I am amazed at how people hre will get there panties in a bunch about weed or some other illegal drug, yet will sit and tolerate alcohol tearing apart famalies. Not that it is the alcohol's fault, but the many factors that led the abuser to abusing it. Ultimately we can blame modern gadets and tech for addictions, but long before cell phones, twitter and xboxes, we had addicts. So the factors that lead to addiction are nothing new. Probably just wrapped in different smoking paper.
When I was 15/16, I went to parties with different groups. There were the grunge people drinking, and then there were the skater people smoking weed. The drinking parties always had issues, the weed parties always had good conversation and shilling out. I did neither.
Yes. It is in our DNA, and the phones just leverage it and make it socially acceptable to "drink" everywhere openly.
That has been my experience as well. Weed users are usually chill, relaxed and don't cause a lot of problems. Alcohol on the other hand is a flip of the coin on how things can end up.
Yes, I am so sick of phones. Just dealt with a lady in traffic the other day who was paying more attention to her phone than driving. I just wish I could get an Office Linebacker to tackle anyone using a phone in a rude manner.