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Larry Schweikart: Phones, Devices and Addiction – Managing, not Eliminating
DB Daily Update ^ | Larry Schweikart

Posted on 06/12/2020 9:58:36 AM PDT by EyesOfTX

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1 posted on 06/12/2020 9:58:36 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
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To: EyesOfTX

My wife and I shut down cell phone usage at least an hour before we hit the bedroom. Cell phones are a sleep inhibitor and if someone needs to get in touch with us at a late hour, we’ll hear the notification from the other room.


2 posted on 06/12/2020 10:03:15 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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To: LS

ping


3 posted on 06/12/2020 10:08:05 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: EyesOfTX; LS

Our very own LS


4 posted on 06/12/2020 10:09:35 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: EyesOfTX

Love the name Wild World of History. In the ‘80s when I was doing batch transmissions my receiving terminal name was “Wild and Wacky World of Wayne.”


5 posted on 06/12/2020 10:10:36 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

When I turn on my phone I check FR first.


6 posted on 06/12/2020 10:12:03 AM PDT by pnut22
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To: EyesOfTX

Never carry them and you’ve no problems worrying about abusing them.


7 posted on 06/12/2020 10:12:46 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: EyesOfTX

Science has NOT shied away from stating unequivocally that a new text or new email targets the same part of the brain as sex, food and narcotics.

You get a hit of dopamine each and every time you get that ding that there’s a new text or email.

Like lab rats, we want that hit again and again so we keep checking.

Of course there are differences like no tremors and shakes and possible seizures from withdrawal.

I think!! :)


8 posted on 06/12/2020 10:16:58 AM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of tis she the onehe Republic is at stake. We now know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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To: EyesOfTX
WildWorldofHistory.com is incredible! I just signed up! It's like a dream come true! Anyone with twitter or Facebook IMMEDIATELY post it! Thank you!
9 posted on 06/12/2020 10:17:16 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: EyesOfTX
Lucky me!

This is my one computer day for June!

......./s

10 posted on 06/12/2020 10:23:49 AM PDT by G Larry (The People must shutdown the tyrants.)
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To: EyesOfTX
Lucky me!

This is my one computer day for June!

......./s

11 posted on 06/12/2020 10:23:49 AM PDT by G Larry (The People must shutdown the tyrants.)
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To: EyesOfTX

Here is the simplest of simple rules with regards to using the Internet on your little 2 x 3 device there

If you’re around any other human beings , especially your own family or children , you should not have your phone out at all

I’m talking about other human beings that you’re interacting with

In a restaurant you should never ever have your phone out. Period

If you’re out of doors , you should not be looking at your phone at all

Try to think of your phone this way - it is a telephone ! it is designed for you to be able to talk to other human beings


12 posted on 06/12/2020 10:30:14 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump pence II!)
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To: EyesOfTX
Whoa. Mark Steyn just gave a synopsis of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" that correlates perfectly with this thread.

We live in a world where we numbly and blindly comply with those who seek to destroy freedom while we are distracted by our addiction to the sensual pleasures brought to us by our electronic devices.

13 posted on 06/12/2020 10:33:56 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: dp0622

I’m lucky as those things don’t affect me. I have lots to occupy my time and attention. However I love my iPhone not only because I’m a photographer but I moved away from my “homeland” three years ago so my family and all my friends are essentially inside my phone.

As for social media I’m currently in Twitter jail. Some snowflake got butthurt that I dared to post about the black on black killings last weekend in NYC and Chicago on Ricky Gervais’s post bashing those witless celebrities saying “I hear you.”

So I’m ok being off Twitter as I appealed but more it just makes me mad their rules are so skewed. I was accused of inciting violence or threatening. Only that I called them out for never talking about black on black crime!

Little me, maturing woman, in beautiful Georgia country just stating facts. Sitting here not a threat to anyone.


14 posted on 06/12/2020 10:47:38 AM PDT by BlueHorseShoe
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To: Truthoverpower

I get what you’re saying and agree on all point...but to think it’s just a telephone is deceiving ourselves. It is a very powerful (in some not so good ways, too) communications device. As a matter of fact, most people use these devices to communicate WITHOUT talking...just send a text, instant message, tweet, etc. Now, that being said...just like any other tool or device, there is a proper time and place for the use and that is dictated by the family (if not adult age) and societal norms and mores...and unfortunately, those norms and mores are changing...


15 posted on 06/12/2020 11:00:00 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: pnut22

I definitely have a phone problem & it’s FR’s fault.


16 posted on 06/12/2020 11:07:22 AM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Have a great weekend. Unless something major happens, I plan to confine any FR activity to GGG.

17 posted on 06/12/2020 11:09:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Truthoverpower

“Try to think of your phone this way - it is a telephone ! it is designed for you to be able to talk to other human beings”

But the only human beings I want to talk to are the ones on FR!


18 posted on 06/12/2020 11:10:04 AM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: EyesOfTX

I stopped at
“Three Things
YOU Can Do!”
.
Candy Crush you know.


19 posted on 06/12/2020 11:11:33 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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To: Texas Eagle

Just missed That,
Dang!
Doing a Wash.
.
I miss Rush,
Prayers up for
a Full Recovery!


20 posted on 06/12/2020 11:16:35 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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