Poll: Cell Phones
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Are they really necessary? No, we were able to go without them for so long. Are they convenient, yes. But with that said they are annoying too. While going to classes on campus it is rather hard to find someone who doesn't either have a phone glued to their ear or who isn't texting up a storm. I like to text but damn I do like to have time to myself sometimes as well. Some people can be crazy with their phones. A few friends and I went to a Ruby Tuesday's one night and sitting in a both across from us was a girl of about 20 and her dad. Apparently her father spilled a glass of water and I assume some of it spilled on her phone because what followed was a angered scoff and "DAMN IT DAD!!! THIS IS A $500 PHONE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" Now I never heard of a $500 phone (and this was when the iphone was just coming out)but I hope it had a application to help wipe her ass or talk her out of a ticket.
Again back to your post, no not necessary but they are convenient for those times when there is no phone or pay phone around. Which there are fewer pay phones now because of cell phones and not too mention I never had change for a pay phone usually.
Again back to your post, no not necessary but they are convenient for those times when there is no phone or pay phone around. Which there are fewer pay phones now because of cell phones and not too mention I never had change for a pay phone usually.
Are they necessary, only when they're needed. For the most part they just serve as another way for people to not talk to eachother, or talk to eachother a whole assload, as the case may be.
Mainly for my generation (this one... ugh) they're cornerstones of socialization, right up there with facebook and twitter, and it's equally as pointless as those two abominations of man and science are.
Also, I'm well aware of the hypocrisy in this situation.
Mainly for my generation (this one... ugh) they're cornerstones of socialization, right up there with facebook and twitter, and it's equally as pointless as those two abominations of man and science are.
Also, I'm well aware of the hypocrisy in this situation.
This.quiet_samurai said:
I hate having to have a cell phone.
I barely even use it unless I'm calling my parents. We've become so used to using cell phones that anything else seems strange and primitive.
The best thing for me when I finally got my Android G1 phone was I didn't have to actually talk to anyone with it. I can send text messages, emails, IM's, and post on any social-networking site. I don't have to call anyone; in fact, I find myself rather fumbly when it comes to making and receiving calls on the G1 since I'm rarely doing either.
And, no, they're not a necessity; simply a luxury/convenience.
And, no, they're not a necessity; simply a luxury/convenience.
Yes, I can explain why in one simple phrase.
I am almost never at home so having a land line makes no sense when I need to call people at the shop, at my parents place, at work, or while I am in the car.
*edit* I am actually posting this 2 hours from my house on a laptop using someone elses internet connection.
I am almost never at home so having a land line makes no sense when I need to call people at the shop, at my parents place, at work, or while I am in the car.
*edit* I am actually posting this 2 hours from my house on a laptop using someone elses internet connection.
I feel that they aren't necessary to function day to day, at all. Corporate propaganda has almost everyone thinking otherwise but I assure you, the world will still function just fine without mobile phones, just as it did for millenia before it's inception.
hmm.. let's see. you crash your car. you're trapped. there's no traffic coming.
a) you have no cell phone, you freeze and or bleed to death.
or
b)you manage to get to your cell phone and dial 911 and possibly get saved before you bleed out.
I'll take the annoyance over the inconvenience any day of the week.
a) you have no cell phone, you freeze and or bleed to death.
or
b)you manage to get to your cell phone and dial 911 and possibly get saved before you bleed out.
I'll take the annoyance over the inconvenience any day of the week.
was the poll itself really necessary?MorsePacific said:
OT:I don't mind cellphones as long as people don't shout on them while on the damn bus...
This was a problem in my high school. We technically were not supposed to have cell phones, but it wasn't a problem unless caught using one. Now, I live in NYC and went to a specialized high school that admitted students from all 5 boroughs; the majority of students wer not residents of school's borough. I couldn't walk home from my school if I tried, so cellphones for emergencies or letting family/friends know what was going on after school were a necessity, as payphones are very scarce.
If you live any kind of mobile lifestyle, you need a cellphone in order to communicate with others.
If you live any kind of mobile lifestyle, you need a cellphone in order to communicate with others.
I don't mind the idea of cellphones. There is the convenience of always being able to contact people if need be, especially in an emergency and all of that.
But in practice?
I hate the motherfucking things. I don't know if they're the cause or if they're a symptom of it, but they end up feeling like the god damned heralds of a society that can't seem to pay attention to anything for more than 20 seconds and who doesn't seem to know a whole lot about anything.
Words alone cannot explain how much I hate it when I'm at a restaurant with friends and we are all talking, when the guy across from me WHO I AM ACTIVELY TRYING TO COMMUNICATE SOMETHING TO is so damn ADD and OCD that he can't help but busting out his fucking flip phone and texting back to his woobie-emotional and overly clingy 'not my girlfriend but really kind of is my girlfriend' who can't stand to be out of communication with him for more than two minutes.
Once he's done with that he looks back up to me and goes "Sorry, what were you saying?"
A minute later, another text, or checking voice-mails or WHATEVER.
I... I want to reach across the fucking table and backhand him out of his god damned chair every time this happens.
On top of all of this, I DO NOT WANT to be in constant contact with every Dick, Tom and Harry I know. Even if I had a cell phone that I kept turned off most of the time just the fact that I had it would cause everyone I know to start bitching at me to turn it on more often, on top of that they would start texting me non-stop AND WOULD GET INDIGNANT IF I HAD THE SHEER GALL TO NOT RESPOND TO THEM IN 60 SECONDS OR TELL THEM I DON'T LIKE GETTING TEXTS.
...
So no, I do not find the damn things a vital necessity to the modern world. Quite frankly I'm more and more getting the feeling that they're making people fucking stupid and rude which more than outweighs and convenience they might hold to me.
As long as it is possible or I can get away with it, my phone will plug into something, not be mobile, and will have an answering machine if I don't happen to answer.
And anyone who doesn't like it can eat me.
But in practice?
I hate the motherfucking things. I don't know if they're the cause or if they're a symptom of it, but they end up feeling like the god damned heralds of a society that can't seem to pay attention to anything for more than 20 seconds and who doesn't seem to know a whole lot about anything.
Words alone cannot explain how much I hate it when I'm at a restaurant with friends and we are all talking, when the guy across from me WHO I AM ACTIVELY TRYING TO COMMUNICATE SOMETHING TO is so damn ADD and OCD that he can't help but busting out his fucking flip phone and texting back to his woobie-emotional and overly clingy 'not my girlfriend but really kind of is my girlfriend' who can't stand to be out of communication with him for more than two minutes.
Once he's done with that he looks back up to me and goes "Sorry, what were you saying?"
A minute later, another text, or checking voice-mails or WHATEVER.
I... I want to reach across the fucking table and backhand him out of his god damned chair every time this happens.
On top of all of this, I DO NOT WANT to be in constant contact with every Dick, Tom and Harry I know. Even if I had a cell phone that I kept turned off most of the time just the fact that I had it would cause everyone I know to start bitching at me to turn it on more often, on top of that they would start texting me non-stop AND WOULD GET INDIGNANT IF I HAD THE SHEER GALL TO NOT RESPOND TO THEM IN 60 SECONDS OR TELL THEM I DON'T LIKE GETTING TEXTS.
...
So no, I do not find the damn things a vital necessity to the modern world. Quite frankly I'm more and more getting the feeling that they're making people fucking stupid and rude which more than outweighs and convenience they might hold to me.
As long as it is possible or I can get away with it, my phone will plug into something, not be mobile, and will have an answering machine if I don't happen to answer.
And anyone who doesn't like it can eat me.