Dumped a Blue Pill Friend Glued to His Phone

[Total LeeParticipant 1573]

Nobody kicked this off yet? Sheesh, guess it’s up to Lee then! I have this pretty good friend 4 years now and we hang out after work or shoot pool on weekends. The guy is a total chick with his phone it drove me nuts! He’s nodding while we’re eating and every single time we get together and his phone goes off he’s attached to the thing like he’s got on one of those electric dog collars. You know how a dog will just about s~~~ himself when it goes off? That’s him. It beeps and he craps his shorts and reaches for it right away. If a girl texts him he drops everything to text her back, it’s so lame.

I say “Man what are you doing?” “Im listening! I can hear everything you’re saying!” while he’s punching those keys a mile a minute. He’s so f~~~ing whipped. One day I just had enough of this s~~~ and so I cut the evening short and go hang out by myself then he suckers me into that s~~~ blowing up my phone with “I’m sorrys” and attempts to be sincere. He’s not sincere in person, and then wants to be taken seriously in a stupid text!! He’s just like a chick!! If he doesn’t get a reply in 5 minutes he starts freaking out. He will even guilt me with “what’s wrong”? F~~~ing nothing is wrong, idiot. My phone is not colostomy bag like it is with you.

I’m done with these people. James Bond with the ejector seat button. Total Lee = MGTOW all the way.

[TheBardParticipant 974]

I am kind of guilty of being on my phone with friends, but not to the degree of a woman. The less I know people the more likely I will be on my phone since I am just shy. I do have a friend like you described though that is totally whipped. He is my friend and all, but he is one whipped pussy who is a little bitch when it comes to women, especially his girlfriend. One of my other friends had enough one day after he saw a facebook post and just un friended him. His birthday was yesterday and all last week he was calling my friend to ask if he was coming, but my friend never answered. He finally called me and said “I have called him 3 different times and even left a message and he still hasn’t called me back, I am starting to think he doesn’t want to come to my birthday” In my head I’m like “yeah take a hint dude”, but I just said “I don’t know, maybe he doesn’t want to go and is hoping you will take a hint”. I told my friend I couldn’t keep making stuff up if he still tries to contact him and he was like “tell him the truth, I don’t want to be his friend until he dumps his girlfriend and stops being a little bitch” 🙂 He needs to dump her though.

[VileNordParticipant 766]

I think every man has lost a friendship over a girl in this manner; or at least had a friendship tested. As far as the phone thing goes, I agree with Total Lee. There is no point in hanging out in person if one of you is talking to other people online the entire time. If he isn’t willing to let go of his phone for a couple hours then there really isn’t anything he’s willing to do as friend.

Lust for comfort suffocates the soul

[RobertParticipant 18]

I was just talking to a friend of a friend 2 nights ago. He’s sitting there complaining about kids always on their phones and then mid sentence, he looks down, reads and then sends a text. It’s not just a female thing.
I spent last year minus 2 months on a cell phone strike. AT&T raked me over the coals so I cancelled and told the industry how I felt by not participating. I only picked one up because I kept getting hassled by everyone for being off the grid and unreachable. It was mainly work that made me cave. I have to say that people have become really rude with them. They rather be reading and typing than looking people in the eye and enjoying reality. I guess it’s easier for people. The thing I wonder though, is why not just go hang out with the people they’re texting with instead?

[KeymasterKeymaster]

@lee lol @ “colostomy bag”.

Thank you for bringing this up. I’m totally unforgiving about this. No mercy. I will just get up and leave now. People don’t go to dinner or out for coffee for the “coffee” or the “meal”….. they go for the company. Coffee is just the excuse. But if they are gonna whip out their phones, there is just no point in being there. Boycott any bitch (male or female) who uses their phone as an excuse to be complete s~~~ at communicating.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[Arthur SpoonerParticipant 2]

I don’t have a cell. Have a 911 phone that is free & can only call one number… I don’t call that number. I think I can wait until I get home to listen to my messages & return my calls. People make it seem like it’s some kind of curse to not always be connected. It rather a blessing. Try it some time.

I am older & grew up w/o cell phones & they weren’t really around till my mid to late 30’s. Ppl all look strange to me staring into their devices like zombies. How many times, I see them sitting together somewhere & disconnected from one another staring into the abyss.

[KeymasterKeymaster]

@arthur I thought it. You said it. Even commented to a friend when we walked into a coffee shop the other day. I pointed out EVERY person sitting at a table was alone. Plugged in. Staring into a device. Some of them even had headphones in. Are they all professional screenwriters, and musicians? No. One glance reveals they are on Facebook “liking” something. Can’t even sit together and carry a conversation.

The soul years for company.
“Coffee” is the just the excuse.

….. but in this dystopia, souls are vapid and empty with nothing to talk about.

4 out of 5 women in the line were looking at their phones – probably launching the camera app so they can snap a photo of their Starbucks cup and post it on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook – with the hashtag #caffiene……. and a comment like “don’t talk to me until I’ve had my Venti” to try and generate “likes” and more followers. I’m serious. Have seen them do it. It’s not a pretty sight.

And the madness is real.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[Jim01Participant 6678]

Hate the obsession with Facebook these days and the constant need for validation on there along with everyone knowing all your private details…not for me

[IndianaJohnParticipant 4]

Oh man, it is so great to be out of there. Facebook is like you doing nothing, and suddenly you are more popular than you were when you were on it. I hope every man leaves Facebook and there is noting but vagina left over there. That place stinks.

[Jim01Participant 6678]

Relating to my post in the main forum about a mate who is slowly being removed by his girlfriend from drinking with me-

he has said to me before how he won’t use his phone when he is out with her as it is rude but now I think about it when he is out drinking with me he uses his phone pretty regularly so I’m guessing it is her checking what he is up to and it is fine to be rude to me but not her

annoying when blokes put their women on pedestals like this

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Bill Maher did a good piece on this.
Fast forward to 1:00. I’m in total agreement….

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[Tbowden1Participant 195]

This is an excellent point to make. I lived in a house with two other guys when I originally moved to Scottsdale last year and ran into the same exact thing. One of the guys was much worse than the other but the obsession of what his girlfriend was doing was absolutely sickening. He was so insecure about every little thing she did. It didn’t take long for me to move out but not before I heard that her phone died for 4 hours (who knows if that’s true) and he texted her 731 times during this 4 hours period… 731!? I don’t think I could come up with enough content to text someone that much in such a short period of time..

He asked for advice, I said he was a pussy.. end of story/rant.

[magx01Participant 30]

<cite>@tbowden1 said:</cite>
He asked for advice, I said he was a pussy.. end of story/rant.

HAHHAHAHA, beautiful 🙂

[WarriorParticipant 14]

I feel like I’m too young to be saying stuff like this, but whatever happened to taking a breather and observing the world? I take the city bus a lot, and everyone is always looking down at a device. I’m looking out the window and it’s a cool crisp morning and the sun is rising and I just want to shake everyone for not even noticing.

I also believe that having one’s mind constantly bombarded by information restricts one’s capacity for innovative thought. The mind needs to have time to do nothing but wander for original thoughts and ideas to emerge. If every time you’re not doing anything else you’re on your phone, your mind has no time to just be.

[Total LeeParticipant 1573]

+1 for Warrior. I don’t watch TV at all. But I will still watch some mindless comedy or a movie just to empty my head. I notice women are unable to sit with themselves in a room at peace, but a guy can sit by himself with a cup of coffee outside and just look around and check stuff out. Organize a thought. Mindless activities like fishing are essential. Doesn’t matter if you catch anything. This kind of contentment with oneself is something women don’t get. They’re obsessed with trying to see who is paying attention to them. Always trying to look busy. (strong emphasis on *looking* busy while not really doing anything) If she’s at dinner on a date with a man and her phone goes off, she will want to know what other man is paying attention to her. So sick of seeing dudes behaving like this too. It’s embarrassing.

I saw a guy the other day with his hands in his pockets and his eyes closed as he was letting the sun shine on his face for a few minutes. I watched him. That’s what Im talking about.

[Rock St.EddieParticipant 129]

I think we have (had) the same friend. When I step into my buddy’s car, he’s got the phone visible, the radio blaring, one of those stupid ear headsets charging. He’s a damned road hazard. The first thing I do is reach for the volume and turn it right off and give him proper s~~~. No wonder people have road rage. Tchaikovsky is acceptable if you’re stuck in traffic but if you’re listing to club music you’re begging to start screaming at someone. The f~~~ing guy rolls through stop signs too. Last week I told him to pull over and I walked. He thought I was being a “pussy”. He won’t be hearing from me again.

[VileNordParticipant 766]

Tchaikovsky is acceptable if you’re stuck in traffic

Come on now, Tchaikovsky is much more than acceptable. 🙂

Lust for comfort suffocates the soul

[DkaiksterParticipant 90]

I loved Bill Maher’s comedies. He speaks the truth when he does. “Go to a conference and say Women are better than men, everyone applauds. When you say Men are better than women, people bombard you with ‘sexist pig’!”

[VileNordParticipant 766]

Lust for comfort suffocates the soul

[KeymasterKeymaster]

LOL great find VileNord!

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

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