I’ve been called Amish, I’ve been labelled a ‘Luddite’…but it’s not my fault. With the way they’re bringing out a new phone every second day, I can’t be expected to keep up. I’m just a vocal person, and I’ll vocalise whatever I like.
It doesn’t help that I’m fifteen. I know, millennial, entitled to everything, complains when life doesn’t go exactly my way. I’ve heard it all before. People keep asking me what it’s like to be fifteen in 2015, like it’s the most exciting thing. I really couldn’t care less. I have nothing to compare it to. And then there’s the expectation that I’m going to run off after school and do an app development course because hey, apps are the future! Well, maybe. Apps are useful. There’s probably a useful career to be found in them, somewhere. But it’s not for me, because I’m really not keen on using phones except in emergencies. I’d rather, you know…have an actual conversation. I’ve been to parties where everyone is just looking down, not talking to each other and it’s just the most awkward thing ever. I hate it, and if I could, I’d do something to stop it.
So yeah, I’m not that much into phones, or tablets, or really, computers. I like to climb trees, which makes me sound like I’m from the Famous Five or something (good books) but it’s true. That’s probably why I don’t have any friends: I want to look them in the eye and have a conversation, instead of us all just going around to someone’s house and not talking. That’s one thing I can’t stand.
Maybe I should do an app development course in Melbourne somewhere. Then maybe I could develop an app that shuts down phones for set times, allowing people to have proper conversations. But would anyone use it? Have to join the trend to find out.