I realize that I seldom post to this blog, my original, anymore. I always hope to change that, but then realize that I just don't have a lot to talk about these days. Well, today is different. I had a discussion with some friends earlier, while in attendance at the 75th annual Sun Bowl, the all time most boring game in college football history (a 3-0 win for Oregon State over Pitt).
Our discussion centered around the whole "oh my god, I can't believe you don't have a cell phone" thing that continues to plague my being. So yes, I don't carry a cell phone, and yes, it has become a badge of honor for me, something that I now take pride in.
So then, why do I not carry a cell phone? After all, they're so convenient, easy to have around, and they just make life so wonderfully easy and convenient in every single way. Well, first of all, I hate talking on the phone, so why would I want to carry one with me at all times?
OK, joking aside, there are some major reasons that I don't care for cell phones and what they've done to society. It continues to be a pet peeve of mine to go out in public with people, or have people around who text and/or talk the whole time they're around. It's this disconnect that has happened in the world, where it's no longer enough for people to stay in the moment and enjoy those around them, that they need someone else, who is somewhere else, to entertain them.
But wait, aren't cell phones great ways of getting ahold of people in case of emergency? Well, the fact is, if something happens and I'm not there, yeah, I'd like to know, but finding out a little while later isn't a huge deal.
So, anyways, I could go on forever here, but I won't. I guess it's not entirely fair for me to sit here and diatribe against convenient, portable technology, as I sit here on my laptop on my couch and post to my blog over a high speed wireless internet connection, as my son sits next to me on the sofa playing Nintendo DS, but cell phones are the one area of technology that I think has permeated our cultures and continues to pull people further apart from one another.
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I had a cell phone for two years and don't miss it one bit. I work in retial and it's very annoying when I am trying to get a customer through my line and they are busy on there cell phone..NOT talking anything important but usually talking very loudly about some stupid conversation on this or that.
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