10 holiday moments that prove you have phone addiction

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Published 19 Dec 2014

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You love your family, but you love your Samsung Galaxy S5 more. though some researchers claim that smartphones make us more socially awkward, I would argue that smartphones are the only things that keep family get-togethers from being awkward. After all, when your drunk uncle starts over-sharing, you can just pretend you got an important text retreat to the bathroom to play Temple Run.

But maybe you’re a little too addicted to your smartphone. Here are 10 things you do during the holidays that *ahem* highlight said addiction.

You plan out your data usage very carefully

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You have to, because all of your relatives’ houses are somehow -Fi dead zones.

The first thing you say when you arrive at your parents’ house is…

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“ERE CAN I THIS IN?! …Oh, hi Mom.”

You Instagram everything

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#ham #holidays #dinner #snow #winter #familytime #imgoingcrazypleasesaveme

You text a bunch of rom contacts…er…’friends’

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“OMG MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAY HANUKKAH! I know we haven’t spoken in seven years but I hope your holidays are a blast!”

“Uh…who is this? Happy holidays to you too!”

This happens

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en you have a food coma, but you also want to play Angry Birds text your college roommate.

en your little cousin asks you if he can play with your phone

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“Uhhh…this game is for adults, ny.”

You spend at least two hours explaining texting to your mom

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Explaining technology to your mother is basically a holiday tradition by now.

For some reason, three bathrooms isn’t enough for seven people

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“I CAN HEAR YOU ING CSH OF CNS IN THERE, DAD.”

You try to use an app for everything

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“y are you even looking at a cookbook right now? There’s an app for that! don’t need a real tree…let’s just use this tree app!”

Your mom tries to institute a ‘no phones at the table’ rule

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No, Mom. st no. ease.