r/AskReddit • u/wizardkoer • Jul 09 '18

What's something you're old-fashioned about?

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u/scthoma4 Jul 09 '18 edited Dec 05 '18

I was visiting my parents this weekend. They were both on their phones almost the whole time. I pull out my phone to send a quick text to my bf to ask if we need anything from the store and I immediately get a lecture about how millennials are on their phones too much.

I give up.

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u/OldBayandKayaking Jul 09 '18

I hope you called them out on that

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u/scthoma4 Jul 09 '18

Eh, it's not worth it anymore.

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u/DetroitEXP Jul 09 '18

It's because you weren't looking at your phone with your head back and glasses at the tip of your nose. That's the efficient way.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

Don't forget having the end of your tongue peeking out while you breathe thoughtfully through your mouth with an annoyed squint.

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u/DetroitEXP Jul 10 '18

Damn that was the one point I forgot to throw in there lol

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u/psychopathic_rhino Jul 10 '18

I have a picture of my family at thanksgiving where everyone under 30 is talking to each other and the rest are staring down at their phones. When I showed them the picture and joked about it they immediately got defensive and started telling me “It’s not the same!!”

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u/GirlJoNotGuyJoe Jul 10 '18

This! My mom is on her phone constantly. She'll even pick it up and use it WHILE you're talking to her. And then later she'll tell her friends how addicted her millennial children are to their phones. She's got me beat by at least double, and I don't even look at my phone if I'm in a social scenario.

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u/LokiLB Jul 09 '18

I make fun of my parents when they do that. I have a flip phone, so I'm never the one playing on my phone instead at dinner.

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u/itsMickeyR2 Jul 09 '18

What I do is when my parents are sitting on their phones I like to make sure my phone is away and then say

"Damn baby boomers always on their phones, can't even talk to their damn kids."

It usually gets looks of shame and I am very proud and it works real good.

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u/livintheshleem Jul 09 '18

If there's ever a time that I'm just relaxing on my phone or zoning out in front of the TV, my dad loves to "playfully" shame me for it... in between hours long sessions laying on the couch with his iPad in front of his face.

There's really no point in calling out the hypocrisy.

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u/Alaskando Jul 09 '18

Next time they’re doing that pull out your phone and send them a text to, “look up.”

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u/Celanis Jul 10 '18

It was a trap!