Dependency On Cell Phones?

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Kim Le Persuasive Essay ENG112: Argument-Based Research | Sec Z90 FA09 Hatred Towards the Dependency of Cell Phones If there is one thing most essential to the majority of a person's everyday life that he or she may not be able to live without, it's a cell phone. The cell phone is considered to be one of the most important things a person cannot go on a day without, especially me. I have adapted the cell phone into my daily routine, from the morning I wake up, until the moment I go to sleep at night. There is not a day where I do not check my phone for missed calls, text messages, or voicemails. I have begun developing a dependency on the cell phone, allowing it to organize my day-to-day life, allowing it to become my distraction, and allowing it to become my memory for the remaining days of my life. Because of cell phone use, I no longer wish to communicate to anybody face-to-face on a daily basis, I cannot memorize any one person's number (including my own), and it disrupts my daily life. Communicating used to be an enjoyable experience for me, the greetings were always so friendly, and the ongoing conversations were always so exciting. Text messaging on the cell phone changed all that for me. I cannot recall the last time I ever sat down with a friend at a cafe to just talk. I would always just text my friend in abbreviated terms, "How r u?" or "Watcha doin?", and that friend would respond with "I'm good, not dead yet," or "NM (nothing much)," and that would be the end of our conversation. There would also be times where a friend I haven't talked to in months would call, and I didn't want to talk, so I would just block the line of communication by not answering my phone. I would tell myself that I would call my friend back later, but I end up not calling back at all. There are also times where my friend would leave me voicemails to call them
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