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Ladybbird · 27-04-22, 20:22

Why 'WhatsApp is Ruining Our Lives' -WhatsApp Burnout Is On The Rise

Is WhatsApp ruining your life? -Reasons why whatsapp is ruining your life & relationships ...

AP. 27 APR 2022.

There's a WhatsApp group for everything these days. WhatsApp groups for siblings and families. WhatsApp groups for different gangs of friends, for 30th birthdays, holidays and hen parties.

Even bloody WhatsApp groups to organise quiet Tuesday-evening suppers. David Cameron's Remain team apparently used it in the run-up to the EU referendum. A number of Labour MPs reputedly plotted to bring down Jeremy Corbyn via a WhatsApp group called the Birthday Group. Top subterfuge, guys.

Such groups tend to come with jaunty icons and silly names that someone thought funny three years ago. One of my groups, called Mykonos 2016, is tastefully illustrated with a photo of a woman passed out and lying beside the loo. Another is Lunch On The 28th, its icon, inexplicably, a naked photo of my friend Jason.

Then there's Dinner At St James's Palace, an invitation from a Household Cavalry chum who chose an image of Prince George from Blackadder as his icon.

And the messages never stop. Ping. Someone asks if anyone's around at the weekend. Ping ping. Various replies come shooting back. Ping. Someone sends a row of 'thumbs up' emojis. Ping. Your sister asks if anyone's thought about Mum's birthday gift. She asks this in a passive-aggressive way. Your brother replies that he hasn't thought about it. Nor have you, so you text a few birthday-cake emojis to lighten the tone.

'Why's she being so uptight?' you text your brother in a separate message. Except you accidentally send it to the very same group. Your sister goes silent. You know she's read it - those ticks have turned blue. We are all neurotic slaves to those ticks.

It's awkward to leave groups too, because the news reaches everyone: 'Soph M-C left,' says a sad little message. It's the WhatsApp equivalent of slamming the door behind you. One friend's husband is apparently 'scarred' by the oversharing about mucal plugs that goes on in their NCT WhatsApp group, but he's too scared to leave because everyone will know.

Mute them, you might say. But the messages just build up anyway, trickling in at all times of day and night. My friend Emma, whose husband's family are spread across the globe, is kept awake at night by his phone constantly flashing on the bedside table like a lighthouse, as message after message comes in from family members abroad.

He hasn't slept for several years but he won't turn it off. Don't be daft. He might miss a message.....

NB; Members....

THAT is WHY I, & Informed GURUS have never used it... NOR 'UNSMART' Phones...

Simple as that.....
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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,614 Thanks: 27,637 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: WhatsApp & Other Messaging Apps Oppose UK Surveillance Why 'WhatsApp is Ruining Our Lives' -WhatsApp Burnout Is On The Rise Is WhatsApp ruining your life? -Reasons why whatsapp is ruining your life & relationships ... AP. 27 APR 2022. There's a WhatsApp group for everything these days. WhatsApp groups for siblings and families. WhatsApp groups for different gangs of friends, for 30th birthdays, holidays and hen parties. Even bloody WhatsApp groups to organise quiet Tuesday-evening suppers. David Cameron's Remain team apparently used it in the run-up to the EU referendum. A number of Labour MPs reputedly plotted to bring down Jeremy Corbyn via a WhatsApp group called the Birthday Group. Top subterfuge, guys. Such groups tend to come with jaunty icons and silly names that someone thought funny three years ago. One of my groups, called Mykonos 2016, is tastefully illustrated with a photo of a woman passed out and lying beside the loo. Another is Lunch On The 28th, its icon, inexplicably, a naked photo of my friend Jason. Then there's Dinner At St James's Palace, an invitation from a Household Cavalry chum who chose an image of Prince George from Blackadder as his icon. And the messages never stop. Ping. Someone asks if anyone's around at the weekend. Ping ping. Various replies come shooting back. Ping. Someone sends a row of 'thumbs up' emojis. Ping. Your sister asks if anyone's thought about Mum's birthday gift. She asks this in a passive-aggressive way. Your brother replies that he hasn't thought about it. Nor have you, so you text a few birthday-cake emojis to lighten the tone. 'Why's she being so uptight?' you text your brother in a separate message. Except you accidentally send it to the very same group. Your sister goes silent. You know she's read it - those ticks have turned blue. We are all neurotic slaves to those ticks. It's awkward to leave groups too, because the news reaches everyone: 'Soph M-C left,' says a sad little message. It's the WhatsApp equivalent of slamming the door behind you. One friend's husband is apparently 'scarred' by the oversharing about mucal plugs that goes on in their NCT WhatsApp group, but he's too scared to leave because everyone will know. Mute them, you might say. But the messages just build up anyway, trickling in at all times of day and night. My friend Emma, whose husband's family are spread across the globe, is kept awake at night by his phone constantly flashing on the bedside table like a lighthouse, as message after message comes in from family members abroad. *He hasn't slept for several years but he won't turn it off. Don't be daft. He might miss a message.....* NB; Members.... THAT is WHY I, & Informed GURUS have never used it... NOR 'UNSMART' Phones... *Simple as that.....* .