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fandomhigh2024-07-15 02:17 pm
intheeyeofthebeholding) wrote in fandomhigh2024-07-15 02:17 pm
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Daily Modern Life, Monday
Jon came into the classroom today with a large cardboard box, which he set on the desk at the front.
"Good afternoon. Today we'll be jumping to something much more complex, yet fairly important in daily life at this time." Though possibly not quite as important as Summer believed.
He took his own out of his pocket. "This is a mobile. Or I suppose around here it's mostly called a phone. A cellular telephone. That means it's designed to be a mode of voice communication you can take nearly anywhere with you. It uses electricity to fill its batteries, so you plug it in until the indicator here shows it's at one hundred percent, and then you can unplug it and bring it with you.
"You can use it for its original intent, which is calling others, by going here. The image on this button is designed to look like an old-fashioned telephone handset. From here, each telephone has a number, and if you type in that number, it will ring that telephone." He dialed a number and one of the phones in the box rang. He took a moment to fish it out. "Then the person on the other end presses the green button to answer, and you can talk."
He paused for a moment. "But, erm. That's actually their original purpose, but many people no longer use it. You can also type messages to other people, look up all kinds of information you might need, engage in social media, which is rather like being at a party or posting bills, or...or diving into shark-infested waters, honestly. And you can also play games. So today, I'll pass this around, and you can take a phone if you don't already have one, and we'll go through a few of these things. And after class, if you have any further questions, Summer at the Turtle and Canary or Caritas is an excellent resource. As well as providing these phones, she uses hers very frequently for many different things."
Because Jon mostly texted people and watched cat videos.
"Good afternoon. Today we'll be jumping to something much more complex, yet fairly important in daily life at this time." Though possibly not quite as important as Summer believed.
He took his own out of his pocket. "This is a mobile. Or I suppose around here it's mostly called a phone. A cellular telephone. That means it's designed to be a mode of voice communication you can take nearly anywhere with you. It uses electricity to fill its batteries, so you plug it in until the indicator here shows it's at one hundred percent, and then you can unplug it and bring it with you.
"You can use it for its original intent, which is calling others, by going here. The image on this button is designed to look like an old-fashioned telephone handset. From here, each telephone has a number, and if you type in that number, it will ring that telephone." He dialed a number and one of the phones in the box rang. He took a moment to fish it out. "Then the person on the other end presses the green button to answer, and you can talk."
He paused for a moment. "But, erm. That's actually their original purpose, but many people no longer use it. You can also type messages to other people, look up all kinds of information you might need, engage in social media, which is rather like being at a party or posting bills, or...or diving into shark-infested waters, honestly. And you can also play games. So today, I'll pass this around, and you can take a phone if you don't already have one, and we'll go through a few of these things. And after class, if you have any further questions, Summer at the Turtle and Canary or Caritas is an excellent resource. As well as providing these phones, she uses hers very frequently for many different things."
Because Jon mostly texted people and watched cat videos.
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Listen as he goes off on an almighty tangent about how the overabundance of information makes it paradoxically difficult to find anything useful, and talks about ways to vet your information.
Then text and call each other and Jon and search for things on your phone! Or call him over for help playing Neko Atsume if you want.
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