An old post showed up in my referral stats tonight, and I clicked through to it because I couldn't remember why I would write a post titled with a phrase describing a grisly death in Sholokhov. (Reason: I was talking about preschool snacks. Obviously.) A few posts later I was writing about kids and distractions. Remember in 2011 when people thought you should stay off your screens in restaurants? SO QUAINT!)
My brother left me a comment on that post that I don't think I appreciated at the time. I usually read comments via email*, but my email notifications strip out HTML. So I didn't see his link until tonight, I don't believe. The post he linked to was written in 2010; the author is saying he doesn't have an iPhone because he doesn't want to take the internet with him. I'm curious about whether he still feels the same. Smartphone saturation means it's become a little unusual in my work and social circles for someone to be unable to pick up email anywhere, anytime. I bought a smartphone myself this year. It is a clunky Flintstones-era phone, but even so I would be unenthusiastic about going back to life with a dumbphone. I kind of hate to type that out loud.
*I am waaaaay behind on responding to comments -- apologies to those of you who have taken the time to comment. I always appreciate it.
My husband still has no cell phone at all. People are astonished by this, as if he were an Old Order Amish man eschewing buttons. This is very odd to me, that a device that no one owned in my childhood is now regarded as a necessity.
I'm not a fan. I still don't want my kids on screens in restaurants. (In candor, I also don't want my adult dinner companions on screens in restaurants. But I am not the boss of them.) I think, whether it's kids or adults, I'm probably losing that battle.
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