Posts Tagged ‘cellphones’

Funny cartoons make us laugh ‘cuz they’re true.

February 9, 2023

This is a very funny cartoon with a Jewish New Yorker sense of humor! Emily Carey posted it on her Instagram as Confrontation therapy — imagined by Bob Mankoff. To learn more about this celebrated cartoonist and humorist, visit bobmankoff.com.

In response, Selena Palmer posted a joke, but with this self-deprecating ethnic twist: How many Jewish mothers needed to change a lightbulb?…None…I’ll suffer here, in the dark.

Speaking of suffering, cartoons by David Sipress: thinking one was a writer and the frustration of being one (added at the bottom of that post) cracked me up.

And when it comes to worrying too much, David Sipress reminds us that things are not as bad as they seem in a funny instructive cartoon.

The antidote to worrying is to learn to live in the moment, which is brilliantly illustrated in a New Yorker cartoon by Karl Stevens.

New Yorker cartoonist Alex Gregory uses humor to show how social media changed the ways we communicate and what that does to us.

Here are some funny cartoons and videos on how cellphones and social media can destroy not build personal relationships.

This hilarious short video from CBC Comedy’s 22 Minutes shows how too many different dietary restrictions at a Christmas dinner can go awry.

Another brilliant cartoonist is Dave Coverly @speedbumpcomic. Here are some funny cartoons: about an old wolf that any senior can relate to; what a young wolf tells another will happen if they play nice with humans; what your dog is up to wondering when you’ll be back home; the frustrations of a wannabe author; and contemplating the central question in the Directory at the Institute of Philosophy, which complements an earlier one about the Center for Reincarnation Studies.

Later added: Gary Larson’s cartoons are funny because they make us see the unexpected humor in things.

Two innovative creative videos remind us how social media can destroy not build relationships

October 16, 2014

Love in the Digital Age

Love in the Digital AgeBy British photographer Adam Gray

Our current obsession with social media and mobile devices seems to have improved our connectivity with each other, but it is also changing it for the worse. Here are two innovative creative videos that remind us how social media can destroy, not build, relationships.

Lee Ross’s creatively produced vignette brilliantly demonstrates the breakdown in human interaction; while Prince Ea intelligently raps about the problem, ironically pointing out what we’re missing. They both beg the question: Are we really living life, communicating and developing meaningful relationships?

I continue find and add relevant cartoons and videos, as well as some possible solutions to this modern problem.

1. From a comedic perspective 4gLove by LEE ROSS is a funny but sadly true depiction of cellphone addiction destroying relationships. This 5-minute film is available on Vimeo and YouTube.

2. We are so consumed by our phones and social networks, we sometimes forget how to live. Prince Ea says the obvious in this video: Why I Refuse to Let Technology Control Me: You need not delete your social networks or destroy your cell phones, the message is simple, be balanced, be mindful, be present, be here. 🙂 If you like his message you can download the digital audio Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?

Rick Hotton’s Holy Mole´ cartoon amusingly makes the same point. There are other videos out there on this topic. Here are two poems about the problem, Look Up by Gary Turk, and a counter argument, Look Down (‘Look Up’ Parody) by Spencer & Alex. Clever, both of them, with charming British accents.

The Human Experience tweeted this ironic cartoon about the problem.

Do you mind? cartoon

This picture posted by powerofpositivity says/shows the same problem: Cellphones bring you closer to a person who’s far from you. But it takes you away from the ones sitting next to you.

Cell phones bring you closer to a person who's far from you. But it takes you from theones sitting next to you.

See the brilliant depiction of the grip of modern technology over our brains by British cartoonist and animator Steve Cutts in these cartoons: OWNED, and this unusual selfie: SENT FROM MY IBRAIN.

This clever Instagram cartoon literally and visually nails the dilemma of people being prisoners of their cell phones.

New Yorker cartoonist Alex Gregory on what social media is doing to us.

Some Solutions to the Problem

Here is a brilliant solution to this problem I found two years after this posting: NoPhone Air: the Latest iPhone Aimed at Cellphone Addicts. Watch this brilliant TEDxUtrecht Talk Ben Langeveld & Ingmar Larsen gave: How a piece of plastic can change the world.

Here’s another solution. Watch what happens when this person reaches for their phone: the dog stages an intervention.

This cartoon shows another approach in dealing with the problem.

therapy for cellphone addiction cartoon


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