used to be you'd have to know someone to find out they are an idiot: no more

It bothers me that so many people are now completely unaware of what is going on around them and expect everyone else to look out for them while they walk or drive around with their heads buried in some gadget.

and yes they are everywhere.

One of the last times I went out to a nightclub to see a band play there was a couple who were both surfing the internet and checking their e-mail on their own separate devices for TWO HOURS. I don't think they ever spoke to each other for the entire span of time that I observed them. They completely ignored the world around them.

And I still find myself doing it from time to time. All you're really doing is slipping. Bad.

of me, and all three were on a cell phone. None of the three were even aware they almost caused a wreck.

and see what I think is a drunk weaving towards me until I see the light of the tiny screen and realize they're texting.

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This one, too.

headbutts a lamp post or falls down a manhole it don't hurt anyone else - unless an onlooker pulls a muscle laughing.

And I really get sick of these people on the street, face buried in their phone, not looking where they're going and colliding with me. It really is extremely dangerous.

I had forgotten. Thanks.

All of them were ignoring the others and silently playing with their phones. This went on for ten minutes or more. Why bother going out to eat with people if you (and they) are just going to sit there playing with your phones? I don't get it.

What's in the phone that could be more interesting than their companions?

that prior to their text-orgy at the table, they asked me to remove my hat which I was wearing. I did so, and off they went into their cell bliss, leaving me behind. It was absolutely comical/tragic.

it is just soooo fucking sad

When I was a kid we used to run around and play make-believe and ride bikes and play ball and all kinds of things. Now the kids I see are all sitting there looking at a game. At least they're quiet. Catatonic, almost.

Am I wrong, or shouldn't it be bode?

Or is this a valid usage for bear of which I was previously unaware?

and misused because the writer has only ever heard the word or phrase and never seen it. <sigh>

No, I don't want to bare with you!

thanks

At least it wasn't a cliff. Although it still would have been amusing, at least to me (big supporter of the Darwin Awards).

I grew up in the area. Hadn't been back since the days before internet. The days when people were just walking about like humans. But this time it was heads down, fingers punching keys. I saw it. But it wasn't until my 90 year old dad spoke up about it on the way home. And he's very much into the computer age. He ought to be, he helped start it.

Although, that guy's showing more signs of life than what I saw.

She walked right into the intersection. If drivers hadn't been paying attention, she would have been hit.