What do you wish had never been invented?

[Crimson Dynamo]

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The BBC asked little children and they said The Mobile Phone as their mummies and daddies were always on them :umm2:

Source Radio 2 just now


So what is your answer?

[Niamh.]

awww that's a bit sad :(

[AnnieK]

Until they get to about 7 when apparently everyone in their class has one apart from them and that's all they ever wanted and you're the meanest mum in the world for saying no constantly :laugh:

[Matthew.]

cheese strings :yuk:

[Niamh.]

Until they get to about 7 when apparently everyone in their class has one apart from them and that's all they ever wanted and you're the meanest mum in the world for saying no constantly :laugh:

:laugh:

Luke actually had no interest in phones until he got to 13, thankfully

[Wizard.]

tibb

[AnnieK]

:laugh:

Luke actually had no interest in phones until he got to 13, thankfully

I wouldn't mind but he has a tablet and has said he doesn't want one to ring anyone :shrug: Between pecking for a phone and being allowed to play Fortnite if he gets to 8 he'll be lucky at this stage :laugh:

[Niamh.]

I wouldn't mind but he has a tablet and has said he doesn't want one to ring anyone :shrug: Between pecking for a phone and being allowed to play Fortnite if he gets to 8 he'll be lucky at this stage :laugh:

:laugh:

Oh Fortnite, look is mad into that too

[Matthew.]

tibb

why did i know someone would say this

[JerseyWins]

Honestly I wonder what the world would be like if there was no internet at all.

Maybe LT can help explain this one? :fan:

[waterhog]

poetry

[GoldHeart]

Until they get to about 7 when apparently everyone in their class has one apart from them and that's all they ever wanted and you're the meanest mum in the world for saying no constantly :laugh:

This is so accurate with today's generation:joker:

[Morgan.]

RileyH

[Shaun]

Baked beans

[RileyH]

RileyH

Same https://i.imgur.com/8lrth94.gif

[bots]

http://analogapartment.com/storage/ronco.jpg

[smudgie]

Nuclear bombs.

[Matthew.]

and why is mould even a thing

[Denver]

and why is mould even a thing

Mould wasn't invented

[Crimson Dynamo]

:laugh:

Oh Fortnite, look is mad into that too

and i think its Fort Night (ie what it means) and nowt to do with 2 weeks. Smallest boy LT lives for this but I would have loved it at his age too, its brilliant

[Calderyon]

Atomic bomb.

[Beso]

tibb

So glad i read b4 posting.:joker:

[kirklancaster]

Atomic bomb.

^ This.

[Brillopad]

I saw a young woman yesterday with two young children focused on her phone; as I see many young mums these days. When her young son (about 4) spilt his drink and moved towards the busy road, where buses were regularly diving down, his young sister (about 7 or 8) grabbed hold of him and the irresponsible mother shouted at the girl to ‘watch him’ whilst she went back to her phone. The poor girl was upset by her mother’s comments - some women shouldn’t be allowed children. The sad thing is I see it quite often. So to some extent I would agree with mobile phones - but they are also very useful - it is just a shame so many idiots can’t get Their priorities right!

[Oliver_W]

I've said this in other threads but I agree that some parents should get their heads out of their phone when around their kids. At a Beavers thing the kids were doing a showcase, and one mother had to be nudged when her son was up, as she was too absorbed in her phone. How bloody rude.

[Mystic Mock]

Tbh I hate Mobile Phones as when you're talking to someone and all they do is look down on the phone instead of listening to what you're saying makes me want to scream.

Also the text function on Mobile Phones has encouraged lazy speak and bad spelling.

[Mystic Mock]

cheese strings :yuk:

I love Cheese Strings.:joker:

[Kazanne]

Has to be the mobile phone.although they are so useful at times,they are so overused and kill the art of conversation

[Maru]

I read about this going viral last night... so maybe the BBC thing is from this.
It's on Dailymail and a few other places

https://i.imgur.com/hejLic5.jpg

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5768967/Student-wishes-phones-never-invented-parents-it.html



I can't say I agree they should have never been invented. They have changed my life in very positive ways. One of the main reasons I got a smartphone was so I didn't have to carry my Japanese pocket dictionary. Those electronic dictionaries were a pain in the butt and still didn't have the full dictionaries that I was accustomed to and cost like $XXX... before US changed to bring your own device/phone payment plans, we used to pay only a subsidy for our phones and so it was incredibly cheap. ($149 iirc). I used to carry a ton of books in school when I was learning and I kept 3-rings where I would open grammar book and write entries. Just flip through. Anyway, once I had access to the web, I had a lot of those resources at the touch of my hand... that made it so much easier to study and respond away from home. And I could actually see the unicode moji on the device since finally those devices were more global, which makes a huge difference when you speak/read multiple languages. Anyway, communications is a very big deal for me... but I never realized really how much until recently.

I'm not the type of person that sits on my phone constantly. I put it in my purse and keep it there as I hate being tethered and am really bad at answering texts quickly or returning calls. I prefer my landline now.

Anyway, I totally get where this kid is coming from... one of the things that came to mind, one time we were invited to hang out with the in-laws and this was after Android had come to the US. They would all be on their phones. I had a phone too, but I would just sit at the table and look around like... yep, this is the future alright.

I was reading about how American families have way too much stuff in their homes and that while the US has X% amount of the children in the world, we buy 40% of the toys... what that means is we don't let our children ever get bored and that follows into adulthood. The thing is, boredom is necessary to nurture creativity and the ability to be inventive... and because we have so many choices now to do those activities, it doesn't force the brain to be innovative with limitations... like in painting, we are intentionally restricted to 2 colors (warm/cold) and have other restrictions with projects... this forces that person to really think, and actually the brain works better this way (with restrictions) is what we learned...

The cluttered lives of middle-class Americans
http://nocommentdiary.com/2018/05/19/the-cluttered-lives-of-middle-class-americans/

[Oliver_W]

Tbh I hate Mobile Phones as when you're talking to someone and all they do is look down on the phone instead of listening to what you're saying makes me want to scream.

Also the text function on Mobile Phones has encouraged lazy speak and bad spelling.

All the young people I know today make fun of "text speak", so I think that's phasing out now to be fair.

[JerseyWins]

Yeah text speak is basically completely over... I think auto-correct helped assist in that :joker:

[Mystic Mock]

All the young people I know today make fun of "text speak", so I think that's phasing out now to be fair.

:fc: