Officially 1 month since I switched to a flip phone.
- Everyone is more severely addicted to their smartphones than I thought. Once you have a dumbphone, you'll frequently find yourself as the only person in the room not on their phone. It's not just teenagers, it's parents and adults of all ages. It's like everyone is stuck in a trance. 75+ year olds might be the only exception.
- All the objections I previously had for getting a dumbphone have turned out to be overblown and/or solvable. My iPhone addiction had fed my brain excuses to not do this earlier. If you really want to make the switch, you can.
- I've felt embarrassed to pull out my flip phone in public at times, for fear of being different or drawing too much attention to myself. But I have learned to just own up to it. Most people end up saying something like "Oh, I probably should do that too."
- I am using my brain more. Even though my flip phone has Waze, I find myself memorizing maps and roads. I'm more bored and get lost in my thoughts. I'm using paper and pen more. Increased desire for tangible things > digital things.
Overall, it has been a great experience and I plan on never going back.
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A monumental addition to the organization, Stearns, 38, will take over officially once the regular season is over. The new era of the Mets begins soon.
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Open a macbook: screen already on, touch fingerprint sensor and resume work immediately
Open a windows laptop: it rebooted in your bag, battery is at 3%, log in with your microsoft account, wait while a windows update installs ads for Draft Kings in the start menu
Want an example of why FIP is stupid? It only looks at BB, K, and HR. If you did that for hitters, you might think that these were the best 11 hitters in baseball (>30 HR, <200 K, >75 BB):
But remove K & BB and Grisham is 14th and Torkelson is 2nd to last among >30 HR hitters.