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Lampposts are covered in airbags to stop 'smartphone zombies' bumping into them as they walk[tr]
U.K. Daily Mail ^
| 10/31/2017
| Julian robinson
Posted on 10/31/2017 10:44:11 AM PDT by simpson96
Lampposts are being covered in airbags to stop so-called 'smartphone zombies' bumping into them as they walk around staring at their screens in an Austrian city.
Salzburg authorities say tourists are increasingly hurting themselves by not looking where they are going while checking their devices.
Locals have described mobile phone users as Smombies, the short form for a 'smartphone zombie', and civic chiefs are taking action to stop them getting injured.
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posted on
10/31/2017 11:36:57 AM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
10/31/2017 11:41:18 AM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
10/31/2017 11:43:48 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
To: simpson96
That is interfering with Darwin. It should be illegal.
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posted on
10/31/2017 11:47:22 AM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
To: simpson96
Why? Let them run into lampposts enough and they’ll eventually learn.
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posted on
10/31/2017 12:20:44 PM PDT
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bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: simpson96
I am betting there was a healthy discussion in headlines and editorial between using ‘smartphone zombies’, and what they really wanted to use.
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posted on
10/31/2017 12:29:45 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: ETL
I remember that one! The security guy released the footage and “smombie” got mad!
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posted on
10/31/2017 1:30:00 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: BlueLancer
I think that more manholes should be left open ...Made me laugh.
Make it a minefield or obstacle course!
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posted on
10/31/2017 1:33:38 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(I always wear my lucky red shirt on away missions!)
To: simpson96
them air bags detonating will kill them
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posted on
10/31/2017 1:35:15 PM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: simpson96
What about the waist high bollards? I walked into one while on vacation in Mexico quite a few years ago, before the whole smart phone thing. My wife and were window shopping and I nearly neutered myself on the spot!
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posted on
10/31/2017 1:42:04 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: simpson96
Seems to me that installing more oubliettes in the sidewalks would provide a more memorable reminder to look where they’re going.
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