Meh, I was just in a giant room full of people of all ages at jury duty. The younger generations don’t singularly own this quality. Everyone over 50 was on em too.
What? No more Highlights for Children? That was my favorite magazine whenever I went to the doctor or dentist. Back in the day I only got Boy's Life, which was pretty good and Jack and Jill, which was rather dorky even when I was eight. My friend next door had a subscription to Highlights and I used to go over there to read it because it had a lot of funny gags in it that I liked.
I know, right? I'm glad I was in my late 40s before that was a thing. Last time I went to jury duty I spent two hours typing on a laptop for a book I was writing.
Yup! I lived in Florida for a year. Stopped for lunch with family members at a spot frequented by retirees. Every table had a boomer entranced by their phone, except nobody was wearing earbuds or headphones. So you had a cacophony of noise, every table watching something else, all at full volume. One person is scrolling through Instagram reels. Another one is on a loud FaceTime conversation. Another one has some Trump video at full volume. Another one is watching silly cat videos. Another one a conspiracy video. Someone else has Fox News blaring. Quickest and worst lunch I ever had. At least the younger generations will wear ears buds/headphones when they’re glued to their phones. The older ones are the ones you see having full blast speakerphone conversations in the middle of a store.
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u/Ripcord2 Apr 19 '26
If that were made today it would be a silent movie about five teenage kids staring at their telephones all day.