Has anyone noticed the rise in socially awkward people due to iPhones/etc? - 1

A lotta people at my high school are constantly on their gadgets and can't keep a conversation going without pulling out their thingies and playing stupid games. I mean I had an iPhone and I liked it but when people use it as a constant toy, their social skills get damaged. Does anyone agree?

Do you notice how people of older generations have interesting hobbies, strong personalities, and read a lot? Just picture the teens of our generation as adults! They'll be fidgety and try to swipe across people faces!

Added (1). @M B

I agree. Let's both try to be productive people!

Added (2). @Kuku

We're the same person.

I don't think it is just iphones but actual new way of communicating with all this online. People not having to speak one on one anymore.

I'd say people of all generations are identical.very few accomplish anything important to the world. If they did, the world would be a utopian paradise by now.

I think peoples' reality is in danger, and I see more of those Colorado joker type crimes happening in the far off future… As people are viewing life thru a screen all the time. Not real life.
People are not real to them anymore

I've seen:
==People ask on YA how to text a sympathy note to their friend because the mother died
and people answer == so sry 4 your loss xoxo
==A girl run over her toddlers hand when he fell down, with her shopping cart while texting-
==A man ran into a car, in front of my friends house. The car didn't hit him. He walked into the car
==A whole table of about 12 people having dinner in a restaurant.everyone of them had their phone
active while eating. No one spoke to each other. These were grown adults in their 40's
== Many questions in the dating category.people wondering what's wrong with their boyfriend/girlfriend as the
haven't texted them back in the last hour. Wondering what they did wrong etc

Its a cool thing to have. But its a serious addiction problem
There was a girl quit at work. The second she was on break. On the phone.
She quit after 2 yrs… Never knew her name or had any communication with her

Twitter etc is ridiculous. I don't need that much info on people
Just tell me the high points. I don't care what they had for break etc.

Yeah, look how every teenager is anti social disorder, suffering from who knows how many psychological disorders. The reason is nobody is getting out of their home to play or exercise. All they do is spend timd on internet, or cell phone, or television…