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Lonely life of the techno-addict as thousands go up to 48 hours without speaking to another human
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Posted on 04/30/2012 1:46:33 PM PDT by traumer

Technology-addicts regularly go 48 hours without speaking to anyone in person, a study has found.

A significant three per cent of adults fall into a so-called ‘digitally dominant’ group which will mainly communicate via text, email or video calls.

It suggests technology – from smartphones to iPads – is helping to kill off physical and social interaction among those obsessed with the devices.

According to researchers for digital marketing agency dnx, adults in the digitally dominant group are four times less likely to go to a shop than average.

Most Britons use digital technology but a majority do so in combination with real life interaction, such as talking to friends in person, said dnx. The researchers questioned 1,000 adults for the survey.

Around 16 per cent of Britons are ‘digitally dominant’ of whom 19 per cent are so ruled by technology they can go for two days without any ‘verbal interaction’ said dnx.

In other words, the only time they speak is if it is via technology but not just computers and phones.

This group prefers to use an automatic barrier than a ticket collector at a train station or buy their lunch from a vending machine, for instance. They rarely go out without both a mobile phone and a tablet computer, buy their food via the internet and are four times less likely to go to a shop than average.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 04/30/2012 1:46:39 PM PDT by traumer
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Their vocabulary also suffers..... LOL !


2 posted on 04/30/2012 1:47:58 PM PDT by traumer
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I often used to go 4 or 5 days without seeing another human to interact with. Of course, I was at 7000 ft on the side of a mountain, living in a cabin with no phone service.

I loved it. And if I wanted a conversation the dogs were always there.

/johnny

3 posted on 04/30/2012 1:54:59 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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48 hours?

Pikers.


4 posted on 04/30/2012 1:58:35 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: traumer
‘digitally dominant’

I suppose that could describe their romantic life too...

5 posted on 04/30/2012 2:05:15 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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48 hours? BFD. I’ve gone a week without encountering anyone and then only to go to the grocery store.


6 posted on 04/30/2012 2:05:49 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (O's new cookbook: "101 Ways To Wok Your Dog")
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..and no people, chatting on message boards, Facebook, or commenting on news articles does not count as ‘speaking to another human’. If you think it did, you need to unplug your computer for a week or more.


7 posted on 04/30/2012 2:07:48 PM PDT by mnehring
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I think that 3% is not so significant. Just a thought.


8 posted on 04/30/2012 2:12:27 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: JRandomFreeper

2 out of 3 days, I dream about disappearing.


9 posted on 04/30/2012 2:20:45 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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48 hours without speaking to another human

I wish.

10 posted on 04/30/2012 2:26:15 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (I heard Osama was unarmed and carrying a bag of "Skillets candy" when Obama shot him.)
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“If I wanted a conversation the dogs were always there”.

Uh.... they didn’t talk back to your right?! /s


11 posted on 04/30/2012 2:54:23 PM PDT by momtothree
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Depended on if the homebrew was strong enough. ;)

/johnny

12 posted on 04/30/2012 3:16:14 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: traumer

Maybe I am missing the point but IMO we communicate more now than we would have in the past... all due to the electronic gadgets, the Internet, etc.

That includes family, friends and complete strangers.

In my situation, it hasn’t replaced it, it has enhanced it.


13 posted on 04/30/2012 3:20:34 PM PDT by dhs12345
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Maybe I am missing the point but IMO we communicate more now than we would have in the past... all due to the electronic gadgets, the Internet, etc.

That includes family, friends and complete strangers.

In my situation, it hasn’t replaced it, it has enhanced it.


14 posted on 04/30/2012 3:20:55 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: traumer

Before the age of modern communitcation, people could go days, weeks, months without speaking to another person.


15 posted on 04/30/2012 3:23:24 PM PDT by bgill
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To: traumer

See my tagline. ;-P


16 posted on 04/30/2012 3:29:50 PM PDT by MortMan (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity.)
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This would explain a lot of angry FR site participants.........maybe they just need a kitten or puppy to relax them when they run out of beer.


17 posted on 04/30/2012 3:34:14 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My 6 pack abs are now a full keg......)
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To: traumer
Reminds me of The Onion's glowing rectangles piece.
18 posted on 04/30/2012 8:56:15 PM PDT by TChad
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