These 40 Cartoons Perfectly Illustrate How Smartphones Have Taken Over Our Lives

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email… it seems as if our day is not complete if we don’t spend a few hours immersed in these rabbit holes, hours that could have been spent talking to a friend, helping out a parent, or striking a conversation with a total stranger on the metro.

The following illustrations attempt to show us the lighter side of mankind’s smartphone addiction. Is this really what we’ve come to?

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If you can identify with more than one of the images above, maybe it’s time to put that phone down.