This got both of my parents. What's interesting is that neither of them really used a computer or smartphone much, but both got addicted to iPads in their late 60s.
What they do in their free time is their business, but it often even messes with human interaction. I've been midsentence with them in person when they'd just pull out their iPad for a quick scroll, completely oblivious that I was even there or talking to them. What's weird is that it almost reminds me of a person taking a quick vape or smoke... I'm not even sure they realize why they're doing it.
The problem is they are both drugs and productivity devices. I have two iPads and I love them. I use a Mini exclusively for book reading and logging workouts. I use a Pro for video calls and occasionally YouTube videos.
The addiction didn’t get me through them… on the other hand, here I am posting HN comments instead of doing something productive so it did reach me through my phone.
Your comments on here show you get into the same pointless arguments and make the same dumb quips everyone on Reddit does. Not sure what makes you think you're doing anything different here
> I've been midsentence with them in person when they'd just pull out their iPad for a quick scroll, completely oblivious that I was even there or talking to them.
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this? I have a relative that does this all the time and it's beyond infuriating.
It's even gotten to the point where we'll be having a family discussion, they'll pull out there phone to text, come back to Earth, and then get furious with us because we don't fill them in to what they missed and restart the conversation at the point where they stopped listening.
Either call it out, or stop talking and forget where you stopped. Having to awkwardly restart an interrupted conversation sometimes gets the message across.
When I was younger, a mix of both fixed that nasty habit of mine.
What they do in their free time is their business, but it often even messes with human interaction. I've been midsentence with them in person when they'd just pull out their iPad for a quick scroll, completely oblivious that I was even there or talking to them. What's weird is that it almost reminds me of a person taking a quick vape or smoke... I'm not even sure they realize why they're doing it.