March 29, 2024 • 17 mins
Ever wondered about the superpowers hidden in the minutia of everyday life? Let Matthew and Jay enlighten you on how the contents of our pockets and our perception of time wield more influence than you might think. We promise an insightful journey through the seemingly trivial aspects of our daily existence and their profound effects, from the power to stop time in its tracks to the simple joy that springs from witnessing life's small wonders. Together, we'll navigate the omnipresent role of technology, sharing close calls on construction sites and how our smartphones can lead us astray in shopping malls. Listen in as we tackle the critical need to remain present and aware, despite the siren call of our devices.
Join us as we tackle the unexpected health and behavioral consequences of our mobile companions. From the subtle art of avoiding "text neck" to the necessity of disconnecting for our well-being, we've got personal anecdotes and strategies to keep you connected—with respect. Mat and Jay also wax lyrical about the paradox of live streaming – it's a delightful distraction that can transport us to the culinary paradise of a cooking show or the sun-kissed shores of a Hawaiian beach, yet we can't forget the irreplaceable nature of in-person interactions. Discover how we balance the allure of the digital domain with the tactile world around us, fostering joy without losing touch with reality. It's a conversation that promises to connect the dots between virtual escapes and genuine presence, all while keeping you engaged and entertained.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello and welcome to Foundation Nation.
I'm your host, matthew Cote.
Today on the podcast, we'regoing to talk about some
interesting recent goings-ons inour beautiful state and maybe
even a few things going on inthis amazing round thing we call
home.
Hey, I'm Matthew Cote and thisis Foundation Nation.
Welcome back.
I'm here with Jay.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hi, my name is Jay Solmey, owner of Jay's
Technology Solutions.
Let's start the frivolity Matt.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Frivolity, you're going to get tired of that word.
So what's always in your pocket, what is always in my pocket,
like when I'm out and about it'sa riddle.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I know it's my wallet and my phone and lint yeah,
there's always lint.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Does your lint have AI capability?
I?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
sure as heck hope not .
That would be scary becauseit's in my pocket.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I don't know.
That reminds me of a riddle.
Okay, so what's dark and black?
And never gives up, it takesdown mountains and it decimates
armies I was thinking a blackhole, but now I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Time is time black, yeah sure.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, sure, okay, I mean, it has no form.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
It's neither black or white or orange or green or
yellow or purple or pink.
No, it's just time.
What if you could stop time?
If I could stop time, then itwould be nice to have five
minutes of uninterruptedrelaxation.
Well, if you could stop time,then it would be nice to have
five minutes of uninterruptedrelaxation.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Well, if you could stop time, five minutes could be
an eternity.
You could just stop time, doeverything you want, turn it
back on, oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Can you imagine being like a construction worker of
some sort?
Oh yeah, you go to someone'shouse, you're like, yeah, I'll
build you this entire fencetoday.
Pause time, build the fence,start it back up again.
And they're like, whoa, it'sonly been 20 minutes, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, it'd be a pretty powerful superpower.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
It'd be an amazing superpower.
Yeah, If you had a superpowerwhat would it be if I had a
superpower?
What would it be?
I would.
I would want to make it.
I feel like I do to some extent, but I want to make it to where
every single person I ever meet, even if I'm just walking down
(02:38):
the street and they pass by andwe don't say anything, that when
, when they see me, they feelhappy oh, superpower of
happiness they feel needed, theyfeel like they're being heard.
That's a good one, because theworld today is so so what's?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
the letter on your front.
What is it?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Oh, that could be a bad road to go down.
There wouldn't be anything.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Just a big smiley face.
Yeah, anything, this is a bigsmiley face, yeah just walk
around big smiley face people.
So many people are just nothappy anymore well you know the
false reality of the internet itcreates.
It makes real life seem so dulland not fun.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well, because you're emerging yourself into an
entertainment area, and that'swhat a lot of the internet is.
Yeah, I mean, you walk down theroad or at the mall.
How many people are actually ontheir phone, looking at their
phone?
Yeah, they're not payingattention, they're on their
phone and, oh man, I've seen somany people almost walk into
someone else or walk into a wallor a door or a planter or
(03:46):
something that's at the mall.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I saw a guy on his phone looking down, walking
through a construction site.
Oh, that's bad.
He almost walked directly intothe trench, like a 12 foot deep
trench that was open becausethey were actively working on it
.
He was like he, I don't knowwhat.
What stopped him, but likeliterally a half a step before
it he slipped and stopped,caught himself and then he put
(04:10):
his phone away and looked aroundto see if anybody saw him and
then kept going.
I was like I was too far awayto yell.
I was like this guy is going towalk right in that goddamn
trench there was a video online.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
It's been quite a few years.
A person was walking at a mallon the phone and they weren't
paying attention, and then theytripped over a bench concrete
bench which was the waterfountain and a little water pond
, and they fell into the waterbecause they weren't paying
attention that's what you get.
(04:43):
I just can't believe it.
And then you know it changeshow we interact with the people
around us.
How many people are on theirphones in their car.
It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
It's crazy.
And then they get mad.
If you drive down the road andyou just look at night, you know
, right, it's like every personyou drive is on their phone,
hiding it on their lap or leg,or you know, or just have it
like right on the dashboard, youknow going.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yep, I've seen people watching video and movies and
stuff.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've textedme while I've been driving.
I know you have because I'veseen it.
Yeah, what does it come back toyou with when you text me while
I'm?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
driving.
It's usually like hey, what'sup?
I'm driving and texting.
Um, it's usually like hey,what's up?
I'm driving and texting.
No, it says a little moon, itsays I'm asleep right now, or
something like that.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I have it set to where, when I'm driving, I only
get phone calls from people Iknow.
Yeah, when texts or emails oranything comes in, I don't get
notified at all.
Because I'm driving, yeah,supposed to be paying attention
to the road and not have to havethe possibility of getting in a
bad accident.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
What I have mindset to is through CarPlay.
Right, so it says it.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Right, I have that ability too, but I don't want to
get it doesn't show anything,it just says it Right, and
that's a fantastic idea.
It's just I don't want to haveto be trying to respond to text
while I'm driving, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Even verbally is a distraction even if you're still
looking straight ahead.
Exactly, you start talking,you're thinking, you know you're
losing a little bit ofconcentration of what's going on
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
So mine is an automatic reply saying I am
driving and I will see your textwhen I get to where I'm going
and I'll respond then, yeah,where I'm going and I'll respond
then.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Yeah, so Well.
The way I kind of like convincemyself to use the CarPlay
verbally with texting is becauseI feel like I use the same
amount of power just listeningto my books on tape as I do
listening to a text or replyingto a text.
I feel, like my brain is, soit's trained itself to be safe
(06:43):
when it's listening to the radioor listening to a books on tape
or listening to a text andreplying to it, cause if I'm in
there listening to a song, I'msinging to it.
If I'm in there listening to abook on tape, I'm talking to
myself or replying to it.
Or sometimes I'll just they'llsay, they'll say something on
the books on tape that I listento and I'll just verbally say it
out loud to help myselfremember it.
(07:05):
You know, right.
So I feel like that's kind ofmy benchmark.
That's as far as I go, makessense, you know, but I don't
actually, you know, there's justtoo much.
I mean, I have a Class A CDL, Ihave a motorcycle endorsement,
a boater's license andeverything, and I chose,
probably four years ago, to stopriding motorcycle in this town.
(07:29):
It's not what it used to be.
No, it's not.
It's complete suicide if you'rein a motorcycle nowadays.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I have my endorsement for motorcyclists too, as well
as for boating.
Yeah, I used to have a CDL.
No-transcript.
Yeah, I used to have a CDL.
That's another story on why Idon't have that anymore.
You know, when you haveseizures, you can't drive a CDL.
Oh, seizure yeah oh that littletiny thing, Jeez.
Luckily it's under control, butI agree, I haven't had a
motorcycle in I don't know 10,you need to be in a gang.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
You gotta be in a gang to be on a motorcycle.
Now you know cause.
So they make a big footprint.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Right, stay safe, right, but one guy a gaggle, a
gaggle of motorcyclists on theroad.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
A murder not a murder .
Yeah, they bunch of crows.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
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Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, so what I wanted to talk about today was
smartphone in your hand changeshow you walk.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Which is well.
We talked about being in thevehicle, too, but we did talk
about that.
It does changes how you walk,which is well.
We talked about being in thevehicle, too, but we did talk
about that.
It does change how you walk.
You're not paying attention,yeah, yeah, to anything, to
anyone.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
So what about if it's in your pocket?
I'm still messing with you,because are you thinking about
what's on it?
What was that vibration?
What was that little ping ping?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
I have the Apple Watch.
So if I get a message, I justlook at my watch really quick.
Oh, okay, if it's important,then I'll grab my phone.
Oh, you know what I do when Ineed a text on my phone when I'm
out and about walking somewhere.
What's that?
I know this sounds weird.
Well, you are a weird guy,don't tease me about this.
(09:22):
But I'll walk over to this.
I'll actually walk out of theway of the main path and stand
next to something that doesn'tmove.
So that way, that's funny, I'mnot in the way.
Hello, mr Pillar, exactlyBecause in your next to
something you're not in themiddle of the.
Oh, my gosh, all the people atCostco in the big, massive stop.
Right, they're at and they putthe cart in the middle of the
(09:43):
aisle at an angle, yeah, yeah.
And then they get upset whenyou try to get by them and move
their cart a little bit Likewhatever.
But I'll move out of the way,oh, okay.
And I teach my son the samething.
Yeah, you know, if he's Pullover also, stop and look at
(10:07):
something like jameson out ofthe way.
Yeah, get out of the middle ofthe aisle, just don't stop and
block something, right?
How many people block the door.
I see I've been behind peopleon the standing in the middle of
the door and they'll walkthrough a doorway and two steps
in.
They'll stop, yeah, and noteven realize that as people.
And then they, then they'llgive you that look of when
you're trying to get past them.
Oh sorry, and they got thatlike if looks could kill, look
Like you're the one who's notpaying attention and stopping in
the middle.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
It changes your mood.
It changes how you walk, yourposture, how you get from A to B
.
These are some of the thingsthey're talking about.
People are 10% slower I don'tknow where that came from 10%.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Well, yeah, because you're not paying attention.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Looking down at your smartphone while walking, as
opposed to standing straight up,can also increase the amount of
load force placed on the neckand upper back muscles, which
contribute to symptoms of textneck.
Yep, what's text neck?
Is that looking down all thetime?
Oh, and you can't look up?
Yep, what's text neck?
Is that Looking down all thetime?
Oh?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
and you can't look up .
Yeah, so you know, when you'reat a computer screen, right yeah
, you're supposed to close youreyes and look away from the
screen, at least every 20minutes.
At least try to Right.
You know, when you get older,your eyes have a tendency to
have an issue creating thefluids and everything you know,
(11:23):
basically tears, to keep youreyes hydrated and not having dry
eyes.
Right, right, that's becausewhen you're at a computer screen
or you're texting, you're notblinking as much, so your eyes
are drying out.
Oh, this is a known issue.
And if you don't take care ofthat soon enough, same thing
with tech snack if you don'tkeep looking up and you look
(11:44):
away from it, stretch your neck.
You know, you got to do thesethings to stay healthy.
Um, when you see, you see oldergenerations once before
computers basically and they'rehunched over, right, right, well
, our generation is hunchingover, long before they ever did
and they never had computers.
Yeah, right, at least not assoon as we did.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Hmm, it's a real thing.
You got to be time to be a neckguy, a chiropractor, a
chiropractor, massage therapist,massage therapist.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
I have both of those and they do a wonder for us and
they're they're.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
They focus on neck.
What is it?
What did I call it?
Neck text, neck, text, neck.
Well, they don't focus on thattext, neck.
Let's see.
What else did they say?
The people walking in groups?
These effect were reverse, sheadded.
Instead of feeling morepositive after walking, people
felt less positive becausethey're on their phone and
they're stressed out.
(12:41):
Dangers of distraction.
It's just yeah.
So I think maybe when you gointo the world, enjoy the world,
you know.
I think what we need is we needthe internet to go out for like
a month.
Yeah Well, and then peoplerealize how messed up it is and
(13:01):
then we can move on from it.
There's some good things.
So if everybody's on theinternet, they're not out in the
middle of the forest tramplingit into the ground, catching it
on fire and doing all kinds ofthings.
They could just wear those VRheadsets and pretend like
they're there.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Save the forest and the critters.
Well, we do have to save theforest, there's no question
about that.
Yeah, we need it.
Trees, bushes, all that givesus oxygen.
We get rid of it.
We don't breathe.
What does a desert make?
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Wind, it makes dust.
Yeah, so, yeah.
So maybe it's okay we all stayhome play on our phones.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
The climates and the ecosystems all help each other.
I know it sounds weird, but thedesert helps everything else in
its own way.
It just does.
Everything works together.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
So when you're walking, what would you
recommend?
Be on your phone?
Don't be on your phone, ohdon't be on your phone.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
If you're walking with someone, actually pay
attention to them, yeah, andstand up straight.
Stand up straight, yeah.
Look around, there's a lot inthis world to be happy about.
Yes, I agree, and not to soundnegative about newscasters, but
what would you do, or what wouldthey do, if they had to do 50%
(14:21):
of their broadcasts about allthe negativity that's in the
world, which they do?
There's so much negativity, andthe other 50% has to be about
positive influence events.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Right, Well, that doesn't make money.
That's why they don't do itExactly.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
They couldn't do it Because and I learned when I, I
think I was in like third orfourth grade, so basically about
my son's age that I didn't likewatching the news.
I felt miserable afterwards, Ifelt sad, I felt It'll drain you
.
It'll drain you.
Yeah, and even to this day I'llwalk into a business somewhere
(14:57):
and they got the news on.
I'm like huh yeah, anothertragedy.
Yes, I'm not saying thattragedy doesn't happen, I'm like
huh yeah, another tragedy.
You know, yes, I'm not sayingthat tragedy doesn't happen, I'm
not saying ignore it, buthaving it on, especially in a
place of business, if you'reopen eight hours, eight hours of
negativity the whole timeyou're there.
You know, put on somethingpositive.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Well, that's what I tell.
Like the people in the callcenter or administrative offices
.
I tell them, you know, justwatch how to, how to grow
coconuts or something.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
You know, put on a live stream, some from somewhere
.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Oh well, they do, they do, they all do.
Now they do cooking shows,cooking show all day long.
They're watching cooking showsand then you know a certain
amount of time and then they'relike're like, well, you know,
maybe we got to go home and cookthose foods.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Yeah, you know, they're happy and hungry but for
people who love disneyland, puton a live stream of disneyland.
Oh, yeah, for people, becausethey are.
Oh, trust me, we love disney,so we, we there's people walking
around live.
Yeah, they're showing whatthey're doing, going on the
attractions, showing what thenew merchandise is, all this
stuff you like.
Going to Hawaii there'sactually live video streams from
(16:06):
Hawaii.
You can just enjoy the beach.
Oh yeah, that'd be cool.
When we were at Aulani inHawaii, I took video from one of
the pools.
I just held my camera for likefive minutes, just pointed out
at the beach and the ocean rightthere, and then I just created
that five minutes and put itinto like an hour long, oh, like
(16:27):
a video, like a loop, yeah, andthen throw it up on the TV when
we're cooking or, you know,jameson's doing homework, or
we're just relaxing and talking,yeah, and I got the nice
Hawaiian beach right there onthe screen.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
I would, if I was going to do that, like towards
the end I'd I'd be like, hey,kids, shut up, but you don't
have, you don't have to go thereto get it, you can just go to
youtube.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah, I mean, youtube has, like, so many videos, good
and bad yeah, so maybe lesstime on the cell phones less
time on the cell phone,especially when you're walking.
Yeah, and don't ever do itwhile you're driving.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
More time on real relationships in real person?
Yes, all right.
Well, I'm Matthew.
Cote is Foundation Nation,along with Jay.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Jay Salmi Great having this chat today.
Matt, Stay off your phone.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Stay off your phone, wait, somebody's calling.
I got to go.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
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Hello and welcome to Foundation Nation.
I'm your host, matthew Cote.
Today on the podcast, we'regoing to talk about some
interesting recent goings-ons inour beautiful state and maybe
even a few things going on inthis amazing round thing we call
home.
Hey, I'm Matthew Cote and thisis Foundation Nation.
Welcome back.
I'm here with Jay.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hi, my name is Jay Solmey, owner of Jay's
Technology Solutions.
Let's start the frivolity Matt.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Frivolity, you're going to get tired of that word.
So what's always in your pocket, what is always in my pocket,
like when I'm out and about it'sa riddle.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
I know it's my wallet and my phone and lint yeah,
there's always lint.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Does your lint have AI capability?
I?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
sure as heck hope not .
That would be scary becauseit's in my pocket.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I don't know.
That reminds me of a riddle.
Okay, so what's dark and black?
And never gives up, it takesdown mountains and it decimates
armies I was thinking a blackhole, but now I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Time is time black, yeah sure.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, sure, okay, I mean, it has no form.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
It's neither black or white or orange or green or
yellow or purple or pink.
No, it's just time.
What if you could stop time?
If I could stop time, then itwould be nice to have five
minutes of uninterruptedrelaxation.
Well, if you could stop time,then it would be nice to have
five minutes of uninterruptedrelaxation.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Well, if you could stop time, five minutes could be
an eternity.
You could just stop time, doeverything you want, turn it
back on, oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Can you imagine being like a construction worker of
some sort?
Oh yeah, you go to someone'shouse, you're like, yeah, I'll
build you this entire fencetoday.
Pause time, build the fence,start it back up again.
And they're like, whoa, it'sonly been 20 minutes, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, it'd be a pretty powerful superpower.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
It'd be an amazing superpower.
Yeah, If you had a superpowerwhat would it be if I had a
superpower?
What would it be?
I would.
I would want to make it.
I feel like I do to some extent, but I want to make it to where
every single person I ever meet, even if I'm just walking down
(02:38):
the street and they pass by andwe don't say anything, that when
, when they see me, they feelhappy oh, superpower of
happiness they feel needed, theyfeel like they're being heard.
That's a good one, because theworld today is so so what's?
Speaker 1 (02:57):
the letter on your front.
What is it?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Oh, that could be a bad road to go down.
There wouldn't be anything.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Just a big smiley face.
Yeah, anything, this is a bigsmiley face, yeah just walk
around big smiley face people.
So many people are just nothappy anymore well you know the
false reality of the internet itcreates.
It makes real life seem so dulland not fun.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well, because you're emerging yourself into an
entertainment area, and that'swhat a lot of the internet is.
Yeah, I mean, you walk down theroad or at the mall.
How many people are actually ontheir phone, looking at their
phone?
Yeah, they're not payingattention, they're on their
phone and, oh man, I've seen somany people almost walk into
someone else or walk into a wallor a door or a planter or
(03:46):
something that's at the mall.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
I saw a guy on his phone looking down, walking
through a construction site.
Oh, that's bad.
He almost walked directly intothe trench, like a 12 foot deep
trench that was open becausethey were actively working on it
.
He was like he, I don't knowwhat.
What stopped him, but likeliterally a half a step before
it he slipped and stopped,caught himself and then he put
(04:10):
his phone away and looked aroundto see if anybody saw him and
then kept going.
I was like I was too far awayto yell.
I was like this guy is going towalk right in that goddamn
trench there was a video online.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
It's been quite a few years.
A person was walking at a mallon the phone and they weren't
paying attention, and then theytripped over a bench concrete
bench which was the waterfountain and a little water pond
, and they fell into the waterbecause they weren't paying
attention that's what you get.
(04:43):
I just can't believe it.
And then you know it changeshow we interact with the people
around us.
How many people are on theirphones in their car.
It's crazy.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
It's crazy.
And then they get mad.
If you drive down the road andyou just look at night, you know
, right, it's like every personyou drive is on their phone,
hiding it on their lap or leg,or you know, or just have it
like right on the dashboard, youknow going.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yep, I've seen people watching video and movies and
stuff.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've textedme while I've been driving.
I know you have because I'veseen it.
Yeah, what does it come back toyou with when you text me while
I'm?
Speaker 1 (05:19):
driving.
It's usually like hey, what'sup?
I'm driving and texting.
Um, it's usually like hey,what's up?
I'm driving and texting.
No, it says a little moon, itsays I'm asleep right now, or
something like that.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I have it set to where, when I'm driving, I only
get phone calls from people Iknow.
Yeah, when texts or emails oranything comes in, I don't get
notified at all.
Because I'm driving, yeah,supposed to be paying attention
to the road and not have to havethe possibility of getting in a
bad accident.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
What I have mindset to is through CarPlay.
Right, so it says it.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Right, I have that ability too, but I don't want to
get it doesn't show anything,it just says it Right, and
that's a fantastic idea.
It's just I don't want to haveto be trying to respond to text
while I'm driving, yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Even verbally is a distraction even if you're still
looking straight ahead.
Exactly, you start talking,you're thinking, you know you're
losing a little bit ofconcentration of what's going on
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
So mine is an automatic reply saying I am
driving and I will see your textwhen I get to where I'm going
and I'll respond then, yeah,where I'm going and I'll respond
then.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Yeah, so Well.
The way I kind of like convincemyself to use the CarPlay
verbally with texting is becauseI feel like I use the same
amount of power just listeningto my books on tape as I do
listening to a text or replyingto a text.
I feel, like my brain is, soit's trained itself to be safe
(06:43):
when it's listening to the radioor listening to a books on tape
or listening to a text andreplying to it, cause if I'm in
there listening to a song, I'msinging to it.
If I'm in there listening to abook on tape, I'm talking to
myself or replying to it.
Or sometimes I'll just they'llsay, they'll say something on
the books on tape that I listento and I'll just verbally say it
out loud to help myselfremember it.
(07:05):
You know, right.
So I feel like that's kind ofmy benchmark.
That's as far as I go, makessense, you know, but I don't
actually, you know, there's justtoo much.
I mean, I have a Class A CDL, Ihave a motorcycle endorsement,
a boater's license andeverything, and I chose,
probably four years ago, to stopriding motorcycle in this town.
(07:29):
It's not what it used to be.
No, it's not.
It's complete suicide if you'rein a motorcycle nowadays.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I have my endorsement for motorcyclists too, as well
as for boating.
Yeah, I used to have a CDL.
No-transcript.
Yeah, I used to have a CDL.
That's another story on why Idon't have that anymore.
You know, when you haveseizures, you can't drive a CDL.
Oh, seizure yeah oh that littletiny thing, Jeez.
Luckily it's under control, butI agree, I haven't had a
motorcycle in I don't know 10,you need to be in a gang.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
You gotta be in a gang to be on a motorcycle.
Now you know cause.
So they make a big footprint.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Right, stay safe, right, but one guy a gaggle, a
gaggle of motorcyclists on theroad.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
A murder not a murder .
Yeah, they bunch of crows.
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Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, so what I wanted to talk about today was
smartphone in your hand changeshow you walk.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Which is well.
We talked about being in thevehicle, too, but we did talk
about that.
It does changes how you walk,which is well.
We talked about being in thevehicle, too, but we did talk
about that.
It does change how you walk.
You're not paying attention,yeah, yeah, to anything, to
anyone.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
So what about if it's in your pocket?
I'm still messing with you,because are you thinking about
what's on it?
What was that vibration?
What was that little ping ping?
Speaker 2 (08:59):
I have the Apple Watch.
So if I get a message, I justlook at my watch really quick.
Oh, okay, if it's important,then I'll grab my phone.
Oh, you know what I do when Ineed a text on my phone when I'm
out and about walking somewhere.
What's that?
I know this sounds weird.
Well, you are a weird guy,don't tease me about this.
(09:22):
But I'll walk over to this.
I'll actually walk out of theway of the main path and stand
next to something that doesn'tmove.
So that way, that's funny, I'mnot in the way.
Hello, mr Pillar, exactlyBecause in your next to
something you're not in themiddle of the.
Oh, my gosh, all the people atCostco in the big, massive stop.
Right, they're at and they putthe cart in the middle of the
(09:43):
aisle at an angle, yeah, yeah.
And then they get upset whenyou try to get by them and move
their cart a little bit Likewhatever.
But I'll move out of the way,oh, okay.
And I teach my son the samething.
Yeah, you know, if he's Pullover also, stop and look at
(10:07):
something like jameson out ofthe way.
Yeah, get out of the middle ofthe aisle, just don't stop and
block something, right?
How many people block the door.
I see I've been behind peopleon the standing in the middle of
the door and they'll walkthrough a doorway and two steps
in.
They'll stop, yeah, and noteven realize that as people.
And then they, then they'llgive you that look of when
you're trying to get past them.
Oh sorry, and they got thatlike if looks could kill, look
Like you're the one who's notpaying attention and stopping in
the middle.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
It changes your mood.
It changes how you walk, yourposture, how you get from A to B
.
These are some of the thingsthey're talking about.
People are 10% slower I don'tknow where that came from 10%.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Well, yeah, because you're not paying attention.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
Looking down at your smartphone while walking, as
opposed to standing straight up,can also increase the amount of
load force placed on the neckand upper back muscles, which
contribute to symptoms of textneck.
Yep, what's text neck?
Is that looking down all thetime?
Oh, and you can't look up?
Yep, what's text neck?
Is that Looking down all thetime?
Oh?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
and you can't look up .
Yeah, so you know, when you'reat a computer screen, right yeah
, you're supposed to close youreyes and look away from the
screen, at least every 20minutes.
At least try to Right.
You know, when you get older,your eyes have a tendency to
have an issue creating thefluids and everything you know,
(11:23):
basically tears, to keep youreyes hydrated and not having dry
eyes.
Right, right, that's becausewhen you're at a computer screen
or you're texting, you're notblinking as much, so your eyes
are drying out.
Oh, this is a known issue.
And if you don't take care ofthat soon enough, same thing
with tech snack if you don'tkeep looking up and you look
(11:44):
away from it, stretch your neck.
You know, you got to do thesethings to stay healthy.
Um, when you see, you see oldergenerations once before
computers basically and they'rehunched over, right, right, well
, our generation is hunchingover, long before they ever did
and they never had computers.
Yeah, right, at least not assoon as we did.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Hmm, it's a real thing.
You got to be time to be a neckguy, a chiropractor, a
chiropractor, massage therapist,massage therapist.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
I have both of those and they do a wonder for us and
they're they're.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
They focus on neck.
What is it?
What did I call it?
Neck text, neck, text, neck.
Well, they don't focus on thattext, neck.
Let's see.
What else did they say?
The people walking in groups?
These effect were reverse, sheadded.
Instead of feeling morepositive after walking, people
felt less positive becausethey're on their phone and
they're stressed out.
(12:41):
Dangers of distraction.
It's just yeah.
So I think maybe when you gointo the world, enjoy the world,
you know.
I think what we need is we needthe internet to go out for like
a month.
Yeah Well, and then peoplerealize how messed up it is and
(13:01):
then we can move on from it.
There's some good things.
So if everybody's on theinternet, they're not out in the
middle of the forest tramplingit into the ground, catching it
on fire and doing all kinds ofthings.
They could just wear those VRheadsets and pretend like
they're there.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Save the forest and the critters.
Well, we do have to save theforest, there's no question
about that.
Yeah, we need it.
Trees, bushes, all that givesus oxygen.
We get rid of it.
We don't breathe.
What does a desert make?
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Wind, it makes dust.
Yeah, so, yeah.
So maybe it's okay we all stayhome play on our phones.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
The climates and the ecosystems all help each other.
I know it sounds weird, but thedesert helps everything else in
its own way.
It just does.
Everything works together.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
So when you're walking, what would you
recommend?
Be on your phone?
Don't be on your phone, ohdon't be on your phone.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
If you're walking with someone, actually pay
attention to them, yeah, andstand up straight.
Stand up straight, yeah.
Look around, there's a lot inthis world to be happy about.
Yes, I agree, and not to soundnegative about newscasters, but
what would you do, or what wouldthey do, if they had to do 50%
(14:21):
of their broadcasts about allthe negativity that's in the
world, which they do?
There's so much negativity, andthe other 50% has to be about
positive influence events.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Right, Well, that doesn't make money.
That's why they don't do itExactly.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
They couldn't do it Because and I learned when I, I
think I was in like third orfourth grade, so basically about
my son's age that I didn't likewatching the news.
I felt miserable afterwards, Ifelt sad, I felt It'll drain you
.
It'll drain you.
Yeah, and even to this day I'llwalk into a business somewhere
(14:57):
and they got the news on.
I'm like huh yeah, anothertragedy.
Yes, I'm not saying thattragedy doesn't happen, I'm like
huh yeah, another tragedy.
You know, yes, I'm not sayingthat tragedy doesn't happen, I'm
not saying ignore it, buthaving it on, especially in a
place of business, if you'reopen eight hours, eight hours of
negativity the whole timeyou're there.
You know, put on somethingpositive.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Well, that's what I tell.
Like the people in the callcenter or administrative offices
.
I tell them, you know, justwatch how to, how to grow
coconuts or something.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
You know, put on a live stream, some from somewhere
.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Oh well, they do, they do, they all do.
Now they do cooking shows,cooking show all day long.
They're watching cooking showsand then you know a certain
amount of time and then they'relike're like, well, you know,
maybe we got to go home and cookthose foods.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Yeah, you know, they're happy and hungry but for
people who love disneyland, puton a live stream of disneyland.
Oh, yeah, for people, becausethey are.
Oh, trust me, we love disney,so we, we there's people walking
around live.
Yeah, they're showing whatthey're doing, going on the
attractions, showing what thenew merchandise is, all this
stuff you like.
Going to Hawaii there'sactually live video streams from
(16:06):
Hawaii.
You can just enjoy the beach.
Oh yeah, that'd be cool.
When we were at Aulani inHawaii, I took video from one of
the pools.
I just held my camera for likefive minutes, just pointed out
at the beach and the ocean rightthere, and then I just created
that five minutes and put itinto like an hour long, oh, like
(16:27):
a video, like a loop, yeah, andthen throw it up on the TV when
we're cooking or, you know,jameson's doing homework, or
we're just relaxing and talking,yeah, and I got the nice
Hawaiian beach right there onthe screen.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
I would, if I was going to do that, like towards
the end I'd I'd be like, hey,kids, shut up, but you don't
have, you don't have to go thereto get it, you can just go to
youtube.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah, I mean, youtube has, like, so many videos, good
and bad yeah, so maybe lesstime on the cell phones less
time on the cell phone,especially when you're walking.
Yeah, and don't ever do itwhile you're driving.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
More time on real relationships in real person?
Yes, all right.
Well, I'm Matthew.
Cote is Foundation Nation,along with Jay.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Jay Salmi Great having this chat today.
Matt, Stay off your phone.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Stay off your phone, wait, somebody's calling.
I got to go.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
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