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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:25 pm ]
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Are smartphones killing memories?

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The habit of taking photographs, usually with our phones, of anything and everything is everywhere - instead of enjoying things or engaging in them, there is a growing habit just of photographing them.

It is as if first hand events are not real unless we have a photo, and can experience them second hand.

When, for example, the Queen recently opened the BBC's Broadcasting House, she could hardly be seen for all the people holding up their phones.

Don't ask me I did not have one before I got a smart phone! 8-)
Author:  oceanicitl [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:26 pm ]
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No

my memories
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:05 pm ]
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POIDH
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:18 pm ]
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I think they are. Go back to the time of film cameras - you took photos, got them developed and then sat around looking through them. Now rather recently, my sister had her anniversary. I was one of two people there with a camera - everyone else was trying to take pics of smartphones. Will we ever get to see them? Probably not. I'm not on facebook or twitter or anything else like that.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:44 pm ]
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Not smartphones per say, just phones with address books. I can still remeber friends numbers from the 1980's as I had to dial them by hand. I have no idea of any of my current friend's phone numbers.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:48 pm ]
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Yes.
Phones are as much digital life validation devices as anything else these days.
I'm as guilty as the next person, I suppose.
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:00 pm ]
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I can't remember what life was like before them.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:44 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
Not smartphones per say, just phones with address books. I can still remeber friends numbers from the 1980's as I had to dial them by hand. I have no idea of any of my current friend's phone numbers.

I can not remember peoples numbers, though before the memory loss, I was like you and able to master international numbers without a problem.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:59 pm ]
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I only take photos to mess about with in work for something to do lol.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:00 pm ]
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Have you worked out how to take pics of whoever's stealing your food/Coke?
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:14 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
Have you worked out how to take pics of whoever's stealing your food/Coke?


It would be quite easy to do actually :lol: , just not advisable :oops:
Author:  big_D [ Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:22 am ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
Not smartphones per say, just phones with address books. I can still remeber friends numbers from the 1980's as I had to dial them by hand. I have no idea of any of my current friend's phone numbers.

Exactly. I know probably a dozen numbers from people now (and that is mainly because we have sequential numbers for company mobiles), the rest are just in my phone book. Back in the old days, I had the numbers of all of my friends and family in my head.
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:24 am ]
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big_D wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
Not smartphones per say, just phones with address books. I can still remeber friends numbers from the 1980's as I had to dial them by hand. I have no idea of any of my current friend's phone numbers.

Exactly. I know probably a dozen numbers from people now (and that is mainly because we have sequential numbers for company mobiles), the rest are just in my phone book. Back in the old days, I had the numbers of all of my friends and family in my head.

+1 - I used to know my mates numbers but now its very few as like all of us you just click on a name
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:37 am ]
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hifidelity2 wrote:
+1 - I used to know my mates numbers but now its very few as like all of us you just click on a name

What surprises me is that so many people do not have a back up of their phone data, particularly contact details.
Author:  timark_uk [ Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:59 pm ]
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davrosG5 wrote:
POIDH
As the good ProfessorAlexMonkeyMan says, digital life validation device, I'll just add FTW. (8+)

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