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by polski-g5 hours ago |
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upvoteby pavel_lishin5 hours ago|
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Kind of you to volunteer his time.
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upvoteby nslsm4 hours ago|
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I have absolutely no sympathy for people who choose not to get with the times. We all took our time to learn how to use a smartphone. He could have too but chose not to. Probably refused to learn to use tap to pay, ATMs, etc as well. You chose to opt out of society. You are no longer part of it.

(I’m not happy that you need an app to buy tickets, but that’s a different thing — he didn’t choose not to own a smartphone out of principle)

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upvoteby trollbridge4 hours ago|
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Does "get with the times" include giving up all of the privacy issues that go along with buying a stock phone?
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upvoteby nslsm4 hours ago|
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Read the last paragraph of my message.
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upvoteby Barrin922 hours ago|
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>We all took our time to learn how to use a smartphone

Were you 65 years old when smartphones came around? My grandparents had 8 years of formal education, they never figured out how to use computers when they were alive, not because they didn't want to but because it was too complicated.

In a society where human dignity and respect matter you don't ignore people who can't keep up, you don't treat the elderly like obsolete machines you discard, a lesson you ironically probably learned from how you treat your phone.

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upvoteby nslsm2 hours ago|
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You are stating that someone with no formal education or who is 65 years old can’t learn to use a smartphone. That is demonstrably false.
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upvoteby Barrin922 hours ago|
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No it isn't. In the US 45 million people are functionally illiterate. That is defined as someone who cannot read or follow instructions, fill out a basic form, or understand a bank statement. My 77 year old uncle is unable to use a smartphone and to this day I help him even with his email. He doesn't understand what a web browser is, and believe me my younger relatives and I have tried many times.

People who post here in general have no idea what life is like for people without the upbringing or cognitive skills to deal with the complexity of the modern world and technology.

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