I've noticed it over the past few years too, I had a rant sometime last year about it. I have some friends that will just pull their phone out and scroll whatever or watch a youtube video if conversation get's too quiet or boring, or something they don't feel like talking about. It's wild. Like what are we even hanging out for.
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IRL does seem to take a back seat to the Internet more than it should.
When I travel to London by train, which I do about once a month. I still look out the carriage window most of the time, observing the outside world.
Same on planes.
That's awesome, I always have always will! I'm even psycho enough to drive in silence (I like the sound of the engine). The game changer was getting rid of a smartphone. Then the only access to the internet you have is when you intentionally sit down at your computer. Anything else vanishes. Not all are fortunate enough to do it, but I think most could if they tried hard enough. I guess unless you work long labor hours, even then I still stat down at my computer for a few minutes before going to bed.
I even used to listen to music when I worked, but I even stopped that and learned to work with the silence. Another game changer imo.
It's just the self control portion, don't even need to remove the smartphone, but it helps. Technically mine's still android but it's so stripped down it's basically a dumb phone with poorly working gps and Signal.
I also drive in slience, except I have an electric car, so it's even quieter 😂
I have a smart phone, but I don't have an addictive personality (the opposite actually), so it's really easy to not use it if I'm not using it.