Cell phones are the newest addiction in America. Seems everyone in America is addicted to someone or something. While most of us can deal with people and their addictions, I've had enough of the crack phone addicts. Especially with black folks, that use their phones like a crackhead uses their crack pipe. Cell phones have dumbed down black folks and black children.
According to Gregg Keizer from Computer World in 2009 there were 196 million people in the United States that own a cell phone. In America more people own a cell phone than a book of encyclopedias. More people own cell phones than living wills. More people own cell phones than they do life insurance. Folks are walking around talking on cell phones and don't know the cost of burying their ass. I have seen children as young as seven having a cell phone in their hands. Now tell me why do a seven year old need a cell phone?
Before cell phones, when folks opened their mouth to speak, they were in a conversation with the person in front of them. Now, cell phones have allowed folks to be in a conversation when no one is physically in front of them. It's called a blue tooth. They can literally walk around talking with what seems like themselves. It draws attention to them. It can let them be loud and rude for no reason. It can represent material status. It can also say I'm bored and I have nothing meaningful on my mind.
Cell phones have caused break-ups, hook-ups and many divorces. There is nothing left to one's imagination any more. Like a person? Snap their photo with your smart phone. Put in their name and your Smart Phone will attempt to locate this person. If the phone locates them you can send them a photo of your self. (with or without clothes) They can be married, a Pastor, father, gay, or happily married. It does not matter. Cell phones are like crack, you simply can not put it down.
Crack phone addicts are the ones that look at their phones every sixty seconds. Even if nothing has changed they look. Even if the phone has not rang they look to check it. If they are on a date they check their phones to see who called. In city parks children are playing and the parents are on their crack phones. These things make the world dangerous. These things have made Americans less likely to care. Less likely to have human interactions. Less likely to be embarrassed. Crack Phones are like clothing, you would never leave home without it. Crack phones are everywhere. You can buy them cheap from the dealer on the corner or you can spend big buck by having your addiction custom made. We are all victims to the people on their crack phones. Have you ever had to ask someone to end their call? Ever overheard a conversation and wish you didn't? Ever found a crack phone and called the owner? Only to hear them sigh with relief that they will get their crack phone back? Ever took a picture of someone without them knowing it? A crack phone allows you to do all kinds of nonsense. You can play games on your crack phone all day long. You can face book on your phone. You can set the dish washer to do the dishes. You can turn your spouse on with your crack phone. You don't have to think any more with your crack phone, it does it for you. Just charge it up and pay the bill and you can have your legal crack with you at all times. The nice thing is you don't have to hide it and it's completely legal. You can trip into a pond with it. You can drive with it. You can coordinate it with the outfit you are wearing. You can give it as a gift, you can check to see if your mate is cheating on you with it, or you can order pizza while you sit outside the pizza parlor.
We all know black folks who can not afford to be addicts are some of the most hard core. They need physical and mental help if their crack phones are taken away. They can't function, they can't think, they simply can not feel whole if they do not have their crack phones. Black women will forget all about their kids, forget all about their weaves, forget all about their mates it that crack phone is not where they can see and feel it.
With all due respect to the former First Lady Nancy Reagen and her war on drugs, in those days the drugs were only hurting the individuals themselves..............Now Crack Phones are hurting everyone. But Please don't take my Crack Phone from me. It's all I got.
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