[testing22321]

I don’t have a phone

Sure it’s inconvenient sometimes, but on the whole I’d say my life is better than those I see glued to their phones.

This belief is reinforced whenever people ask for my number (dentist, doctor, whatever) The gusto which they invariably reply “OMG I WISH I could get rid of my phone!”

[haspok]

Because only those two extremes exist: you either don't have a phone, or your are glued to it?

[testing22321]

Of course not, I said nothing of the sort.

I said I’d prefer to not have a phone than be like people who are glued to their phones. I said nothing about all the people in the middle.

[GTP]

So do you give to your doctor your landline's nuber, and this is why they're surprised, or you don't even have that?

[triceratops]

They're probably being nice and think you're a weirdo.

I don't btw. I admire you sticking to your principles.

[testing22321]

In all fairness, I am a weirdo and wouldn’t have it any other way.

[raw_anon_1111]

How often do you travel outside of the country or even outside of your state?

[testing22321]

I’m not American. I travel a lot. It’s how I make money.

[raw_anon_1111]

Then tge question still remains - how do you catch an Uber or communicate with people when you don’t speak their language?

[testing22321]

Smiles, hand signals, learn basic words.

Exactly the same way I did when I drove across dozens of countries before the iPhone was invented.

[raw_anon_1111]

I assure you your experience was a lot less deep than mine now that I’m in a country where I don’t speak the language well for six weeks.

And how are you getting around without Uber now that taxis are basically dead.

And why be a Luddite when it comes to phones and not computers? Cars?

[adampunk]

What kind of phone does your grownup have?

[testing22321]

Zing.

We’ve both been exploring the world since long before smartphones were invented. So we still do everything we want the same as always.