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OfflineBitter Cactus
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Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones?
    #19283787 - 12/16/13 12:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Put two Japanese people in a room and they will whip out their cell phones faster than a samuri sword.

I went to grab coffee at this small cafe. Saw to young good looking Japanese people on a date. Well dressed, hair slicked back, nice glasses and dress shoes. To my astonishment their was no conversation between this new couple. They had their phones out and they did not make eye contact..

Here is an idea.

Put the phone down before I throw it on the ground and stomp it.

Seriously, going without my smartphone for a week has made me feel more present in the room. I feel like I am actually fully part of the moment, not planning the next or talking to someone else.

Why do they do this and what happens once the tablets become the next big thing? I know you can look around a phone easily but a tablet will block the flow of the room.


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Bitter Cactus] * 3
    #19283791 - 12/16/13 12:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Bitter Cactus said:
Why are the Japanese Americans so obsessed with smartphones?




Fixed.


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OfflineBitter Cactus
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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Synthe]
    #19283793 - 12/16/13 12:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

What happens when the four year olds trade a game of monopoly for a game of angry birds on their iphone 6?

Too bad parents can't spank their kids for such disrespect.


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Synthe]
    #19283794 - 12/16/13 12:58 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Synthe said:
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Bitter Cactus said:
Why are the Japanese Americans Scottish so obsessed with smartphones?




Fixed.



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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Bitter Cactus]
    #19283898 - 12/16/13 01:23 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Bitter Cactus said:
What happens when the four year olds trade a game of monopoly for a game of angry birds on their iphone 6?

Too bad parents can't spank their kids for such disrespect.



You're one to talk about disrespecting your parents, kid.


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Midnight_Toker]
    #19283904 - 12/16/13 01:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

i know

they always pull that shit out on a walk or freaking at the register


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Bitter Cactus] * 1
    #19283936 - 12/16/13 01:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Tablets became "the next big thing" a while ago... now it's all about convertibles(tablet/PC hybrids.)

Where have you been man?


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Bitter Cactus] * 3
    #19283975 - 12/16/13 01:42 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

You might like this Louis CK bit.





I can't really criticize other people for their habits though. I'm pretty good at putting my cell phone away and not letting it distract me but I do spend too much time at my computer for no real reason.


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: ReginaldPMcpoop]
    #19283999 - 12/16/13 01:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

louis c.k. the weird gay rapist retard


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: ReginaldPMcpoop] * 1
    #19284012 - 12/16/13 01:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Ironically, communication technologies have damaged physical communication.

You can't talk to anybody anymore without feeling that you are bothering them and that's only if they don't have earphones on, in which case you can't talk to them at all. Everybody is either texting or playing games or surfing the web. There's no down time anymore where people are relaxed and open to social interaction.

Soon we'll all be happy living in our room without having to get out of it to do anything. Kinda like farm animals.

Anyway, I gotta finish this post, I gotta text back my friend.


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Patlal]
    #19284049 - 12/16/13 01:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)


Quote:

Bitter Cactus said:
Put two Japanese people in a room and they will whip out their cell phones faster than a samuri sword.

I went to grab coffee at this small cafe. Saw to young good looking Japanese people on a date. Well dressed, hair slicked back, nice glasses and dress shoes. To my astonishment their was no conversation between this new couple. They had their phones out and they did not make eye contact..

Here is an idea.

Put the phone down before I throw it on the ground and stomp it.

Seriously, going without my smartphone for a week has made me feel more present in the room. I feel like I am actually fully part of the moment, not planning the next or talking to someone else.

Why do they do this and what happens once the tablets become the next big thing? I know you can look around a phone easily but a tablet will block the flow of the room.



Quote:

Patlal said:
Ironically, communication technologies have damaged physical communication.

You can't talk to anybody anymore without feeling that you are bothering them and that's only if they don't have earphones on, in which case you can't talk to them at all. Everybody is either texting or playing games or surfing the web. There's no down time anymore where people are relaxed and open to social interaction.

Soon we'll all be happy living in our room without having to get out of it to do anything. Kinda like farm animals.

Anyway, I gotta finish this post, I gotta text back my friend.



Clearly smartphones are a NWO plot to divide and pacify the masses. :rolleyes:


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: KremrBigSikter] * 1
    #19284061 - 12/16/13 01:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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KremrBigSikter said:
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Synthe said:
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Bitter Cactus said:
Why are the Japanese Americans Scottish humans so obsessed with smartphones?




Fixed.



Ficksed.




Fickseded


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OfflineBitter Cactus
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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Quawonk]
    #19284274 - 12/16/13 02:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I know the japanese eat a lot of rice and that influences their mathamatic skills which is useful on a smartphone for problem solving and cognition. Could environmental factors influence their technological use?


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Bitter Cactus]
    #19285196 - 12/16/13 05:44 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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I know the japanese eat a lot of rice and that influences their mathamatic skills




:havesomescience:


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Bitter Cactus] * 1
    #19285225 - 12/16/13 05:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I've seen more white people than Japanese people do that.


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Re: Why are the Japanese so obsessed with smartphones? [Re: Patlal]
    #19285407 - 12/16/13 06:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Patlal said:
Ironically, communication technologies have damaged physical communication.

You can't talk to anybody anymore without feeling that you are bothering them and that's only if they don't have earphones on, in which case you can't talk to them at all. Everybody is either texting or playing games or surfing the web. There's no down time anymore where people are relaxed and open to social interaction.

Soon we'll all be happy living in our room without having to get out of it to do anything. Kinda like farm animals.

Anyway, I gotta finish this post, I gotta text back my friend.



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Thats what I do most of the time in this shitty city. Technology is actually a great distraction. However, I'm not distracted enough to not realize the horrible shit occurring around me. It'll last another semester and then I'll be free from this goddamn College!


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