So I was watching TV with my son and this commercial came on for the Nintendo 2DS and I could not be more ashamed of our culture in America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N8It-7MEP0

Is it just me though?

Funny. How did we ever make it back in the day at the summer lake, camping, sleepovers, cookouts, etc, without Ninteno?

Seriously, it's pretty sad that we no longer regularly exercise our own imaginations..

I'm a gamer to and found this sad. I think it's the Eagle Scout in me or something. I never took a gameboy camping or fishing.

I'm pretty sure those kids would quickly tire of those games in those unfamiliar surroundings. Kids will always be kids.
They'll be up that tree house in a flash.

What I find troubling is the adults and their smart phones. I go into work and find pretty much all of them huddled in the back mess room or on the reception desk hunched over their games and social media. I always make a point of saying hello, how are you, how you doing etc but they either don't reply or just grunt a forced hello.

They used to be so chatty but now they don't even look up and say hello and these are people in their 30s,40s and 50's.
They only acknowledge me when they are forced to put away their toys when work calls. Is it me?
Not only is it killing the art of conversation, but its rude, and when their phone beeps at them, they abruptly cut any conversation and revert back to hunch mode. sad sad sad.

My phone is not smart. It has no internet. It was made in north Korea. It has a torch and displays the time which is handy.

slaves to gadgets, creating the helpless...

knowledge within the mind is useful,

knowledge of all that was ever known within the palm of your hand slips into virtual oblivion as the battery dies ...now we have dead gadget, an empty mind...they will make nice pets!

I can't wait for the day that I'm no longer a slave to the cell phone for work. I might as well be patient, Ive still got 30 years left of it most likely.

I agree sad! I have 2 teenage step sons that have become socially awkward due to video games! They live on their Xbox, rarely leave the house, have zero ambitions due to it. They have missed an entire world "outdoors". We have lived in the Village of Lewiston, NY(1 sq. Mile) for the last 4 years. We have a great concert series twice a week through the summer lots of hiking a place s for teens to get away from parents for the day. They gotten out a handful of times. My 2 year-old will never know home video games. The occasional trip for pinball but that will be it. It's crazy they push so hard. Yes adults are just as bad.

Years ago I was in the famous FAO Schwartz toy store in New York and I was looking at a solid gold Monopoly game set up in a display case. Some kids - about 6 years old or so -raced up to the case and one exclaimed "wow, look at this Nintendo!!" Apparently in their lexicon "Nintendo" was the word for any game. Sheesh.

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I'm pretty sure those kids would quickly tire of those games in those unfamiliar surroundings. Kids will always be kids. They'll be up that tree house in a flash. What I find troubling is the adults and their smart phones. I go into work and find pretty much all of them huddled in the back mess room or on the reception desk hunched over their games and social media. I always make a point of saying hello, how are you, how you doing etc but they either don't reply or just grunt a forced hello. They used to be so chatty but now they don't even look up and say hello and these are people in their 30s,40s and 50's. They only acknowledge me when they are forced to put away their toys when work calls. Is it me? Not only is it killing the art of conversation, but its rude, and when their phone beeps at them, they abruptly cut any conversation and revert back to hunch mode. sad sad sad. My phone is not smart. It has no internet. It was made in north Korea. It has a torch and displays the time which is handy.

I plead guilty, but heartily agree. I'm working on that for sure... But I'm looking at PKF usually, so do I get a pass?

I've been out of town all week, and here at home we don't have cable because we watch what we want on our Apple TV and really don't see commercials all that often... In my hotel this last week, I must've seen that commercial about 100 times... I found myself thinking how funny it was how much the kids looked like us adults on our smart phones.

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Quote: Originally posted by RedSky   I'm pretty sure those kids would quickly tire of those games in those unfamiliar surroundings. Kids will always be kids. They'll be up that tree house in a flash. What I find troubling is the adults and their smart phones. I go into work and find pretty much all of them huddled in the back mess room or on the reception desk hunched over their games and social media. I always make a point of saying hello, how are you, how you doing etc but they either don't reply or just grunt a forced hello. They used to be so chatty but now they don't even look up and say hello and these are people in their 30s,40s and 50's. They only acknowledge me when they are forced to put away their toys when work calls. Is it me? Not only is it killing the art of conversation, but its rude, and when their phone beeps at them, they abruptly cut any conversation and revert back to hunch mode. sad sad sad. My phone is not smart. It has no internet. It was made in north Korea. It has a torch and displays the time which is handy. I plead guilty, but heartily agree. I'm working on that for sure... But I'm looking at PKF usually, so do I get a pass? I've been out of town all week, and here at home we don't have cable because we watch what we want on our Apple TV and really don't see commercials all that often... In my hotel this last week, I must've seen that commercial about 100 times... I found myself thinking how funny it was how much the kids looked like us adults on our smart phones.

You have your pass. I'm guilty too. I spend far too much time on Youtube and ebay with the home computer. I just find it sad that the atmosphere at work has changed because of these things. More likely they say, quick here comes Tom, don't make eye contact.

I was driving to work last week and a school kid walked right out into the road. I missed him by inches!
Ear phones in and eyes down at his phone, walking along like a zombie. We're all doing it. Does anyone ever look up these days!