Interesting....but, what is the name of the phobia concerning not having your gun with you?
The funds raised in these FReepathons go to pay our current quarter expenses. But we're also going to try to replace some of our older servers and failing equipment this year so we're going to add a little extra to our FReepathon goals. John is estimating ten to fifteen thousand to do this and I'd like to get it all in place and working before the election cycle is fully heated up, so we'll try to bring in a little extra now, if we can, and the rest next quarter.
Jim Robinson
I have Nomophobia because I can’t find a pay phone anywhere! And even if I did happen to find one I probably wouldn’t know how to use one anymore - lol
I thought “Nomophobia” was the fear of batting against Hideo Nomo.
I’d be happy to help some of these folks out by shoving their phone in a place where it would always be with them.
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I would’ve thought nomophobia was the fear of losing your last phobia, as in “I got no mo’ phobia! What’ll I do?”
I always take my phone with me at bedtime. It has a very reliable alarm clock.
I went out alone with my infant and no phone, by accident, last week and I was terrified. How did we live without these things? But there were public phones everywhere. Not any more.
What is a “cellphone”?
I have a couple of the d@mned phones.
If I didn't need them for work, I'd take a hammer to them.
I’m not that bad off but I do have the phone near my bed when I sleep but I had a land line phone there before I got rid of it.
Not a fair question. I do so because I use the alarm, not because I am afraid I will miss a call. I left the thing at work over my weekend off once. They were more upset than I was.
Yep, I wondered why I had the panic attic, nomophobia, now I understand. Sitting at the mall while my wife turns into the department store (my cue to find a bench, pull out the IPhone, bring up the Kindle app, sync with the book I’m reading at home, sit back and enjoy!). But reaching for it, the holder on my belt was empty... The IPhone was still at home charging. The reaction was panic, was it lost? Then anger at myself for being forgetful. Then a slowing if the heart rate and synapsis firings... Then a comatose boredom for 2 hours. So now I know what the attack was all about ... Nomophobia. Now I feel better.
It can come in handy if my car breaks down, call AAA. Can check email on it (deduct 15 cents for each) etc. But I'm not chained to it and I can survive without it, say, if I go off to work and forgot the phone at home. (Just hope I don't break down.) No camera. Pretty much used to make occasional phone calls.
(My LG Virgin Mobile dumbphone):
I have calculophobia, fear of being without my calculator.
Fortunately as long as I keep my I Phone safe and by my side, I always have my calculator, my e mail and most important, FRee Republic.
Two weeks ago I signed up for the Samsung Galaxy S II, retail on it is $750 but it was on a promo for $100.
I don’t use even a fraction of its bells and whistles, but its nice having an actual faster internet connection than my home PC, two nights ago I needed a metric fastener torque spec, I found it on my phone in like 5 seconds.
I could even surf FR and post on it. Awesome tool, I can read any of my 100 plus Kindle books on it anytime and my monthly bill should be about the same as what I had to pay for my old Tracfone, but its not grafted to me at the least and I don’t partake of any social circles on it, its just a tool like anything else in my toolbox and I don’t sleep with my torque wrenches.
Is there a word for the fear of being separated from your computer?
