 who's only ever known the cell phone age, you're not going to believe this, but this is real. Sometimes, back in the old days, a person would even sit on the couch in their living room and just sit there. Like, they would partake merely in the activity of existence. Here's another mind-bending fact. Back in the old days, when a person woke up in the morning, they would not immediately reach for something to distract them.