This week's poll is also from lollylopmr. How often are you near the ball and chain of your cell phone? Is it tethered to your mind? (Although technically how often you use your phone is a different question) 5329h

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http://mangaupdates.cinevost.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: How often do you clear your browser history and/or cookies?
Choices:
After each session - votes: 158 (8.5%)
Daily - votes: 62 (3.3%)
Weekly - votes: 72 (3.9%)
Monthly - votes: 125 (6.7%)
Yearly - votes: 110 (5.9%)
Never - votes: 298 (16.1%)
Only when I have a problem with a specific site - votes: 1029 (55.5%)
There were 1854 total votes.
The poll ended: August 24th, 2024 8:46am PDT

Now I wonder how often people delete entries on your browser history to hide something...

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Being prohibited by school or work != don't have it nearby.

I disagree with you. I know of a couple of schools that collect cell phones before class. I also have friends that work in occupations where phones are collected at the entrance of the workplace (imagine military/classified stuff). I one story of a friend that almost missed the birth of his son because he worked in such a facility and his wife was not able to easily him during work hours

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I'm not a big cell phone . I vastly prefer my desktop computer. So, I take my cell phone with me to work in case I need to call for an emergency, but I leave the phone in my backpack. I use my phone the mostly at night when I listen to stories before I go to sleep.

I'm also not a big cell phone and keep all of my computer use to actual computers (mainly my laptop). I do keep my phone with in earshot / easy reach, but I hardly use it. I deliberately use a "stupid phone" and don't use any apps or connect it to the internet. So, for mp3s, I have ye auld ipod nano (gen. 4 — no need to replace something which still works); for video games, a computer or console; for reading, either my laptop or dead tree.

I'm a bit surprised there are around 3% voters who don't own a cellphone.. I mean, in this day and age? 😅

For me, I always bring my phone around, even at the office. Work group chats are on my phones afterall. And sometimes it offers more flexibility than laptop.

There are times when I was so busy that Ican't even do anything with my phone except checking the time though. This happened just last Friday.

I hate cell phones. Usually I just forget mine in my desk drawer. The model I'm using is as old as this , 15 years old. I just replaced the old battery with a new high capacity one, lasts about 8 weeks with one charging on my usage.

I still use landline more than a cell phone. I used to mostly use a phone booth in a park near my house but there was a storm and a large tree fell over it. They never replaced it, which forced me to use a phone booth near a busy street a little way further which was very inconvenient because of the distance and the traffic noise.

Cell phones becoming ubiguitous changed human behaviour. This sort of potential connectiveness actually made people a lot more ive about going out and meeting people face to face. When you can anyone when ever you need to, the urge to do it sort of fades away. Landlines never had that effect. Nokia's motto used to be "connecting people". It might have just as well been "disconnecting people".

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I almost never carry mine.
My boss gets mad that they text in the middle of a shift and I don't answer;
I'm the only employee (it seems) that follows the 'no cell phones' policy

I have had a gf for a few weeks, so my days of freedom are numbered

I'm proud to almost never use my phone.

It's pretty useful, but I'd rather not use it for everything, that's toxic.

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I don't exactly leave it behind most of the time, but I'm the type of person to intentionally turn off notifications.

I don't need my phone telling me when to look at it. I'd much rather it be there when I need it for something instead of simply being a slave to it, getting easily distracted by a chime, which then often leads me to start doomscrolling on it.

No thank you. I'd rather be in control of my free time. My girlfriend gets upset that I don't respond to her texts right away, though. It can be a problem sometimes.

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I wish I could still say I don't own a cellphone. The pandemic really ruined everything.

not a huge phone fans and computer used mostly for studies and playing during holidays

I usually bring it now when out of the house, since I live in a smaller community with bears around, and so there are minor safety considerations. I like having it off most of the time though, I resent the expectation nowadays of always being accessible.

"Although technically how often you use your phone is a different question" <--- now that would be more correct.

Because I always have my phone with me, otherwise, what's the point of having it if you can't be reached if there's an emergency or someone needs to you?
Wasn't that the whole point of inventing cell phones? So you could be reached quickly? Especially for emergencies?

However, while I always have it with me (reasonably "always", it's in a locker or bag when doing sports etc nor do I take it with me to shower etc) I am not * always* using it.

Sooo this really needs a deeper poll:
Always have it, always use it? Nope.
Always have it, but use only when needed? Yup.

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