paper is going to be, and our teacher jokes with each person, "is your topic depressing too?"

OF COURSE ITS DEPRESSING- we are taking a class on children's rights!
My environmental seminar isn't much more uplifting, it's an environmental seminar at a school of anti-environmentalists.
I know I represent the extreme in this case, so I'm about to let y'all in on a secret.
I don't think people realize how much I truly hate smart phones. You think you know, because I whine about it, but I bite my tongue 90% of the time.
So here we go:

If you're subtle about your smartphone ownership, or can put it down for great lengths of time, then I will look the other way and it won't get to me. But let's face it, the large majority of smartphone users do not use their phones in a controlled manner. And it drives me insane. If you have a smartphone and my standards make me think it's excessive- I look down upon you. I think lesser of you. I sound excessive but I mean it from the bottom of my heart!

The fact that you need to look up all directions on your phone, when you could easily use your eyes or just ask an information booth (that's their job, and I prefer human opinions and interactions) - then why do otherwise? At least if you get lost the human way, you're having an adventure. If your screen is wrong, you start to get frustrated and stumble and try to apologize on behalf of it, then you're just staring at a few inches of screen and not living in the present.

[I am really thankful for my roadtrip with Riley and Ola- they both have internet on their phone but we all quickly agreed to not use it for directions- Riley's mom gave us a map of the NE states and we used that for pretty much everything (sometimes we picked up a more detailed map in a state-specifically TN and LA). We got on and off at random exits, drove through old towns, ghost towns, hidden towns...]

Most likely to be continued


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