Like, you just look weird if you sitting by yourself (example: waiting at a bus stop) and just stairing into space, so like its basically social expectation to be on your phone when you are by yourself.
Plus, just feels like if you don’t have a phone on you, you are missing a lot of information (access to the internet, maps, etc.) that you might need in case you get lost or something.
If you take public transport, everyone is on their phones. Well maybe not exactly on their phone but some are listening to music/podcast via headphone/earbuds that are playing on their phone.
Maybe you live in a rural area and people are less attached, but in cities, everyone is addicted af.
If I take public transport, then I look outside the window.
Hmm, maybe on a bus or train above ground. On a subway, there’s nothing besides the dark void of the tunnels.
I live in Paris, France (hopefully enough of a city to qualify?) but I’m not ‘addicted af’ (not at all, for that matter) and neither is my spouse, nor are quite a few of the people we know ;)
That said I also see a lot of people walking looking at their screen, bicycling looking at their screen, driving and looking at their screen. And I see a lot of accidents too. I wonder, could there be a link?