• Rentlar
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    1 year ago

    I was smaller but I had a glimpse of the life before smartphones. The generation before any kind of widespread telephony is dying out but since then, people called each other a lot, like a lot a lot. They watched TV in the mornings and evenings, ran errands, read the paper, went to bars, hobby clubs and nightclubs, cafes. We still do that now, but you have to make a concious effort to avoid using a computer or smartphone.

    So many passes, cards and memberships are now digital, I kind of miss the feel of carrying plastic and paper cards.

    • @jarfil@beehaw.org
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      51 year ago

      We also had books, and we still do.

      Just yesterday, on a bus, among a sea of people on their smartphones and a kid with a tablet, I saw a young lady reading a book.

      Some people still watch TV in the mornings and evenings, during breakfast and dinner.

      Reading the paper is probably what’s mostly been replaced by smartphones.