In four brief years between 1966 and 1970, Hendrix completely altered the landscape of rock and roll and guitar playing.
Regarding the rest of your post (but on a different note)...
Every week my wife and I have a date night, just the two of us. We usually go out and have dinner and then on to one of our favorite local bars for a couple o…
In four brief years between 1966 and 1970, Hendrix completely altered the landscape of rock and roll and guitar playing.
Regarding the rest of your post (but on a different note)...
Every week my wife and I have a date night, just the two of us. We usually go out and have dinner and then on to one of our favorite local bars for a couple of drinks, where we enjoy sitting next to each other with no distractions, no TVs, and just talk to each other. Nothing else is important. Just our time together. Our phones are never out.
However, looking around restaurants and bars, most people sitting at tables are on their phones. They are not engaging with the people they are with. They think they are, but they are not. This has become acceptable and normalized, and people don't seem to have a problem with it. But, if either of us were on our phones during our date night, it wouldn't be acceptable. And it's the same if I am out with friends or at a concert. There is a time and place to look at one's phone and when it should be away. I strongly believe one should be present in the company, and space you are in. Regarding the latter, I am also astonished by the number of people who paid for tickets to see an artist perform, and they are on their Instagram, FB, or texting during a show.
But, hey, my wife and I fully accept we are in the minority as the evidence is overwhelming how acceptable it has become in society.
Yep. So relate. There is certainly a generational component to this, but a larger part is a culture of device distraction. It's a culture of avoiding the present moment, largely caused by the addictive qualities of our mobile devices. I empathize -- I fall prey to it quite often myself -- but at least I had 30 years of life to build "muscle" to resist it, or at least recognize it and change habits. I imagine it's a lot harder for younger people who were given iPads when they were 2 years old.
In four brief years between 1966 and 1970, Hendrix completely altered the landscape of rock and roll and guitar playing.
Regarding the rest of your post (but on a different note)...
Every week my wife and I have a date night, just the two of us. We usually go out and have dinner and then on to one of our favorite local bars for a couple of drinks, where we enjoy sitting next to each other with no distractions, no TVs, and just talk to each other. Nothing else is important. Just our time together. Our phones are never out.
However, looking around restaurants and bars, most people sitting at tables are on their phones. They are not engaging with the people they are with. They think they are, but they are not. This has become acceptable and normalized, and people don't seem to have a problem with it. But, if either of us were on our phones during our date night, it wouldn't be acceptable. And it's the same if I am out with friends or at a concert. There is a time and place to look at one's phone and when it should be away. I strongly believe one should be present in the company, and space you are in. Regarding the latter, I am also astonished by the number of people who paid for tickets to see an artist perform, and they are on their Instagram, FB, or texting during a show.
But, hey, my wife and I fully accept we are in the minority as the evidence is overwhelming how acceptable it has become in society.
Yep. So relate. There is certainly a generational component to this, but a larger part is a culture of device distraction. It's a culture of avoiding the present moment, largely caused by the addictive qualities of our mobile devices. I empathize -- I fall prey to it quite often myself -- but at least I had 30 years of life to build "muscle" to resist it, or at least recognize it and change habits. I imagine it's a lot harder for younger people who were given iPads when they were 2 years old.