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Majority of Americans Would Like to Return to Time Before Cell Phones, Internet, According to New Poll (www.thewrap.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Los@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Seventy-seven percent of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was “plugged in,” meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage. As told by a new Harris Poll (via Fast Company), 63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a pre-plugged-in world, despite that being a world they largely never had a chance to occupy.

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[–] lavendedreams@waveform.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Honestly, people committed to plans in a way they don’t now. I rarely had last minute cancellations when I was younger. Time might have been cut short or something, but people showed up. Changes of plans happened well in advance. Occasionally, I got stood up, but it was rare.

Now, I’d say probably 20-30% of the time, plans get changed last minute or more rarely, somebody bails.

Otherwise, yeah, having a mobile computer/phone in my pocket is indispensable and I’d never fully give it up.

[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My family is like this and my wife still does not understand it. We make plans, they are the plans until they change.

"Did you call your mom and see if we're still going?" Why would I do that? We made the plans. If we say we're all meeting at the grand canyon at noon on September 1st 2037 then we'll be there, those are the plans.

[–] cykablyatbot@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

All the people who know will be there.

[–] lavendedreams@waveform.social 1 points 2 years ago

So, Beehaw meetup at the Grand Canyon at noon on September 1st, 2037 is what I’m hearing.