Remember all those “scary” predictions in movies of how one day our toasters, radios, TVs and computers would one day revolt against humankind and take over the planet? Remember how we laughed and said it was impossible for man-made devices to overrule us and run our lives? What if I told you that our lives are indeed run by the devices in our home. Well, one in particular: our cell/smartphones.
I read an interesting article on Mashable about how cellphone addictions have led Gen Y to use their phones during, ahem¸ inappropriate texting times. According to a survey done recently by Retrevo (a consumer electronics shopping and review site), one in 10 people under 25 think sensending text messages is okay during sex! . In the same demographic, a quarter of people thought it okay to text while on the toilet and 50% thought it okay to text while eating.
Where do I even begin?
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