"I never trust anyone sitting on a porch and just scrolling on their phone after having already been doing the same thing inside their house. Is this the break from "working from home?" I'd say the same about someone standing outside a building and smoking a cigarette and looking at their phone, but this is clearly a smoke break. What's with being on your porch across my house and just head down phone action, but you'll look up to see what I'm doing?"
"With that said and maybe ironically, I never trust anyone who just sits there, staring at things, people, or whatever WITHOUT a phone, and especially without music in your ear, and your life. What the "F" are you doing? What the fuck are you thinking? And we both know, that brain has only food, tv, or video games going on. What must we do to actually achieve progressive, productive, creative, critical, and challenging thinking?"
People sitting on porches and scrolling phones are mistrusted, especially when they had been doing the same thing inside. Porch phone use prompts suspicion about motives and feels intrusive when occupants look up to observe neighbors. Standing outside smoking and looking at a phone is recognized as a break, while unexplained porch phone behavior feels creepy. Individuals who sit staring without a phone or music also provoke distrust and confusion about their thoughts. The mind is assumed to be occupied by food, television, or video games rather than critical or creative thought. There is a call for more progressive, productive, creative, and challenging thinking amid a long-term cultural decline.
Read at Portland Mercury
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