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From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens adjusting to the smartphone ban

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279 points geox | 2 comments | 11 Sep 25 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.474s | source
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orionsbelt ◴[11 Sep 25 14:29 UTC] No.45212143[source]▶
Sounds delightful. Now do it for adults.

- an adult phone addict

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j-bos ◴[11 Sep 25 21:47 UTC] No.45216449[source]▶
Adults need to be adults and manage themselves, with or without help. Otherwise they're children.
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1. lanfeust6 ◴[12 Sep 25 14:50 UTC] No.45222765[source]▶
Adding to this, I never understood why it's considered so addictive. Smartphones are banal and frustrating to me. However, I'm often on my personal laptop.

I suspect there is something to the refrain that phones are a crutch in those cases where our range of actions is constrained. Through habit they then reflexively take over in other contexts.

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2. j-bos ◴[12 Sep 25 22:17 UTC] No.45227380[source]▶
This seems like reasobable mechanism, also matches what I saw of older generations developing parasocial relationships with soap operas, often started after being bedridden for some weeks.