Technology & Antisocial Behavior

[RugerHound]

From Dennis Miller - As he says: A positive perspective!

 

[Huhwhat?]

Let's see...

Some men reading the paper on a train for a short while in the morning equates to huge numbers of men, women, and children spending most of their free time tapping away on their cell phones and tablets, while never actually talking face to face with their family or neighbors in what way?

 

[frankenfab]

They may not be just tapping away. When I'm on my various "devices", I am looking for, and processing information. It's either work related, or about guns! But I am trying to learn something new. It's not all bad.

 

[Huhwhat?]

You may very well be the exception to the masses of texting teens and tweens. In any case, one pic of commuters reading the paper is hardly proof that it was just as anti-social during that time period. On the other hand, when you are buried in a phone or tablet, you are still ignoring all the people around you.

 

[mohavesam]

The more I interact with strangers, the more I believe in the right to keep and bear belt-fed weaponry.

 

[Bob Wright]

The more I interact with strangers, the more I believe in the right to keep and bear belt-fed weaponry.

They're only strangers once! I've met some of the nicest folks while grocery shopping with my wife. Met a couple of seemingly grouchy old men, both of whom had some very interesting WW II stories to tell me, once I simply said "Good morning."

Learned about pallet recycling while I was pumping gas. As Will Rogers once said, "I never met a man I didn't like." In some cases, time changed that, though.

Bob Wright

 

[Fox Mike]

I don't remember the last time I walked down the street and saw numerous amounts of people reading newspapers as they walked. I cannot say that about 'electronic devices'.