A cell phone request
Fellow campers, please turn off your speaker phones when talking to Aunt Milley or Uncle Joe, etc. The other day as I was sitting peacefully, reading at my camp site, my next door neighbor who was l...
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CavemanCharlie wrote:noplace2 wrote:2012Coleman wrote:
What is even more funny is that there is a new phobia associated called Nomophobia - the fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
Shouldn't that be nomophonia? :)
I've also heard of a new disease where you get so used to your cell phone vibrating in your pocket that you start to feel it vibrating even when it is not.
There is a name for that one too but, I don't know what it is called.
Phantom Vibration Syndrome
The increasing usage of cell phones has lead some individuals to experience a phenomenon known as “phantom vibration syndrome.” The syndrome known as “phantom vibration” is characterized by an individual falsely perceiving that their cell phone is either vibrating or ringing at a time when it clearly isn’t.
I'm sure there is a definition for a mental condition caused by useless ranting on Internet forums as well.
