Treated like a freak for not having social media / cellphone

anyone else had to bear this?
>"What user, you don't have a cellphone? Haha you are so weeeeird! :^)"
>"user why do you not use facebook? Haha you are crazy, how do you talk to people then?"
>"user its high time you create a fb/instagram/twitter account, you need to socialise more!"

they check their cellphone every 2 secs and oh my fuck when you go out with someone and they continually check their phone, have some basic decency ffs

why do these fucking retards nowadays thinks having a cellphone or social media is an indispensable condition to make socialise?

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It's fun you bummer

when my friends tell me to "get an app" it reminds me of "get a life" but in reverse.

when my nokia dies I wont buy a new phone. it's silly to play keeping up with the jonesburgs,

How do you manage? I have wanted to discard mine, but everything from work to calls makes it almost necessary.

Facebook is so 2012, people still use that shit?
I only get calls from my mom on my phone, might as well discard it lol.

Well done
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I remember when my friends constantly told me to get WhatsApp. I was forced to get it because our handball schedulle was always published there and people would start to get mad at me because I was "the guy they had to call".

Still, I'm happy without facebook or twitter or all that shit.

WHY YOU NO HAVE TATTOO?!?!

I actually have a cell, but same as you with social media. Honestly, nobody really cares around me, but that's probably because I live in a very rural area.

Not really. When I tell someone I don't use facebook, they start to make excuses why they're still addicted and seem embarrassed. Then they start speaking something like "I should quit it too" but they never do.

how so? you are continually attracted to what other people are doing, with this "instagram stories" you are to check every at least a day if you dont wanna miss out on anything, every time someone "tags" you in one of their posts you get a notification, you get mentioned, another notif, someone takes a shit, you get another notif, its a mechanism to keep you like zombie on your phone.
Not to mention everyone tries to pretend they are happy and lead a fulfilling life when in reality they are empty inside, and this is a vicious cycle because the more they post the emptier they become.
12yo girls posing as degenerates,people boasting about the debauchery they partake in, the most unwholesome of all gets the big prize.

You also ought to know your cellphone listens to what you say and probably records you with its two cameras.

I just tell everyone to use mail to contact me, im adamant in my decision and let people know it. If you cant yourself of a phone for practical reasons at least get a super old one, i reckon they cost like 10$ in Norway or so, I mean som 2006-2007 tier phone. Thats the one I had up until recently (but it died). No whatsapp, no social network, no bs

ive seen this used as well, they decide to team up and get mad at you or leave you of shit because you dont have a phone, i have nothing but contempt for these bastards, if you truly care about someone then you will invite him regardless, i have a saying which is "Whoever wants to see, if he truly desires so then,will" (translated from Spanish) meaning that i take no bs like "hurr durr u have no phone so i couldnt contact :^)"

Agreed. I deleted my Facebook completely a few months ago. Best feeling ever! No more excess noise

everyone does this
>"Haha yeah I dont use FB anymore, no one does"
>Then why dont you delete?
>"uhh idk dude lmao"

its like they can tell they are addicted but lack the vigor to give it up or smth, idk to be fair

Mass media is literally the biggest disease facing our people right now,including television.

I enjoy the expression of "What? How..." calculations, how their face just slowly falls like a ruined souffle.

Yeah that's exactly what I hear all the time. nowadays we don't really talk about facebook or other social media at all.

and no one can see it
for fucks sake even old peopl partake in it
my mum asked me wtf instagram was and if i had "an snapchat"
wth even.....
in my church group there are a lot of old women using instagram and posing like they are some supermodel, have they a shred of self respect at least?

also "you'll be back in no time" heard from the nervous friend seventh time

I see that, but souffle-face comes right after that, because I've never been on Facebook.

>applying for a job
>adding a facebook or twitter account is requried

is that a thing? never heard of it
if so it is utterly retarded, better search of another place who doesnt violate your privacy, or create a super blank one with no picture and just your name, to spite them

I've seen it 3 times at least.

Television, video games, social media, it's all a mind-control medium at this point. Used to trick the common people into a stupor and a false sense of reality. I bet we wouldn't have even half the problems we do if it wasn't for all the entertainment and dopamine.

I put a fake one. I've started saying my twitter profile is Trump.

Because social media has become the equivalent of electricity in it's effect on society.
Instantaneous, free communication and attention as long as you have internet and power.
It'll only get worse.

Deleting my facebook right now, feels good

>he didn't delete his facebook in 2010

Now ditch the phone.

I actually totally forgot I had one. Then I signed up for a place and it said "You have a Facebook account!" and I had two questions:
1. Do I?
2. How do you know?

I'm not quite ready to go full Stallman, but I'm close.

Or at least take the battery out when not using it.

Smart phones are so damn useful they're hard to ignore. It's like, GPS to any location and also carry around the collected works of every philosopher.
Fuck social media though.

I told my younger cousin I dont have any social media account, just an email.

he sounded shocked and didnt know what to say.

>using "(((social media)))"
>not using a dumbphone
thats where the degenerates seperate from decent ppl

>It's like, GPS to any location and also carry around the collected works of every philosopher.
Do people still honestly believe 90's tech punditry?

Yeah but how often do you do in depth philosophical research on the go? Why not carry a single book with you to keep you focused, then finish it and get a new one?

Also fuck GPS. I've drawn maps since I was a kid, learned how to read weather patterns and stars, and read a few books on city planning. You don't need that shit and even if you need help finding a specific place in a new neighborhood, just stop and ask someone. Even if they just Google it for you at least you had a human interaction.

nice excerpt, exactly how I see it, I do fear for the future truly, in all aspects, but seeing the youth fall for this already... as young as 4years old ive seen them use tablets and cellphone likes its nothing: main reason being lousy parents have children but not the will to raise them, so they leave them to their own devices (no pun intended), a child having no experience of the world and no role model will inevitably cling with the thing he is provided: a cellphone, and from the beginning its the only thing they know how to operate. It will sadly accompany them their whole lives
delete every social network, delete your wp or sell your phone. acting on impulse wont work, you have to make up your mind to not be part of the sect that is pushed around mindlessly like cattle. It is only up to you, you have to be willing to sacrifice. I hope you will truly live up to your word user

this

store your entire music library, movies, games,e-books, wide range of useful apps like dictionary,translators,unit cinverter, has a freckin clock, calender, Alarm to wake your ass up., voice recorder, camera.

I'd say a modern day smart phone is this century's most useful device ever created.

Facebook was the only social network I had, I haven't used it since 2012 though.

Read The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. He goes into a lot of studies about the effects that mass communication is having on our brains, and there's the infamous Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman about it from a societal level.

now that you mention it , its interesting to note that many sites, including google and the most prominent ones will delete your account after a certain period of inactivity, this isnt the case however with facebook/twitter afaik, take it as you will.
riveting, added to reading queue!

I'll check those out, thanks user.

What happens if you just say you don't have one?

No idea, I always just leave when I see that shit.

I've been unavailable on all social media and on my phone for about a week now. Checked my messages today and people are freaking out thinking I'm dead. wtf I just wanted to chill for a couple of days.

You can get away without social media, but cellphones are just so god damn useful... they're like prostethics at this point

that is a dead giveaway that you must stop consuming all that trash, they wont tolerate it even if you leave for a week, its almost like you are a hostage isnt it?

Neil Postman is a bit of a fuddy-duddy, but his arguments and observations are absolutely sound. I've never seen anyone counter them without a "oh, but it doesn't matter" or "well, nothing will change it."

Postman:
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Carr:
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Damn, meant to link to this guy:

I have been treated like a freak since before cellphones were a thing.

/r9k/ is that way --->

>just do something that takes far longer and is less reliable than tapping a few keys and getting real-time map updates with audio directives while you drive
retarded

I've gotten bad direction so many times in the 90s and 00s that its hard to even describe how incredible GPS is

>but the joos are tracking you
like I care if they track a company vehicle
besides, if you want to maximum tinfoil it up you don't even need to connect to them to anything, you can just have it display a map without tracking and, you know, use it like a paper map except its storing every map of everywhere

>I'm too dumb to read a map so I need a computer to read it for me

And here I was thinking Chinese had high IQs.

why don't you go back to "Surfing the web". that nerd shit is never going to take off, fag

Yeah, fuck them, their trends and their social courtains

Just don't forget those means of communication are useful tools for things like getting pussy, a job, a lying hand when needed
Don't be a tinfoil hat as well

stop importing third-world genes into your IQ pool, mommy. your reading comprehension is suffering enormously

>when my Nokia dies
If it's 3310, it wil survive your grandchildren.

Interesting you bring this up today. Yesterday, I turned in my too-expensive apple phone. Glad to get rid of it. Rather than spend time reading books and, yes, playing on Sup Forums, I was looking up useless info on my phone.

So far, I like the silence. No stupid chatter from soc media bothers me.

I may get a flip phone for the car, just to be safe in case of an accident.

>user its high time you create a fb/instagram/twitter account, you need to socialise more!

This happened about 10 years ago. Also how is any potential mate going to know you are not a freak?

>>"What user, you don't have a cellphone? Haha you are so weeeeird! :^)"
>tfw I have a phone because I'm too poor to buy a good computer
being a universityfag sucks

Buy a used Thinkpad and install Xubuntu on it.

Better yet, install no DE at all and use entirely the CLI.

top lel, anytime i take out my dumbphone people judge me immediately. i work on a pc all day and have a pc at home so i don't need to be """""connected"""""" all the time i already am. its funny as fuck to notice that everyone just burys their head in their smartphone and normiebook while youre hanging out. one of the best decisions i made was deleting normiebook 6 years ago

I don't have facebook, or any social media and haven't for years. It's incredibly distracting and prevents me from getting work done.

Currently thinking about just switching to an old blackberry just doing texts and calls. No data. But I really do like my spotify.

>user what do you mean you don't watch cable? What do you do with all your spare time?

>falling for Sup Forums memes
actually, do it. then use your phone to ssh into your computer. everyone in class will think you're super cool

>anyone else had to bear this?
To a degree but I never cared. I'm my own person.
>"What user, you don't have a cellphone? Haha you are so weeeeird! :^)"
I had a cellphone but I never went Iphone. Only need it for emergencies anyway.

>"user why do you not use facebook? Haha you are crazy, how do you talk to people then?"

Those idiots never heard of VoIP let alone use shit like msm(?) which is now skype at that time. So for them to talk about communication was hilarious. Since they would do a complete 180 when you would speak of such things and continue to say you are weird.

>"user its high time you create a fb/instagram/twitter account, you need to socialise more!"

1 - I have a group
2 - Your groups are complete ad driven shit
3 - You probably still use IE instead of FF or GC.

Why do you care?

People ract supriced when they find out I don't use facetube and don't have a smartphone. And they will ask me to get a facebook account so I can join groups for conveniences sake. But when I tell them no enough times they stop asking.

A lion doesn't care what the sheep thinks of him.

freaks will always be able to disguise
argentine tv is overflowing with cases in where a dude kills/rapes his mom, kills a coworker, rapes and kills a girl, or does some fucked up shit and you see everyone saying "But he was such a normal fine person!"
it is not me who they should fear....
>user what do you mean you don't watch netflix? What do you do with all your spare time?
that is the one according to our current times
i dont really care for every person, but there are certain people ive delevoped feeling fors and hurts me to see them not realise they are zombies, not only that, but i also suffer whenever i bring it up and they treat me like im trying to damage or harm their life when i just want the opposite.
It inevitably becomes annoying when exactly every human being does this, not even older generations are exempt anymore.

I got bought a 'smart' phone by my other half, as I usually carry a camera around to take photos. I use this phone for this more, and instagram (trying to get established selling art) otherwise I don't use the phone for twitter (at home I do, not much any more, mainly for news checking).
tl'dr I hate social media, but have to use some b/c art

When I whip out my flip phone in public people always react like it's some kind of alien technology.

I have an ifag I mean iphone. The reason I have it is that is what we use at work and it was given to me. So it is a 'work phone'.

I don't have social media. I know that bothers a lot of people for some reason. I mean it really makes them angry. "Why don't you have a facebook / twitter / social media?" is like I am personally kicking their mom in the cunt.

I used to ride a motorcycle. I sold my bike and all my leathers. It was only a matter of time before some stupid cunt or soyboy livestreaming or taking selfies or texting would have taken me out while driving. I used to have a video where almost 90% of the people (here in Cupertino - aka Silicon valley) were texting or using their phone while driving but I deleted it as I figured if I showed that to anyone it would open me up to lawsuits.

I just want it like it was before "smartphones" came into being. Where your date looked you in the eye instead of her phone.

Those days are gone forever.

>not only that, but i also suffer whenever i bring it up and they treat me like im trying to damage or harm their life when i just want the opposite.

You should have figured out this a long time ago, but most people are dumb. And that includes siblings, friends etc.
You can never convince them.

Most people I get into conversations with about this usually agrees with me eventually. But that won't stop them from spending every waking moment on social media and their damn smartphone.

You just have to accept that they are npc's.

...

Cell phone is nice to have. If you don't like social media get a Nokia brick phone. I also hate social media but I have a phone.

>>"What user, you don't have a cellphone? Haha you are so weeeeird! :^)"

Okay, this one is to be expected. The homeless guy begging for change on the corner has a cellphone.

>>"user why do you not use facebook? Haha you are crazy, how do you talk to people then?"

This one is like telling people you like to be sodomized on the regular. They will be shocked, but they will get over it.

>>"user its high time you create a fb/instagram/twitter account, you need to socialise more!"

This rises to the level of professional advice. Accept from board certified therapists only.

Thanks for the rec, not heard of NC.

I did realise that, i guess i am feeling the backlash of trying too hard to transform them, they cant be saved in the end, if they care more about their phones than the people they blatantly call "friends"

People under 30 don't use Facebook in the West user. Not having a phone is rather strange though. Even bumfuck Africans have smartphones.

I dont remember my password. Ive been logged in for two years with an email account I dont remember the password too either
Help

The best middle ground is an old phone, or one restricted from data and sms messaging. That way you have a phone when your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, but you're not a zombie shuffling mindlessly through a corporate existence. And of course no Facebook for any fucking reason.

I also dont want to delete my fb in case I find a gril again. They all like taking pictures and showing me off etc. I feel like no fb will make me even more inaccessible to poon.

Congrats! You're a free man, now.

I love maps. I particularly love those big state maps, in large book form, with the state divided into squares, each square representing it's own page. Addicting.

>Take the battery out

It's not 2006 anymore.

I made a mass email and text message to all of the people on my phone before I got rid of it.

Honestly, the only ones who matter know I'm fine and doing well in life. I don't care about the rest of my people collection and they don't care about me!

Good to know this.

The thing is if I create a social media account to connect with the handful of people I know in real life, they’ll see that I literally have no other friends and like 4 followers. It’s embarrassing.

kek are you me?

>I just want it like it was before "smartphones" came into being. Where your date looked you in the eye instead of her phone.
>Those days are gone forever.

Don't be so sure, user. Things that go around come around; history is more cyclical than linear. My hunch is that we're at peak fag, peak tranny, peak fem, and ... peak social media and phone.

Give it a couple years, then check back, okay?

no sabía que había otra gente que pensara así en el mundo y mucho menos en este pais, conocés a alguien que también tenga estas ideas? yo estoy rodeado de esta gente, vaya donde vaya, hable con quien hable, todos son iguales

My ex kept asking me the same thing. I just dont care. Everyone else does.

yo vivo casi solo en una cabaña en el monte kek
los pocos "amigos" que tengo me dicen lo mismo todo el tiempo
solo uso internet para noticias,pelis y los chans
ya me arte de este mundo y su gente

Not a big fan of Stephen "He's legal, honest" Fry, but I think this is a great little article:
stephenfry.com/2016/04/off-the-grid/

I've been thinking a lot about the web's intrustion into life, and whether it would be better to just stick with plaintext files like back in the 80's and 90's rather than all these multimedia content that needs you staring at a screen for hours. At least a written blog or essay can be printed or converted to epub for reading away from the screen.

I've been free from both for close to four years. Feels great user.

I get shit once in a while but I'm okay with it. I'm about 65% off the grid which is incredibly difficult to do where I live.

I had a cell phone 1990-2002.

I got divorced and couldn't afford one, but noticed my life was much happier that my phone was not ringing all the time.

I have an ipod touch for developing apps.

I think in 10 years, you'll all have cancer from these devices.

Also Tristan Harris' Ted talk
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No social media here, but always had a phone.

Social media is a chore if you aren’t an absolute faggot who loves writing stories about yourself or if you aren’t trying to make a bunch of money off it.

You will be the one looking back in a few years and seeing how naive you are, show me one example of society stopping its march of 'progress' and reverting to stronger values.

Not having a cellphone "because I don't want to constantly be using it" is a retarded way of saying you have ADD and can't maintain focus on things.

Not having a cellphone is fucking stupid - it's like not having a gun, sure you don't need it all the time but you should have it for when you do. You don't need a smart phone, you don't need to download apps, but having a basic portable phone on you is common sense as much as having anything else to protect or help yourself given any commonly-possible situation.

I’m a faggot addicted to his smart phone, it’s nice having something distracting you

However I dont have any of the “standard” social media, really Sup Forums is all I use

I deactivated my facebook account the other day, feels good mang

People in latam still use it like it’s 2008

supongo que es una solución aunque muy radical para mi, socializar no es malo en si, lo malo es la mayoria de la gente, pero creo que vale la pena atravesar a todos los subhumanos mugrosos y lacras si es que al fin del camino está la persona que tanto buscás, sea una amistad o algo mas lo que alcancés.
Curioso que mires las noticias, yo precisamente me harté de las judiadas de los medios y evito todo tipo de noticias, ni siquiera en internet, me parece todo un gran show para distraer y mantener entretenida a la gente.
¿De que provincia sos? si es que querés revelarlo... nunca conocí a nadie que viviese literalmente alejado de todo, si es que no estás larpeando..

>deactivate
Why not delet

vivo en un pueblo de mierda en cooooooordooobaaa papa
i know i must come back someday,but that day is not today