Do you ever turn your cell phone off?

[Jaye234]

I never turn mine off, I just turn the notifications off if I don't want people bothering me.

Do you ever turn your cell phone off?

No

Yes

I don't have a cell phone

[humanearth]

I hate the idea of cellphones. Never had one to begin with.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Nope my cell phone is on 24/7 .

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thank You For Most Helpful Guy :)

[Jaye234]

You're welcome! 😊

[Iwant2kno]

Only way my phone goes off is if the battery dies! 🤣

[rgb008]

I don’t have a call phone

[nightdrot]

Every chance I get. The cellphone is like a mailman who comes barging into your house, shoves your mail in your face, demands that you open it, and who then stands there impatiently tapping his foot until you do.

For whatever conveniences that it brings - and by the way, I stopped my electronic evolution at the "flip phone" - the cell phone is the bane of human existence. It satiates the human impulse for instant gratification without requiring thinking before expression.

Once upon a time, a phone might have been in a person's living room or kitchen. Unless it was an emergency, you knew it was bad manners to call before 9 in the morning or after 8:30 at night.

Now, you never know when to call. More to the point, you never know what you will be interrupting when you do.

In my mind's eye, I picture a friend or colleague being at a wedding and I call him. He has left his phone on - either by accident or, like you, by design - and my call comes through and the phone rings right the second after the minister says, "If anyone here can see any reason why these two people should not be joined in the holy bond of matrimony, let him speak NOW or forever hold his peace."

The phone rings. The wedding ends in a divorce before the marriage even begins. All because the phone hunts us down like a predatory animal in the state of nature.

So, suffice to say, few things give me greater joy in life than looking down and seeing the phone, silent and dark. I imagine all the calls I missed and I sink joyfully into my favorite chair and read a book. No jumping at the sound of a bell/ring tone.

Sheeesh! Ring tone. Real phones have bells.

As you can tell, I don't have strong opinions on this topic. (Oh, and yes, my girlfriend is rolling her eyes as she reads this.)

[almondcake]

@nightdrot have you really thought this through properly?

[Jaye234]

Yes I totally agree that calling someone past 7:30 p. m. is rude and calling before 9 a. m. is just as rude UNLESS that person is expecting your call

[nightdrot]

@almondcake Eh, I guess I've brought it up in conversation from time to time.

[nightdrot]

That was the way we were raised. In fact, I can recall my younger brother getting into trouble time after time because he kept breaking the rule to call his girlfriend. (Though I guess it worked since they got married and have lived happily ever after.)

[almondcake]

Lol im glad you saw the funny side.

[imchrxs]

I turn it off whenever I feel like I’m stressing over it too much. If I don’t get a text, or I’m angry and don’t want to receive and notifications. I turn it off for a while. It’s funny though, whenever I turn it off, that’s when I get the most notifications.

[SueShe]

It is off (airplane mode) whenever I am in college. From the minute I enter the building until I get out except for breaks.

It is also off (not just on vibration or on airplane mode) when I do my homework.

My cell phone is solely used for voice calls and basic texting and strictly nothing else. I am a total anti-cell phone and social media person and my only link to the outside world is GAG.

[OldSchool_Metalhead]

It stays on. I actually just turn off alerts because waking up at 5am to scary sounding amber alerts sucks XD

[Jaye234]

Ugh yes I hate those for two reasons: 1. A child is missing 2. The noise scares me too

[katiesmuff]

I will put it on airplane mode when I don't want to take calls, but it would be very rare for me to shut it off.

[Anonymous]

I use my phone for my business so I can't really just turn it off at will, but on my one day off, I turn off notifications and try not to check it for any reason so I can unplug and enjoy world outside of screens for a few glorious hours.

[Goodwifie]

Every single night.
Put the kids to bed at 8 turn off phone and cuddle up with my husband for a bit of Netflix.

[Cammy137]

I let the battery run all the way down and then charge it while it's off

[Haelaeix123]

If I'm somewhere that would be really inconvenient for it to go fof then yes I turn my phone off occasionally.

[jessicarosen]

It goes on "Do Not Disturb" when I sleep and from time-to-time I restart it. I'll turn it off if I fly on a plane or in other instances where it is required to be completely off.

[Anonymous]

I turn mine off every night. And when it needs charged.

[ghostqueen]

Sure, when the battery's low and before I go to bed.

[Drumlin2001]

Very rarely. Started trying to dl it at work, to keep away from phone, but not been very disciplined.

[monkeynutts]

When I go to church, I pull it to pieces, if someone is about to say something sensitive, or incriminating, I pull it to pieces, if the battery is low I pull it to pieces.

[ImagineSketchy]

I restart it because it needs to like a computer. I don't turn it off though

[Saarr]

Hmm, except for exams my phone only goes off when the battery is empty 😂

[Anonymous]

Very rarely turn it off. I just put airplane mode on so I can still use my phone to do other things like go on the internet or listen to music

[ROCKS128]

I turm off lot of times.
My phone and me need some rest.😂

[paul6965]

sometimes i need a break. Messages i can read also later or call back

[kitty71]

Yes I do it constantly im not hooked up or addicted to the phone

[LuvAsh]

Yeah i turn my phone off. Ecspecially when charging

[beebella]

I used to turn it off before I went to bed, but now I leave it on practically 24/7.

[muhamnadali]

No. I live abroad so I try not to turn it off, my family freaks out if its off for more than a day :p

[Lance1965]

I turned mine off every night and it is turned off most weekends.

[PoohBoy38]

I do it all the time when I'm at work and whenever I go to the movies!

[ivanhunterjo]

Only in the movie theatre and when I’m round my family

[Edgar991]

I turn off my phone everytime I charge it. So almost everyday or at least everyother day.

[CarpetDenim]

Never tbh

[CarpetDenim]

I do leave it on silent all the time though, except overnight because I want to make sure my alarm goes off, and I have it on do not disturb so I don’t even get a vibrating notification half the time.

[Jaye234]

Most of the time I leave mine on vibrate, that way I can still hear my phone

[Hurlyburly]

No, but I am pretty good at ignoring it 😂

[Secret6620]

Yes I always restart it at some point everyday.

[Paris13]

I Have... When MAD at My Blister Sister. LOlxxoo

[AlexBlack007]

I don't have to. I don't get any phone calls. 😅

[theniceguy43]

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[Ordinarygurl_]

Yeah but not for long

[JimRSmith]

Every night, yes.

[Kitty46]

Yes, I don’t use my iPhone all the time.

[douride2]

I turn mine off every night before I go to bed.

[blythely]

Battery charges faster when not in use

[Quidthonian]

No. Sometimes mine needs a reset.

[legalboxers]

we are suppose to turn it off at somepoint right?

[LuWe22]

Nope. It's always on on silent

[lnghrn_fan88]

I turn mine off when I go to bed

[bklynbadboy1]

I turn mines off every night

[John1217]

Never just incase there is a emergency

[anmari2001]

I turn it on only😉

[serious]

Yes, I do. At times.

[Lizalogan]

Sometimes I do yes

[GayHowellMeme]

Yes, I do sometimes

[Argyro00]

To reboot it.