[welly]

With all due respect, I think this says a lot about you if you honestly equate boredom as pre-smartphones. Millions upon millions of us led a boredom-free life prior to the smart and/or cellular/mobile phone. And there's far more to do these days.

[slededit]

Please tell how you passed the 3 hours at the DMV without boredom pre-smart phone?

[bergjs]

It was called a "book"

[Whitestrake]

It's still called that.

I access them on my phone now.