- I’ve written before about my own efforts to curb Instagram’s addictive features (I Took The Instagram App Off My Phone, And It’s Great), so of course I was going to watch this video! Of course!
- Quick update: I still don’t have the Instagram app on my phone, and only download it when I’m on vacation or doing something interesting – it works!
- I had a big long rant typed out but deleted it in favor of the following summary: put your phone away when we’re hanging out, please 😦
- I will say that, in my experience, people have strangely gotten way better at being present and not mindlessly scrolling in the middle of social activities and I have no idea why but I am not complaining!
- Also, this entire Amazon rant hits so hard.
- I told a friend that I was excited to go on a trip to the Philippines so that I could buy baby books in Tagalog for my then-unborn daughter, and they responded (almost verbatim), “Why wouldn’t you just buy them on Amazon? I’m sure they have some there, Amazon has everything, it’s great!”
- Wait, did you think that I had never heard of Amazon before?
- Little side quests like these bring me joy, especially on a trip. Why would I find a way around joy???
- I told a friend that I was excited to go on a trip to the Philippines so that I could buy baby books in Tagalog for my then-unborn daughter, and they responded (almost verbatim), “Why wouldn’t you just buy them on Amazon? I’m sure they have some there, Amazon has everything, it’s great!”
Trisha Serquina 