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anything goes with emma chamberlain

the morality of ignoring texts, a talk with emma

anything goes with emma chamberlain

emma chamberlain

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.869.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

are you getting a little sick and tired of responding to every text message you get? do you feel like you never get a moment of silence anymore? we’re constantly expected to be available because we always have our phones in our pockets. but i don’t know if i can live like this anymore. so today i want to discuss the morality of ignoring texts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, are you getting a little sick and tired of responding to every text message that you get?

0:06.0

Is your constant availability causing you a bit of fatigue?

0:12.0

Do you feel like you never get a moment of silence anymore.

0:17.0

Where there's no text, ding, or phone call coming through.

0:22.0

We're constantly expected to be a... or phone coming through,

0:22.6

we're constantly expected to be available.

0:26.0

Why?

0:27.0

Because we always have our phone in our pocket.

0:29.3

Everyone knows that we're all on our phone all the time right like 98% of us that's a fake

0:37.1

percentage I'm so sorry 98% of us I would assume, are on our phones all the time.

0:45.5

Have our phones in our pocket all the time.

0:47.6

It is very uncommon to meet someone who doesn't have their phone within two feet of them at all times.

0:55.0

That is rare.

0:56.3

Even when we don't have our phone on us, we have our phone on us.

0:59.1

Like my computer, for example, has my text messages connected to it. For those who have Apple

1:04.6

watches they could be on a run but they'll still get a ding on their Apple watch

1:08.4

when they get a text. You know what I mean? Very few people are actually bad texters. You know when somebody says like,

1:15.0

Oh my God, sorry I never got back to you, I'm a bad texter?

1:18.0

By the way, I've said that. It's kind of true for some people, but for most part that's a lie like we're all

1:25.0

good texters when we want to be but I recently had an epiphany where I was

1:29.5

like hold on I don't know if I can live like this anymore I don't know if I can live like this anymore.

1:33.0

I don't know if I can constantly be available to everyone who has my phone number 24-7.

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