{"id":60455,"date":"2025-12-04T05:41:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/60455\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T05:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:41:19","slug":"womans-shocking-act-in-public-pool-leaves-people-appalled-the-world-has-gone-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/60455\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200bWoman&#8217;s shocking act in public pool leaves people appalled: &#8216;The world has gone crazy!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have we gone off the deep end?<\/p>\n<p>A woman in Australia was filmed scrolling through her phone while swimming laps in the pool, sparking fears that humanity\u2019s tech addiction might\u2019ve reached the point of no return.<\/p>\n<p>The clip, shared to social media by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRqksqgjEsx\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">popular meme page Brown Cardigan<\/a>, starts off innocuously enough, with swimmers enjoying the water at the picturesque Bondi Icebergs pool in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when the camera zooms in on the swimmer in question, who is seen casually browsing her device while doing the backstroke in one of the lanes.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.578125;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37831580\" width=\"341\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/footage-woman-appearing-use-phone-116648582.jpg\" alt=\"The woman.\" class=\"wp-image-37831580\"  \/>The woman appears to be taking a selfie in the picturesque pool in the beachfront Sydney suburb of Bondi.  Instagram \/ @browncardigan<\/p>\n<p>The clip concludes with the multitasker holding the phone straight above her as if filming or taking a selfie during her swim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood to see people just being in the moment, maximizing their screen time, never not being online and oversharing every possible minute of their lives,\u201d read the caption.<\/p>\n<p>Commenters seemed to concur that our smartphone obsession had reached a tipping point.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.578125;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37831583\" width=\"341\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/footage-woman-appearing-use-phone-116648585.jpg\" alt=\"Phone woman.\" class=\"wp-image-37831583\"  \/>\u201cThis may be the most dystopian thing I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said one viewer. Instagram \/ @browncardigan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no coming back from where we are as a species,\u201d lamented one critic.<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cThis may be the most dystopian thing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world has gone crazy!!\u201d said a third. \u201cPut the phone down and live in the real world stop existing only online!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPOV: you\u2019re addicted to your phone but also to the beach life,\u201d quipped one wit.<\/p>\n<p>The swimmer\u2019s aquatic smartphone session is just the latest example of the tech addiction epidemic sweeping the globe. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.addictionhelp.com\/social-media-addiction\/statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AddictionHelp.com<\/a>, a staggering 250 million people suffer from social media addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Along with being depressing and antisocial, the perennial phone fixation <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/25\/tech\/210-million-people-are-now-addicted-to-social-media-this-is-how-to-detox-from-your-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">can lead to a host of issues<\/a>, including mood swings, disrupted sleep, neglected responsibilities, desire for validation and a lack of hobbies.<\/p>\n<p>The youth aren\u2019t immune to smartphone-induced symptoms, either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/health\/having-a-cellphone-before-this-age-can-lead-to-obesity-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A study published Monday<\/a> in the journal Pediatrics found that people who owned a cellphone before the age of 12 were more likely to develop depression, obesity and poor sleep habits compared to those who didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have we gone off the deep end? 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