‘What’s a simple pleasure that disappeared with smartphones?’ – 17 replies that will have you searching for a landline to slam down emphatically
9.
Going to a concert and people just enjoying the music. Today, it feels like half the audience are holding up their phones to video the show. You’re at the bloody concert. Enjoy it NOW, LIVE. Don’t bother recording it, because the recording will never be as good as feeling the bass in your chest and just letting the groove move you.
Count2Zero
10.
Having to entertain yourself with nothing but imagination.
dripor
11.
Bad photos. You immediately delete any photos you take now that don’t look good. However, when I was a lad, you had to wait for them to come back from the developer. And then you got to laugh at yourself.
LCranstonKnows
12.
Listening in to your family’s calls on the landline.
flintzz
13.
Wandering around in a new area, discovering things on your own. Without a phone telling you exactly where you are and exactly where everything else is in relation to you.
LucyVialli
14.
Calling a random number and asking, ‘Is your refrigerator running?’
Trid1977
15.
Having TV as the only source of entertainment, like when the whole family would sit together after dinner, flipping through channels, arguing over what to watch, and actually enjoying the same thing together instead of everyone being glued to their own phones.
4rnoldgf0
16.
The ability to not be bothered by the outside world.
w4rlok94
17.
Remembering phone numbers.
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Source: Reddit u/celinejayyx