Even younger respondents who have never lived in such a world voted in favor of giving it a whirl

Seventy-seven percent of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was “plugged in,” meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage. As told by a new Harris Poll (via Fast Company), 63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a pre-plugged-in world, despite that being a world they largely never had a chance to occupy.

  • jprjr@kbin.social
    13·
    2 years ago

    I think what people are really missing is being able to feel disconnected.

    Like it used to be you’d send an email and you’d get a response tomorrow. Because people would go online occasionally.

    Now if I’m not responding to a text within a few minutes people get upset. You’ll see people answer the phone during a movie to say “hey I’m in a movie I’ll call you back”

    I’d like to go back to the world of being connected but having a slight Friday is ok

    • Shift_@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      Anyone I talk to regularly, would not care if I didn’t answer their texts for a few days. My phone is always on vibrate or silent. I engage with people only as much as I want to.

      What I’m saying is all that stuff can be changed if you want it to.

    • skogens_ro@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      But that’s okay today? At least in my social circles it is. Just talk about it to whichever friend you have that demands you answer immediately.

      • jprjr@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        I mean my version of “a few minutes” is like an hour. Like it used to be you could respond to a text way later in the day or even the next, and that acceptable amount of time is getting shorter and shorter.