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What makes a fully functional busy person totally refuse owning a cell phone?

Posted - April 10, 2018

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  • 2658
    Personal preference.  Maybe for some
    This post was edited by Beans/SilentGeneration at April 11, 2018 11:07 AM MDT
      April 10, 2018 5:15 PM MDT
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  • 10449
    Simple - I can't afford it.
      April 10, 2018 6:04 PM MDT
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  • it makes them feel superior for god knows what reason. like how people brag about not having a Facebook page 
      April 10, 2018 6:07 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    You are right :( I brag about that too
      April 11, 2018 10:03 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    Busy Busy Busy
    all the time Busy...NO GOOD.
    ...That's her unbusy time...
      April 10, 2018 6:21 PM MDT
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  • 10037
      April 10, 2018 6:41 PM MDT
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  • 2052
    They *vant to be alone. 
      April 10, 2018 6:59 PM MDT
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  • 5614
    When cell phones were introduced there were concerns transmissions near vital organs such as the brain might trigger cellular growth leading to cancer. The industry has long since silenced those concerns but it does not mean they were never valid.
      April 10, 2018 8:38 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    I am such a person. for several reasons.

    It is impossible to find a cell phone that is not smart and equipped with so many extra 'features' that any attempt at menus become a confusing waste of time.

    I have seen so many games that require continuous connection while playing that I consider it a cartainty that phone companies pay a 'kickback' percentage of the users connection cost to game makers who ensure that cell players stay connected. Unlike internet connections via land-lines, playing via the cell net is not at all cheap.

    I have no need for taking selfies, making videos, getting stock-prices, or finding shops, and consider alerts a nuicance, rather than a service.
      April 10, 2018 10:30 PM MDT
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  • 32527
    It is still possible to get a basic phone. My husband has one....phone calls, text and camera... flip phone.
      April 11, 2018 7:22 AM MDT
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  • 17364
    Intelligence and like Savvy said, freedom.  There is no reason to be accessible 24/7.  Answer machines are wonderful devices that actually make life better.  That is the test for technology for rational people.   Smart phones have and are turning people into babbling idiots.  I never joined the crazy device addiction club.  People seem to be afraid they will not immediately know when they receive a like on some irrelevant post.  It's really just crazy.  
      April 11, 2018 4:06 AM MDT
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  • It is curious when people omit the email option and get bothered when you don't answer the phone. You're  on auto pilot again.......
      April 11, 2018 7:19 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    Thank you, never had any interest in using them though did for a year a while back for a specific purpose.  I have a life to live which does not include my being available 24/7 and If you want to get in touch with me you will have to do it some other way. 
      April 11, 2018 6:24 AM MDT
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  • 32527
    I have a phone. But have always told people I have a phone for me...my convience not for yours. They look all dumbfounded when you explain that you don't  live to answer it.
      April 11, 2018 7:24 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    I have an old flip phone that makes calls and receives calls - assuming I'm in the mood to turn it on.  It's a convenience for me and a safety measure when I'm driving.  Other than that, I don't need a phone.  I have a camera and a laptop.
      April 11, 2018 11:10 AM MDT
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  • 1128
    We have a landline and if needed hubby has a cell phone in case we're not home. All my kids and grandkids have cell phones also.
      April 11, 2018 12:00 PM MDT
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