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Thread: Do you have the mental fortitude to give up smartphones?

post 10000062808 02-22-2026, 02:24 AM
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Do you have the mental fortitude to give up smartphones?

I have been asking myself this question and it's a hard look into the mirror glass.

Even after 1 day without it I start feeling pretty powerful compulsions and I just bargain with myself pretending that it's a stupid idea.
post 10000062844 02-22-2026, 04:47 AM
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You're starting a lot of threads and posting with a lot of familiarity as to how this place works.

Wonder if, when someone makes you red, you'll start crying about high rep bullies?
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post 10000062857 02-22-2026, 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted By LargePeter⏩
You're starting a lot of threads and posting with a lot of familiarity as to how this place works.

Wonder if, when someone makes you red, you'll start crying about high rep bullies?
You need people like me
post 10000063023 02-22-2026, 09:13 AM
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I barely use an hour of screen time a week.
post 10000063026 02-22-2026, 09:16 AM
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no
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post 10000063029 02-22-2026, 09:20 AM
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lol OP is banned. Smartphones aren't an issue, it's the social media apps/doomscrolling imo
post 10000063082 02-22-2026, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted By ScrillaIsBake⏩
lol OP is banned. Smartphones aren't an issue, it's the social media apps/doomscrolling imo
This. Just lol @ being sucked into doomscrolling/social media
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
post 10000063139 02-22-2026, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted By Jack3D⏩
I have been asking myself this question and it's a hard look into the mirror glass.

Even after 1 day without it I start feeling pretty powerful compulsions and I just bargain with myself pretending that it's a stupid idea.
Yes, where I go hunting is out in the middle of nowhere. I get zero cell service, so I just turn the phone off for the 2-3 days I stay out there. It's unbelievably peaceful and cathartic. And that's how everybody lived until like 13 years ago lol
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Originally Posted By Jack3D⏩
I have been asking myself this question and it's a hard look into the mirror glass.

Even after 1 day without it I start feeling pretty powerful compulsions and I just bargain with myself pretending that it's a stupid idea.
Ok cool.
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I imagine there would be a period of adjustment, but I could do it easy.
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Originally Posted By TheParish⏩
Yes, where I go hunting is out in the middle of nowhere. I get zero cell service, so I just turn the phone off for the 2-3 days I stay out there. It's unbelievably peaceful and cathartic. And that's how everybody lived until like 13 years ago lol
This. We go to a spot on a lake here that is remote af, so no cell service. Life is good for those days
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No but I know for a fact so much in my life would improve. Like so much. I think the root of all my problems is likely my phone activity
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I might buy one of these Commodore 64 half-smart phones so I can still check my bank account and text.

https://commodore.net/callback/
post 10000238757 06-30-2026, 10:17 PM
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It would take an adjustment period but I could do it. I hate mobile versions of websites and I hate phone apps. It's convenient sometimes if you need to look something up while on the go as opposed to driving home to look it up and then having to make an extra trip or wait a bit. But I definitely could go back if needed.
post 10000238761 06-30-2026, 10:23 PM
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It'd be impossible srs

imagine trying to find things without gps. it'd be a huge inconvenience
post 10000238787 06-30-2026, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetHigh⏩
It'd be impossible srs

imagine trying to find things without gps. it'd be a huge inconvenience
get a gps thing if it's not built in to the vehicle
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Originally Posted By edwardhaskell⏩
get a gps thing if it's not built in to the vehicle
even with a gps. email, phone calls, music. so many things are more accessible with smart phones and it's all in one

they suck because they're too accessible for bad things but they're addicting bc they have good features too
post 10000238795 06-30-2026, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetHigh⏩
even with a gps. email, phone calls, music. so many things are more accessible with smart phones

they suck because they're too accessible for bad things but they're addicting bc they have good features too
well the point of giving it up is disconnecting from the addiction to all that and just being present/in your thoughts (scary i know). gps unit in the car to get around and a flip phone for talking/emergency (also a radio in the car for music). everything else will wait until later.
post 10000238797 06-30-2026, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted By edwardhaskell⏩
well the point of giving it up is disconnecting from the addiction to all that and just being present/in your thoughts (scary i know). gps unit in the car to get around and a flip phone for talking/emergency (also a radio in the car for music). everything else will wait until later.
itd be good to do that but things are so much easier with smart phone its hard to give up that convenience (ded fkn Srs)
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetHigh⏩
itd be good to do that but things are so much easier with smart phone its hard to give up that convenience (ded fkn Srs)
people in addiction will often name ways life will suck without their drug. but i'll lose my friends...being social will be harder...i'll be bored...won't have as much fun, etc. phone addiction is kinda the same where people just can't imagine a life without their security blanket.
post 10000238808 06-30-2026, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted By edwardhaskell⏩
people in addiction will often name ways life will suck without their drug. but i'll lose my friends...being social will be harder...i'll be bored...won't have as much fun, etc. phone addiction is kinda the same where people just can't imagine a life without their security blanket.
Agreed. Typing this on a smartphone now (srs)
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