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Strangers come up and talk to me because of my flip phone. That’s telling.

Strangers come up and talk to me because of my flip phone. That’s telling.

by Mike Pumphrey · Dec 27, 2018

One of the reasons why I started this site is because people keep noting how I don’t have a smartphone. I didn’t originally find it all that notable. I just didn’t want one, and didn’t think my life would be made better by having one.

It was only over time, when people kept bringing it up, that I realized that I might be onto something important.

What I find most interesting though is that I get actual strangers who feel moved enough about my lack of a smartphone that they approach and talk to me about it.

Here are just two stories about that.

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