Well done.

Unfortunately you are too correct. ;={

it seems that people have forgotten the art of face to face conversation and actually interacting with other people. :={

Hooray for Smartphones: Letting shy people communicate without making eye contact since 2006!

what if i don't have a smart fone?? i have a dumb phone! so i don't get any friends???

BOOO


Garrard.

i guess this is why i don't know anyone under 40...

garrard

Lol this is perfect

This is why I can't go to furmeets.

very true yeah

Hey... I'm not on my phone constantly in public. Just now while I reply and err...v never mind.

It doesn't count if pony's not in there somewhere. I call "error 404 pony not found"

He doesn't count! He's planning to become one of them!

*gives Shiuk a piece of cardboard with cellphone buttons and a screen drawn on it,* Pretend it's a beep-boop and have fun!

Its soooo freaking true DX
I've not see normal chatting its always on the phone
But I don't have noises I like my vib mode

Whenever I'm out hanging with folks, it seems like their places are in an area where I get no service. XD I'm hardly able to use my phone, try as I might.

People always get annoyed when i want to talk on the phone, instead of FREAKING TEXTING ALL THE TIME.
Seriously, are people THAT crazy about texting that they refuse to actually talk and use those God-given vocal cords once in a damn while?

You too, huh? I can understand texting when at a convention because it's noisy, but anywhere else?

At DMV* (Department of Motor Vehicals) getting plates. Will be late for dinner.

But spending 10 minutes texting when 2 minutes of talking will get it done? *rolls around on floor, dying of insanity*

Eventually they all get in sync and check their devices at the exact same time. I think of this as the modern equivalent of a smoking break.

I've noticed that at a few fur meets. Not always that bad, but usually someone pulls out their smartphone (some of which are halfway to a tablet) and looks at stuff on it.

Only gets irritating when you're trying to have a conversation and realize the other person isn't really paying attention. >=\

Yeah, I know a few people like that. Really irritating, when you're trying to start a convo, and it's like talking to a brick wall!

It's worse if it's just two of you in the car, one of you driving. =P I'm still a bit miffed about that, though it may just be we didn't share interests or opinions.

Welcome to my world.

Funny how devices and technology connects so well to the world, yet we are increasingly disconnected with our life and lives. What you depicted here, is why we don't go out to dinner with friends anymore.

This was one of the reasons I pushed back against having a cell-phone (flip-phone mind you) when I first got one in 2007. I felt like I wouldn't be present to the world so more often than not, I left my phone in my room instead of taking it with me.

However, I find it easier for me to text since I never hold a conversation on my phone. I usually have a question that gets answered with one or two replies and I'm done. The only reason I have a smart phone is because I have to have access to my work email while I'm at work. And, let's be honest here, to play a few games when I'm waiting somewhere.

This is one of the issues my Pathfinder group is struggling with currently. This, combined with ADD/puns/pop culture references are the reasons why it takes so long for us to RP lol

Aww poor salamander, I won't be like that ever.

I'd be like "Hi, how are you?" and he'll be like "I'm fine, you?" and I'll say "Yeah, I'm fine." and we will have the most awkward silence ever until I get the nerve to go up to his ear and whisper ever affectionately like the fan that I am, asking for his toenail clippings.

Ooo yeah.

I agree!

Is that an Archer reference I see!? :D

HUNCHHUNCH WHATWHAAAAT

Ding, dong. The sound of the Liberty Bell. Ding. Freedom. Dong.
Opportunity. Ding. Excellent schools. Dong. Quality hospitals.

You're weird, Rob!

Take their phones. Smash that shit up into a paste. Mix the fuck out of it and what do you get?

I remember, back in my day. . . . .

I have some friends who need to see this.

What it's like to not have a smart phone :(

LOL

Guilty as charged. Tyco and I have the same exact phone even.

Apparently, talking is now overrated.

This is why I have advocated the practice a friend introduced me to: everyone stacks their phones face-down on the table when we go out to eat. First person to check their phone before the meal's over picks up the whole tab. It's worked every time thus far.

awwww poor shiuk *pats his back softly*

http://crookedhouse.typepad.com/.a/.....b05e970b-800wi <--- where this leads

Ugh, I can't stand it when people do that. X3
I mean, I use Skype most of the time to chat with my friends, but if I'm around people or with friends I stay off my phone.