What cell phone? I refuse to carry a tracking device on me. I have a landline phone at home with an answering machine to screen the calls. I don't want to be in constant contact 24/7. When I go out my door, no one can contact me unless they happen to see me in person.
I am old school. When I was growing up, we got our groceries in paper bags that could be reused a number of ways, and then were biodegradable when worn out. We never wanted those cheap flimsy plastic bags. Paper bags are what I used for book covers in school. Soft drinks only came in returnable bottles. If anyone was rich enough to toss their bottle, someone less fortunate would come along, pick it up, and return it to a store for the 2 cent deposit. We sorted our trash back then too. Table scraps, etc. went for garden compost. Drink bottles were returned. Miracle Whip jars were reused for canning preserves and pickles. Paper was put in the burn barrel, and the resulting ashes were used in the garden for the tomatoes. There was very little plastic waste. That and tin cans was most of what we took to the landfill. And because the landfill was open, we sometimes picked up things we could recycle. My father got a great cast aluminum lawnmower body at the dump one time. He got out his tools, removed the engine, and put the body in the car as a replacement for our rusted out mower body.
So we were more for the environment than today's complainers.
Exactly what site do you think you're posting to? I'm only considered extremist by leftists. Leftists also have very poor reading and comprehension skills.
I'm not debating. I'm just right and stating that fact. Take it or leave it.
Bruh. You don’t use cell phones and think that’s not an extremist position. How many % of people on this forum do you think don’t use cell phones ? Less than 1%. That de facto puts you in extremist position whether you like it or not. I’m not saying I disagree with your standpoint on not using them if it were practical I wouldn’t either. Based on that same view you shouldn’t use the internet either however and that is impractical in the same way.
You aren’t going to be able to avoid the inevitable. IMO it’s much smarter to not avoid it and instead use it to your advantage. Take it head on. Fire with fire. It’s like trying to avoid nuclear warfare by not having nukes. How pragmatic would that be?
Why would I want to subject myself to 24/7 monitoring? Many online sources have advocated for us to quit using cellphones, or at least drop down to the simplest flip phone, such as Amazing Polly. Besides, it costs a lot of money. That's part of why I don't watch TV either. Cable and satellite cost too much. I use a landline phone, and that's how I get internet.
I can use the internet with little chance of tracking anything important, as I do very little that's important online. I still write paper checks and mail them in. It works. In fact, utility bills in my town cannot be paid electronically or with plastic. It has to be check by mail or check or cash in person. I pay those two in person, as they are due around the same time, and I have other errands to do at the same time, so it doesn't take much time.
I don't see any reason for me to have a cell phone. No one calls me, and I don't call anyone else. If I'm with someone else, we deserve 100% attention from each other, or being with them is meaningless.
What cell phone? I refuse to carry a tracking device on me. I have a landline phone at home with an answering machine to screen the calls. I don't want to be in constant contact 24/7. When I go out my door, no one can contact me unless they happen to see me in person.
I am old school. When I was growing up, we got our groceries in paper bags that could be reused a number of ways, and then were biodegradable when worn out. We never wanted those cheap flimsy plastic bags. Paper bags are what I used for book covers in school. Soft drinks only came in returnable bottles. If anyone was rich enough to toss their bottle, someone less fortunate would come along, pick it up, and return it to a store for the 2 cent deposit. We sorted our trash back then too. Table scraps, etc. went for garden compost. Drink bottles were returned. Miracle Whip jars were reused for canning preserves and pickles. Paper was put in the burn barrel, and the resulting ashes were used in the garden for the tomatoes. There was very little plastic waste. That and tin cans was most of what we took to the landfill. And because the landfill was open, we sometimes picked up things we could recycle. My father got a great cast aluminum lawnmower body at the dump one time. He got out his tools, removed the engine, and put the body in the car as a replacement for our rusted out mower body.
So we were more for the environment than today's complainers.
Exactly what site do you think you're posting to? I'm only considered extremist by leftists. Leftists also have very poor reading and comprehension skills.
I'm not debating. I'm just right and stating that fact. Take it or leave it.
Bruh. You don’t use cell phones and think that’s not an extremist position. How many % of people on this forum do you think don’t use cell phones ? Less than 1%. That de facto puts you in extremist position whether you like it or not. I’m not saying I disagree with your standpoint on not using them if it were practical I wouldn’t either. Based on that same view you shouldn’t use the internet either however and that is impractical in the same way.
You aren’t going to be able to avoid the inevitable. IMO it’s much smarter to not avoid it and instead use it to your advantage. Take it head on. Fire with fire. It’s like trying to avoid nuclear warfare by not having nukes. How pragmatic would that be?
Why would I want to subject myself to 24/7 monitoring? Many online sources have advocated for us to quit using cellphones, or at least drop down to the simplest flip phone, such as Amazing Polly. Besides, it costs a lot of money. That's part of why I don't watch TV either. Cable and satellite cost too much. I use a landline phone, and that's how I get internet.
I can use the internet with little chance of tracking anything important, as I do very little that's important online. I still write paper checks and mail them in. It works. In fact, utility bills in my town cannot be paid electronically or with plastic. It has to be check by mail or check or cash in person. I pay those two in person, as they are due around the same time, and I have other errands to do at the same time, so it doesn't take much time.
I don't see any reason for me to have a cell phone. No one calls me, and I don't call anyone else. If I'm with someone else, we deserve 100% attention from each other, or being with them is meaningless.