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      04-25-2017, 02:54 AM   #23
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For work there's no way I could live without it. Phone, laptop and an internet connection and my workplace can be anywhere in the world which is great. In fact for 75% of things I can do without the laptop as the phone does so much more than they used to.

For personal life I could definitely live without it. It would certainly stop people having an excuse for being fucking late to things and think it's ok just because they've sent a message telling you so. I remember before mobile phones were around, I used to meet friends from all around the country in London on a certain day at a certain time and everyone would get there without any issues and on time.
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      04-25-2017, 08:38 AM   #24
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world would be a better place without phones
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      04-27-2017, 10:37 AM   #25
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My phone is my life, social and business.
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      04-27-2017, 10:39 AM   #26
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My phone is my life, social and business.
I'd love to know how much of your camera roll is taken up with photos of your car?
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      04-28-2017, 03:10 AM   #27
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I would really struggle I must admit. My laptop and home working are also essential to my everyday life now. Technology has helped me transform my home/work balance. Bring it on.
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      04-29-2017, 12:53 PM   #28
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Having just lost my mobile and taking a week to replace it, I can say yes its refreshingly easy to live without one. Especially living without work calls as my manager always insisted I was available 24/7. Turns out it's not the end of the world after all, apparently things can wait until I check my inbox.
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I'd love to know how much of your camera roll is taken up with photos of your car?
Pot...kettle. Check colour state...over.

I can live quite happily without mine. Would I want to? Probably not as it has found uses in modern life. I lived for a couple of months in Uganda and Rwanda without the use of it and it was refreshing how quickly it stops being a 1st world necessity. The only thing I used it for was as a mirror (selfie camera cos I'd forgot to take one for shaving). I find its one of those things that if you have it, you use it (a bit like a cheap east European hooker).
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I'd be happy to go back to just an 8810...
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I cant poo without my phone.
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I'd love to know how much of your camera roll is taken up with photos of your car?
There's a few but most of it is taken up by pictures of your mother
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      05-13-2017, 02:25 PM   #35
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There's a few but most of it is taken up by pictures of your mother
My mother would slap you silly little boy!

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      05-13-2017, 02:36 PM   #36
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I'd love to live without my phone for work purposes, I'm old enough to remember that without mobile phones business still got done and plenty of it.

It's the same with email, thousands of worthless emails sent, I have some staff that think it's their job to send emails it drives me potty.

"have you done X and Y?" "well I've sent an email" FFS!
I'm sick to death of people emailing me asking for drawings or information they've been sent before but can't be bothered to look for it. Or several people from the same company asking for the same thing.


I could probably live without my phone. It's only used for browsing social media out of Bordem so it wouldn't be a great loss. My phone is not a works phone so I refuse to have my emails linked and ignore calls from unknown numbers.
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My mother would slap you silly little boy!

She wouldn't get the chance when her mouth is otherwise occupied..
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