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<blockquote data-quote="Lazuli Waves" data-source="post: 1300136" data-attributes="member: 16840">I have never owned a smart phone (I'm not intending this to sound snobish).&nbsp; There were times in my life I played a lot of video games and surfed the Internet, in part due to illness but also to escape my home life.&nbsp; As a teenager, I forced myself to not play video games, and use the Internet less, and be more social.&nbsp; I knew I'd be messed up socially in the future unless I stopped.&nbsp; I'm weary of things that could take me back to those darker times, so I just never got one.&nbsp; If I had had a smart phone as a teenager, I would be a complete social mess now.I feel like at some point you'll need one to function in society, but so far I haven't had any problems.&nbsp; I still have my very old flip phone, and I admit I feel embarrassed to use it in public.&nbsp; It's such a dumb thing to feel embarrassed about.I did get an iPad a about 5 years ago.&nbsp; The battery doesn't work unless it's plugged in, so I just use it at home.&nbsp; I don't have data or whatever it's even called to connect to outside the home anyway.&nbsp; I have mixed feelings on the iPad.&nbsp; I like that I can read books on it, and it's cheaper than a computer, but I have wasted a lot of time surfing the Internet on it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lazuli Waves, post: 1300136, member: 16840"] I have never owned a smart phone (I'm not intending this to sound snobish). There were times in my life I played a lot of video games and surfed the Internet, in part due to illness but also to escape my home life. As a teenager, I forced myself to not play video games, and use the Internet less, and be more social. I knew I'd be messed up socially in the future unless I stopped. I'm weary of things that could take me back to those darker times, so I just never got one. If I had had a smart phone as a teenager, I would be a complete social mess now. I feel like at some point you'll need one to function in society, but so far I haven't had any problems. I still have my very old flip phone, and I admit I feel embarrassed to use it in public. It's such a dumb thing to feel embarrassed about. I did get an iPad a about 5 years ago. The battery doesn't work unless it's plugged in, so I just use it at home. I don't have data or whatever it's even called to connect to outside the home anyway. I have mixed feelings on the iPad. I like that I can read books on it, and it's cheaper than a computer, but I have wasted a lot of time surfing the Internet on it. [/QUOTE]

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