Boyo was mystified by the sheer volume of people in Japan who managed to navigate streets/crowded stations while hardly looking up from their phone - but probably because that was the first time in a while he’d been in a crowded place like that! It’s wild to think about though. I feel bad playing PoGo while walking around!
Comment on Discussion Thread: Tuesday, 4 March 2025
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 1 week agoMy workplace is full of 18-21yo university students. I have given up trying to swerve and dodge out of their way because they’re walking down corridors with their heads buried in their phones and weaving all over the place more than Metthew in his Commodore on the freeway.
Now I just walk a straight path (off to one side, not in the middle of the walkway) and just let them crash into me. They wake up startled from their trances and frantically apologise for not watching where they’re going… and then proceed to re-bury their heads in their screens and carry on as they were :|
It’s already happened twice today.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 week ago
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 week ago
It’s definitely a big city thing. You grow up learning to sense people around you and their trajectory without having to have eyes on them, because there’s just too many people around.
DolphinLundgrin@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I do this too. If you’re walking in a crowd and not willing to look up from your phone, then I’m not going to try and avoid you.