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Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts

Monday, May 22, 2023

Look both ways, okay?

 Pedestrians on Hotel Street at Fort Street Mall in Honolulu. Honolulu enacted a law, set to take effect Wednesday, that allows the police to fine pedestrians up to $35 for viewing their electronic devices while crossing streets in the city and surrounding county.

Some people are born with a propensity to mindless  behavior, which is developed to be an art over a life time.  How does one recognize someone who does not have a clue, who spends life in a marathon of stupid choices?

First, such a person would walk across a yard while the sprinklers are on full force, because one is playing “candy crush” something on an iPhone.

A man tore a tendon in his thumb after playing the game Candy Crush Saga on his phone for weeks - but reported he felt no pain at all (file photo)
Man tears tendon after playing Candy Crush for 10 hours every day for 8 weeks

Next, one such is seldom wary of danger, like crossing against traffic, while checking local movie times on that stupid iPhone.

How about another person who is messaging. Then he will develop itchy welts on feet and legs after ignoring a friend’s warning, "Poison ivy,  oh look, poison ivy! Don't step...."


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Fact is, mindless people will find that being mindless does not serve them well. Ever.


My offspring called these people  "Darwin candidate clubs".  The library in Ludlow, England had a somber Darwin statue.

This is a post from 2015, underlined words are the Wednesday Words for that   time.  Praises go to the Founder of Wednesday Words Delores who passed the baton on to other talented bloggers.  Elephant's child and  River are the sites to find such word treasures.

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