Womans shocking act in public pool leaves…
Have we gone off the deep end?
A lady in Australia was filmed scrolling through her telephone while swimming laps in the pool, sparking fears that humanity’s tech habit would possibly’ve reached the purpose of no return.
The clip, shared to social media by widespread meme web page Brown Cardigan, begins off innocuously enougH, with swimmers having fun with the water at the picturesque Bondi Icebergs pool in Sydney.
That’s when the digital camera zooms in on the swimmer in query, who is seen casually shopping her gadget while doing the backstroke in one of the lanes.
The lady seems to be taking a selfie in the picturesque pool in the beachfront Sydney suburb of Bondi. Instagram / @browncardigan
The clip concludes with the multitasker holding the telephone straight above her as if filming or taking a selfie during her swim.
“Good to see people just being in the moment, maximizing their screen time, never not being online and oversharing every possible minute of their lives,” read the caption.
Commenters appeared to concur that our smartphone obsession had reached a tipping level.
“This may be the most dystopian thing I’ve ever seen,” said one viewer. Instagram / @browncardigan
“There’s no coming back from where we are as a species,” lamented one critic.
Another wrote, “This may be the most dystopian thing I’ve ever seen.”
“The world has gone crazy!!” said a third. “Put the phone down and live in the real world stop existing only online!!”
“POV: you’re addicted to your phone but also to the beach life,” quipped one wit.
The swimmer’s aquatic smartphone session is just the latest instance of the tech habit epidemic sweeping the globe.
According to Addictionhelp.com, a staggering 250 million people undergo from social media habit.
Along with being miserable and delinquent, the perennial telephone fixation can lead to a host of points, including temper swings, disrupted sleep, uncared for tasks, want for validation and a lack of hobbies.
The youth aren’t immune to Smartphone-induced symptoms either.
A examine printed Monday in the journal Pediatrics discovered that people who owned cellphone before the age of 12 had been more doubtless to develop depression, obesity and poor sleep habits in contrast to those who didn’t.
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