Posted on 11/13/2014 9:29:41 AM PST by C19fan
When the lights change at the Shibuya crossing in Japan's capital, one of the world's busiest pedestrian thoroughfares, hundreds of people with their eyes glued to smartphones pick their way over the road.
Despite being engrossed in the latest instalment of Candy Crush or busy chatting with their friends on messaging app Line, most manage to weave around cyclists, skateboarders and fellow Tokyoites.
But the growing ranks of these cellphone addicts are turning cities like Tokyo, London, New York and Hong Kong into increasingly hazardous hotspots, where zombified shoppers appear to be part of vast games of human pinball.
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Funny how Nature will always thin her herd! :)
Japanese media reported that around half of the 56 bodies recovered from the peak of a volcano after a recent eruption were found clutching mobile phones with photos of the deadly lava and ash on them.
Apparently, they had thought it important to be able to show their social media friends what was happening than to try to save themselves.
Doctor Who killed off Danny Pink by smartphone zombie. :(
Citing Doctor Who again, but the season ending episode had people wanting to take selfies with Cybermen instead of running for the lives. :0
Seeing Eye People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNyTqIsrk0w&list=UUTrtA2LyW7gie0o8hY4efXw
New Yorkers React to Texting and Walking Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5SWgWI8Cag&list=UUTrtA2LyW7gie0o8hY4efXw
I liked how Danny went out at the end. Hated that the inhaler lady bought it. The nods to Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart and dodo Chalet were good touches.
Smartphone zombies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajaw5enKbzA
Get off your damn phone......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG7BzUGEa0o
The selfie scene was funny. The brigadier’s daughter tossing the head of an early cyberman was better.
I’m just not that into my smart phone. It is a useful tool and that is all.
It was pretty over-the-top
They could have done better than to have the main characters part with lies.
I find that if I do random little side steps, hesitations, and feints that it causes havoc with the navigational skills of the phone zombies. It really is a fun way to pass the time when I’m commuting via the subway.
What they do is walk along looking at their phone while tagging onto another moving person. With the right angle of walking and so forth, you can get them to walk into walls, poles, other phone zombies...
I feel so left behind, all I can do is make calls..............
Doctor Who killed off Danny Pink by smartphone zombie. :(
No, danny pink killed danny pink because he dumbly walking into busy street...
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