• Radium@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    You fall a lot snowboarding, it’s more about not breaking your phone than whether or not you want to listen to music or have a need for it. There is risk to taking it and risk to not taking it

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      9 months ago

      Nah, not like you are falling on rocks. I carry my phone like almost everyone does.

      It doesn’t excuse the shoddy lift patrolling, though.

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        9 months ago

        Tell me you’ve never been snowboarding without saying you’ve never been snowboarding.

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          9 months ago

          Either you’re bad at snowboarding or you don’t know how to fall and/or store your phone. It’s not difficult to do.

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          9 months ago

          dang, I’ve had the same Samsung Galaxy S10 5g for years. never had a cover on it, took it boarding several times, even used it to film myself hitting some jumps with a selfie stick. I’m not even that good either, I ate shit a few times. Once while it was out on the selfie stick, and a few more where it was in me pocket. Still not a scratch on her. battery still lasts for almost 3 days on a single charge.

          wtf are you talking about? you keeping your phone inside your boot, under your foot?

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            9 months ago

            Any idea why the short battery life?

            And naw, I’ve never broken a phone skiing or snowboarding. I’ve learned from others thinking they were so smart and then dropping money on a new one.

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      9 months ago

      I’m well aware of the risks of winter sports. Getting stuck somewhere on the mountain is about as bad as they get. If you’re alone your phone is pretty much the only tool you have to prevent that from happening if you get injured.

      Learning from other people’s mistakes is how you keep them from happening to you. That’s what you’re supposed to do, not make excuses for them. If you’re more concerned about the possibility of breaking your phone than being able to call for help after reading this then you didn’t learn the right lesson.

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        9 months ago

        People have learned just how easy these devices are to break. That’s why she didn’t have hers on her, she learned.

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          9 months ago

          I’ve been snowboarding with my phone in my pocket for 20 years and never had an issue. Make excuses all you want, the fact remains that this person could have fixed this problem in 30 seconds with their phone. If you’d still rather leave your phone somewhere else to protect it then that’s your decision to make. Getting stuck on the mountain is your problem to deal with. Just don’t bitch about it if it happens to you.

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            9 months ago

            I’ve been driving for 20 years and never once needed my seatbelt.

            Sounds kinda dumb, doesn’t it?

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              9 months ago

              lol what a dumb hill to die on, are you that bad at snowboarding you assume everyone else is too?

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              9 months ago

              Put a case on your phone and store it in a pocket you’re not likely to fall on. You’re acting like protecting your device is rocket science and it just isn’t. Plenty of people do it without issue. If you can’t figure it out that’s a you problem.