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Life Before Cell Phones · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: That song came out in 1999, Smash Mouth and All Star.
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  Speaker 1: I believe I had the Nokia cell phone at the time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, cutting edge.
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  Speaker 1: Light FM, Cubby, Christine, and Kristen. And we're kind of
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  Speaker 1: talking about that because we're reading an article from Reddit.
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  Speaker 1: And the simple question, was life simpler without cell phones?
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  Speaker 2: Was life better?
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  Speaker 1: Was life better?
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  Speaker 2: Before cell phones.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And, you know, people are kind of going back
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  Speaker 2: and forth on it. But I think mainly people are
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  Speaker 2: in favor of no cell phones, that life was better.
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  Speaker 2: Because I see a lot of, like, being present, being
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  Speaker 2: in the moment, experiencing it, talking to people, being excited
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  Speaker 2: when the phone rang because.
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  Speaker 1: You don't know who it is.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, like, we talk for hours. Like, things have just changed.
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  Speaker 2: It's just changed us so much.
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  Speaker 1: What is your personal opinion? I'll tell you mine after
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  Speaker 1: you go. Was life better before cell phones?
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  Speaker 2: It's taking up so much of my life right now.
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  Speaker 1: I agree.
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  Speaker 2: That's... I almost get resentful. Like, I know... I need
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  Speaker 2: it and I'm responsible.
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  Speaker 1: It's a heck of a piece of technology, right? It is.
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  Speaker 1: It can do so much.
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  Speaker 2: And I need it, but it can just soak up
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  Speaker 2: all of my time. So I feel like I'm doing
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  Speaker 2: less going out, less creative projects because I fall into
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  Speaker 2: this habit of scrolling and also feel like a slave
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  Speaker 2: to it. Like, you know, like you get the little...
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  Speaker 2: And I feel like I have to respond to every text,
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  Speaker 2: every notification, like right then and there. Emails. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: All hours.
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  Speaker 2: And it's like brain overload. Right.
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  Speaker 1: I totally agree with you. In fact, I a lot
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  Speaker 1: of times will pull up old sporting events on YouTube.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, let me check out this New York Knicks
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  Speaker 1: game from 1992. I know I'm weird. And I noticed
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  Speaker 1: the crowd. They're all like watching.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No one's on their phone. Right. Like simple things like that. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Because we feel like we have to document everything. You
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  Speaker 1: mentioned how, like, you used to go to the U.S. Open.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And now, I don't know about your feed, but my
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  Speaker 1: feed was filled, like, last week of people at the U.S. Open,
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  Speaker 1: but there were hardly tennis pictures.
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  Speaker 2: Right, I know.
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  Speaker 1: It was just pictures of drinks.
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  Speaker 2: It was, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And tents. And VIP laminates.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. It was more about, like, getting the photo at
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  Speaker 2: the Open. I'm like, I used to go every single
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  Speaker 2: year because we loved going to the U.S. Open and
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  Speaker 2: going to the early matches and you could get up close.
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  Speaker 2: And it wasn't about, notice me, I'm at the Open.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and I'm not, I don't want to slam
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  Speaker 2: that because I get it. Like, I get that it's
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  Speaker 2: exciting that you're in a place that a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people want to go to and you want to share
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  Speaker 2: that with people. But like even even, you know, places
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  Speaker 2: that we've been touring and vacationing, it's and I can't
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  Speaker 2: say it's exactly the cell phone. It's also like social media,
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  Speaker 2: which is tied into the cell phone. But there become
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  Speaker 2: these spots that are like. This is the place you
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  Speaker 2: must get a picture.
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  Speaker 1: It becomes a job.
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  Speaker 2: And now people are lined up for it, whereas before
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  Speaker 2: it was like crowded, but you could get to it.
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  Speaker 1: It's just you got to do it for the gram.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's it's kind of it's just changed everything.
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  Speaker 2: And when you're in the theater, you know, whether it's
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  Speaker 2: live theater or a movie theater and you just want
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  Speaker 2: to send a text message, we all whoever is in
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  Speaker 2: that zone, look at you like I can't eat. You
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  Speaker 2: can't help it. Something is lit up.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you think your phone is on dim, but it's
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  Speaker 1: still pretty bright in that dark theater.
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  Speaker 2: Right, right.
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  Speaker 1: Also, it affects traffic. I mean, forget the whole texting
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  Speaker 1: and driving. Nobody should be doing that. But you know
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  Speaker 1: what I've noticed? The reaction times when a light turns green. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of times that first person in line, I
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  Speaker 1: watch the brake lights when the light turns green. And
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  Speaker 1: the light will turn green, and the brake lights will
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  Speaker 1: still be red for like two seconds. Because you know
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  Speaker 1: darn well they were looking down at their phone.
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  Speaker 2: And somebody back there is going, eh. Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 1: So again, technology is amazing. I think it's so cool.
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  Speaker 1: You can send an email from your bed and take
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  Speaker 1: a photo anywhere.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But I do think life was simpler before cell phones. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: There's a, there's a give.
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  Speaker 1: Give take.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there really is.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to check out the headlines and how did
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