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Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« on: July 31, 2012, 01:10:26 PM »
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-07-30/distracted-walking/56588668/1

Well no *expletive deleted* *expletive deleted* Sherlock.  Will the good Mayor of the city-state NYC outlaw distracted walking next?  
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Reports of injuries to distracted walkers treated at hospital emergency rooms have more than quadrupled in the past seven years and are almost certainly underreported. There has been a spike in pedestrians killed and injured in traffic accidents, but there is no reliable data on how many were distracted by electronics.

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As an April Fool's Day joke with a serious message, Philadelphia officials taped off an "e-lane" for distracted pedestrians on a sidewalk outside downtown office buildings.

Some didn't get that it was a joke.

"The sad part is we had people who, once they realized we were going to take the e-lane away, got mad because they thought it was really helpful to not have people get in their way while they were walking and texting," Cutler said.


It's all about me!!!11!!!!

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Re: Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2012, 01:35:38 PM »
So...are smartphones making people stupid?  ???  :P
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Re: Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2012, 01:35:51 PM »

So, stupid people self-select themselves for extinction?

I fail to see the downside.
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Re: Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2012, 01:41:10 PM »
Quote from: RevDisk on July 31, 2012, 01:35:51 PM
So, stupid people self-select themselves for extinction?

I fail to see the downside.

Liberals lose voters....
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Re: Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2012, 01:46:57 PM »
Smartphone fail . . . person involved was considering a lawsuit for becoming a national laughingstock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPW8xmI4w6U
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Re: Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2012, 03:02:28 PM »
Disappointment. Thought the thread was going to be exploding lithium batteries sparking human combustion.
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Re: Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2012, 03:54:23 PM »
Quote from: LadySmith on July 31, 2012, 01:35:38 PM
So...are smartphones making people stupid?  ???  :P
It's bringing out their inner dipshit
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Re: Smartphones are putting people in ERs.
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2012, 04:22:42 PM »
ya know how when you were a kid on Monday morning you heard about the flashlight tag game 4 friends had on Saturday night?

Today they post to facebook about their pseudo "plans" and expect their parents to drive them to every flipping "event"
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