Are smart phones turning humans into idiots?

Have a read and let us know what you think.

https://au.yahoo.com/news/are-we-living-in-the-age-of-idiots-065006231.html

'exclaiming "idiot" every 10 minutes, join the club'.
That writer has.

I don't own a so-called smart phone.  I have
a feature (dumb) clamshell phone which does
everything that I want or need to do with a mobile.

I lived for more than fifty years without a
mobile phone... why would I suddenly need
one now?

Mobiles are the biggest and most successful
marketing con of the past century, second only
to McDonald's.

https://au.yahoo.com/news/police-called-over-confronting-scene-found-in-brisbane-bushland-071449021.html

Absolute idiots!

What a waste of resources. And tax payer money!

I suspect that most people have a phone smarter than they are.

Some here have cheap phones.

Dnarever wrote on Aug 15^th, 2023 at 10:21pm:

I suspect that most people have a phone smarter than they are. Some here have cheap phones.

LOL...  mine was $69.

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I use a phone for phone conversations.  Haven't even sent an SMS for ages apart from YES to doctor's appointment.  People are forever trying to contact me and finding I don't carry the bloody thing in my pocket 24/7.

If it rang right now I'd have to remember where I put it and follow the ringtone.

Another day another smart phone/human idiot incident 👇

https://au.yahoo.com/news/lollapalooza-fans-shocked-while-trying-to-take-a-selfie-on-train-tracks-054733072.html

Disturbing footage has captured the moment two Lollapalooza fans were zapped with 600 volts of electricity while posing for a selfie on train tracks.

The video clip, which has reportedly gone viral on social media, shows two young men and a woman stopping to take a seat on the Chicago L train tracks as they make their way to the hugely popular music festival on August 5.

The trio, who appear to be travelling with a larger group of people watching on from the platform, can be seen trying to take a selfie together before one of the men leans back and touches a third electrified rail, immediately forcing his body into a rigid position, the Daily Mail reports.

The man in dark clothing then bolts forward and grabs the woman next to him, shocking her as well. The third man, who is wearing a white top, tries to pull his stiff friends off the train track but appears to sustain a small shock as well and flails his arms in the air as other friends jump down to help.

Man goes into cardiac arrest

Members of the group were ultimately able to pull the pair, both in their 20s, to safety, emergency services officials said, the publication reports.

The Oak Park Fire Department said the woman and man, who went into cardiac arrest, were rushed to hospital — the latter in a critical condition. The woman was still conscious when first responders arrived and her condition was reported to have improved the following day.

What happened to their phones?

AusGeoff wrote on Aug 16^th, 2023 at 5:00am:

Dnarever wrote on Aug 15th, 2023 at 10:21pm: I suspect that most people have a phone smarter than they are. Some here have cheap phones. LOL...  mine was $69.             https://i.postimg.cc/hj0kT56n/711-P0qxrdb-S-AC-UL600-SR600-600-1.jpg

I was inferring the joke that some members have cheap phones that are smarter than they are.

I currently have a smartphone that I do a lot with (too much), not everything. In the past I did have a cheap phone much like yours for the same reason.

The idiots in this story would be idiots with a smartwatch or green underwear.