Always on their phones
Millennials are once again uniting to discuss a similar observation about their Boomer parents’ frustrating phone use. “My parents are on the very young end of being ‘boomers’. For some reason they’re both acting like me when I was 20… that is to say, gluuuued to their phones,” they wrote. “I tried to have an important conversation with my dad this morning and he did not once look up.” They went on to add, “The only difference is that when I was 20 he could, and would often say ‘Look at me when I’m talking to you. Put that thing away.’ But if I said that to him now he’d get defensive and probably yell at me for being disrespectful. What the heck???”
“I have noticed it too and it makes me feel even weirder for having developed in the habit of flipping my phone face-down with my hands folded on top of it to let the person know that I’m listening for that they have my attention,” one commented. “And to think that it’s coming from the generation that tells everybody else that phones and TV will rot your brains.” Another shared, “My parents are visiting me right now. My dad is glued to his phone, even at the table during meals. Never once participating in the conversation except to point at the salt. This is the same man who would have screamed at me for bringing a book to the dinner table.” Others could commiserate about the role-reversal. “I’ve noticed this with my parents. It seems like I’ve switched places with them. I’m trying to use the online world less: where as they are using it more and more,” one commented. “I stopped calling my mother too because of all the times she’d put me on hold to take another call and then tell me that she’d have to call me back, but she never did. I still rarely call her. I just text so it’s less intrusive and hurtful for me. Now when I visit, her and her husband they stay off their phones. They turn the TV down and only put quiet music on instead of blaring whatever crap they were watching. I did thank them for it.”
However, a Gen Z commenter was quick to point out that Gen X is guilty of the same habit. “My gen x parents are terribly addicted to their phones (I’m 22 for context),” they wrote. “I’m not saying I’m not, but it’s really hypocritical when they’ll be bitching at me about ‘playing on my phone too much’ when they’re literal iPad kids. The reality is, screens and social media are addicting to ANYONE, regardless of age.” “I’m guilty of it as well. Everyone is at risk of screen addiction in this era,” another noted. And another Millennial quipped, “Phones are addictive, that doesn’t just like go away with oldness.”
Senior Cellphone jokes
I was setting the voice recognition password of my mobile.
A dog barked and ran away.
I am still looking for that dog to unlock my mobile.
I asked my son if I could have the phone book. He laughed, shook his head: “You’re so last century!” and handed me his mobile.
Long story short: The spider is now dead and the phone is smashed.
Teacher – How did our grandparents kill time without smartphones or internet?
Student – I’ve already asked this question to my mum, her 5 brothers and 7 sisters!!
A woman found a magic lamp on the beach, rubbed it, and out popped a genie.
“Ask me anything and it’s yours!” She thought for a moment and then answered, “I want my husband to pay more attention to me, to protect me, to take me out frequently, to sleep close to me, and to be more caring, even if I get a tiny scratch.”
“No problem.” And POOF! She was turned into a smartphone!
November 3rd Birthdays
1953 – Kate Kapshaw, 1954 – Kathy Kinney, 1997 – Aria Wallace, 1950 – Anna Wintour
1918 – Bob Feller, 1989 – Agnus McClaren, 1953 – Dennis Miller, 1998 – Carson Rowland