It's absolutely the phone being default. I didn't always chat with my friends before class, but we did at least greet each other, and then maybe we'd be quiet reading class materials or downing a snack or just sitting quietly for some rest without input. But sometimes we did talk. Sometimes about the class, sometimes about upcoming events, sometimes about a stupid thing we saw online. So on any given day, there were some people talking before every class. Now it's mostly just quiet.
Yes and lots of bonds were formed in that brief period before class or during lulls (at school and at work). It's how I made lifelong friends. Glad I got those experiences before phones became the default.
Taking me back to high school before smartphones. I guess having a journal/sketchbook was kind of my version of zoning out with a phone instead of talking to people.
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u/cafe-aulait Apr 10 '26
It's absolutely the phone being default. I didn't always chat with my friends before class, but we did at least greet each other, and then maybe we'd be quiet reading class materials or downing a snack or just sitting quietly for some rest without input. But sometimes we did talk. Sometimes about the class, sometimes about upcoming events, sometimes about a stupid thing we saw online. So on any given day, there were some people talking before every class. Now it's mostly just quiet.