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> That night, I bent it because I accidentally sat on it in my back pocket.

Do people really keep phones in their back pockets?

For that matter, do people really still keep anything in their back pockets, except as an ephemeral thing that you take out after a few seconds? Sitting with things in your back pockets is known to create spinal problems.



I put my phone in my back pocket often, when I need to stick it somewhere briefly. I think in that particular case, I was picking up one of my kids, and I slid it into my back pocket, and then subsequently forgetting it was there. I never had a problem with sitting on my iPhone 5.


Well... when dancing bachata it's considered good etiquette to take things out of your front pockets and put them in your back ones.

But I wouldn't sit down with a phone in my back pocket, it's uncomfortable as hell.


When I'm up and walking about, sticking my phone in my back pocket is pretty convenient - I try to remember to remove it before I sit down, but not always




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