Cell phones are a big part of today’s culture in America. They are very helpful and make our everyday lives easier. They also improve safety, and can even just keep someone entertained while they are in the waiting room at the doctor’s office or while they are on the bus. However, cell phones have caused the actual zombie apocalypse. The cell phone is a disease that is spreading and becoming more severe all the time. Cell phones today have affected the dynamics of our culture completely.
The cell phone is a portable device that fits into one’s pocket. In recent years, cell phones have evolved into something called a Smartphone. This is something such as an iPhone, Android, or Samsung Galaxy. People stay in contact with friends, observe social networks like Facebook or iFunny, listen to music, and even sleep with their phone to use the alarm in the morning. Some businesses give their employees a cell phone for work purposes. The employees then use the cell phone to work through. The work they do on their phones could be something as simple as a phone call or something more complicated like checking their email, if they have a Smartphone. The people that use the Smartphone for fun can upload a picture of their supper to Instagram in just a few seconds. It is sometimes a free and effective advertisement for businesses, especially for businesses that create applications for the Smartphones. Applications such as Candy Crush, Fruit Ninja, and the constant need for contact with friends are what have led us to the true zombie apocalypse.
The creation of the cell phone has turned our generation into a bunch of zombies. It has made us very antisocial and lazy. Kids do not talk to anyone besides their close family and friends when they aren’t at school. Having a cell phone makes it easier to communicate without face-to-face contact all day. It makes it to where there are fewer things to talk about in person. All of this new technology with the Smartphone also makes it to where kids are less motivated to go outside and play with their family and friends. We become so distracted by all the crazy things the Smartphones can do we barely pay attention in the classroom anymore. We love to text and get on Facebook and Twitter in class and while doing homework. Cell phones are one of the reasons why kids procrastinate while doing their homework or studying for tests. People are so connected to their phones that they feel the need to text and drive. They put themselves, and other people surrounding them, in danger by using their phones while driving. The generation of today’s adolescents is a huge offender of using their phones and driving. Smartphones are also a good source of ignoring friends or parents when they tell a story or a long, drawn out lecture. Not only have Smartphones caused laziness, but it has also caused a different kind of person.
Posting our life and interests on social networking sites makes the stalker’s job easier. This stalker can be a number of things: the average creep, businesses, or even the parents of the teen. If someone posts where they are on a daily basis it would make it so much easier for a stalker to find them and possibly kidnap them! Furthermore, people also want to be careful with what they post because their future employer can easily go on to their Facebook page and see the kind of person they could possibly hire. If someone posts inappropriate things they could easily be out of the job. Teen’s parents will also be keeping a close eye on what their kids are posting and make sure they are not getting into any bad things with bad people. So even though you think it’s cool to be doing drugs in the parking lot behind Wal-Mart, just remember that people can see the things that you post and they could quickly turn around and have some serious consequences.
In class we have been talking about pop culture and how it has been changing. Cell phones have modeled America’s culture to the point where there have been laws made for safety. There are few people in America that do not have a cell phone, let alone a Smartphone. It has become an essential and common part of today’s society that if cell phones were to “go extinct” then the country would go into a crisis.
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