[Redcitizen]

If it were a snake, it would have bit him.

Oh wait...it was a snake and it did bite him.

[LibWhacker]

...showed why one shouldn’t walk while concentrating on their smartphone ever, ever, ever, ever take one's eyes off the ground ever, ever again.

There, corrected it.

[maddog55]

Awful lot of stupidity when it comes to cell phones. Hard to find a driver not on one, folks walking anywhere without there face buried in one, going out to eat and folks around tables with their heads down in the damn things or talking loud as hell on them.

[arderkrag]

Hey, if he’d been holding a Bible, he could have simply claimed he was starting a new cult.

[wideawake]

The article makes an excellent point: before there were smart phones, no one in history had ever stepped on an unnoticed snake.

[SZonian]

The infernal things are like crack cocaine for many...an electronic pacifier that they can’t or won’t let go of for fear they might miss some all important update on their FB page.

I see so called “professionals” walking across busy parking lots looking only at their phones...

Stupidity combined with insanity...is that possible?

[Larry Lucido]

You never know when there is a lawyer underfoot.

[Night Hides Not]

In related news, a moose bit my sister when she was busy with her smartphone.

[freedomfiter2]

I haven’t stepped on a snake since I got a smart phone. Before that, I probably averaged once a year.

[Moltke]

I always use the camera app when I walk outside. That way I can look at the phone and see where I’m walking at the same time.