A cell phone has become as necessary for us
As the air we need to breathe or the food we eat
Even kids are roaming the streets with devices in their hands
Looking for cellular connectivity, free Wi-Fi or a hot spot
Social media has trapped us all in it’s inviting snare
Forever flashing headlines captivating the educated
Tic-tok , YouTube, WhatsApp all seem attractive like the devil
Can you imagine a day without your mind not imprisoned
Behind the bars of the cell of your device?
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Your prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “starts with or contains ‘cel.’” Find a word that begins with or contains “cel” and use it in your post any way you’d like. Have fun!
Written for Linda’s SoCS- Cel
#Keepitalive
#SoCS
Yes cellphones and social media are harmful if not used responsibly.
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Exactly right my friend
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we are definitely dependent on it, often too dependent
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Yes, that is the truth. Thanks
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Oh! Boy ain’t that the truth? 💜
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Yup, unfortunately our truth.
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So true, Sadje.💕
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Thanks Grace! The bane of our times.
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My pleasure. Absolutely.💕
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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So true and can definitely be a prison. we have to take time to check out and choose an app and leave the others alone! I have chosen WP and I’m better for it.
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That’s good. I like WP too. And it’s my basic go to app on my phone.
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Me too!
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🥰
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Well said Sadje. The ease of “connecting” is quite the tantalizing lure.
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Isn’t it just!
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Sigh…
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😅😅😅
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So very true…and the panic from someone you don’t answer in a moment’s time…..most things are better off when unplugged and reset occasionally, especially us! 💞💞💞
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You’re so right Dawn. Unplugging occasionally is good for us all.
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We have become addicted indeed. I’m far too dependent on it
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To tell the truth, so am I. 😅
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It has so many features and you never feel bored with your phone in your hand!
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Very true. But we also miss out on a lot of life happening around us.
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Well written Sadje. We all have become addicts to phones and even small children will be seen with mobiles playing games of their choices.
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Oh yes, it is quite disturbing
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For sure Sadje.
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🥲
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💖💖💖💖
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Great job on the prompt. I’d like to but I can’t lol.. 😂
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Haha! It’s my story too.
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We are possessed no doubt.. sounds like husbands.. can’t live with them and can’t live without. 🤣
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Hahaha! Great analogy 😂😂😂
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glad you liked that one!! 🤣
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💯 %
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Well done!
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Thanks EA
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It’s very hard to imagine such a day. I for one have become far too dependent on my mobile!
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Me too. But it’s not healthy
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I know. We really need to have detox days
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Haha! Really that very needed.
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Yes. But I think I’ll cheat most of the days 😹
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😂😂😂
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Ah, this is so true. It’s been interesting taking a step back from all digital devices this past week. While I’ve missed all of you, it’s also been beneficial to have some more balance. Excellent post, my friend.
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Thanks Jeff. Disconnecting is useful at times. Provided we don’t get anxious 😬
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Most welcome, Sadje. It’s always my pleasure. Ah, indeed, and agreed. 😬
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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It’s one person against a team of professionals specially recruited to capture our attention! What’s the chance that the person wins?
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None! Well said. Thanks
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I rarely leave home without my phone. Somehow I feel safer with it.
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I think it’s true for most of us.
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I will try to make a post with the word cell.
It’s the model delimma of our world.
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Indeed. A two edged sword that helps and hinders at the same time
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The convenience and usefulness alone has made us addicted.
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Exactly so.
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It would be a day of peace and quiet for the mind (and the eyes.)
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Yes it would be, until we start fretting what we’ve missed.
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We are actually so much dependent on it!
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Very true. More than 70-80 % people are.
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Daughter is on a plan which locks her electronic devices for set periods. If she wants to use one before the duration has elapsed she has to pay. I couldn’t believe it when she told me
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Very clever solution to the addiction we all seen to have.
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Very expensive though
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Yes!
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The cell, the web, the net. They are all traps.
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Too right.
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I call my PD “my little helpful friend”, haha. You can’t imagine! Social media has stood in the way of friendship and physical interactivity truly so much, Sadje. It’s a wonder whether it’ll ever all come to a stop one day.
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I think it’s a same situation for many people. We are dependent upon our devices but it becomes an addiction.
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Sure, very addictive, Sadje. Is it possible to even go a day without touching one’s phone unless one’s sick?
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Recently I went almost 24 hours without my phone, after my surgery, and I felt stressed about catching up with my blog.
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You see. Phones have just become our third hands 😀
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Haha! Yes.
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Of course 😂 🙏💫
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😃
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So true!
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Thanks Brandon
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Bitter reality of present scenario
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Yes, it is. Something created for convenience of connectivity has ensnared us into using it 34/7
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Yeahh too much of it life has become
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Indeed.
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24/7*
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It has become an extension of us… hard to sever that kind of connection.
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Yup, totally.
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