Male and Female Imponderables - You & Me & the Bottle Makes Three
POSTED BY: RiverIsMyGoddess
UPDATED: Friday, January 12, 2007 13:59
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RugBug: I guess you're right.
Maybe people view their privacy as a choice thing. Like, I'll be damned if somebody else makes my details public, but I can talk about it as loud as I like.
Sometimes people use their phones to impress aswell. I walked past one man talking into his phone once, all busy and important, and it rang as i passed him. Pretty funny...
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
technology - If our society focused all of the energy and time and money they use for the latest gadget (either purchasing or researching) on space exploration, I would be typing this from a bunk on Mars right now.
Not me. I would have bought meself one of them there spacey ships and just went. Might be a death sentance, might be I find all kinds of nifty and neato stuff!
Kelkhil
The Shirtless Forsaken
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As far as technology goes, I generally don't see it as a bad thing if used responsibly. However, not many people do so. When I was working in the campus food court, the one thing that students would do that really pissed me off was that some of them couldn't get off the phone long enough to order their food. There would be a huge line behind them, and they'd just stand at the counter talking on the phone, then glare at me for interupting them by asking "How may I help you?"
Another issue with technology is that although life is better, very few people know how to do certain esential things without it, like making thread and cloth for clothes. If things increase like this, in the future, people will be totally dependant upon technology, which is not infallible.
I'm a leaf on the wind
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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
Not me. I would have bought meself one of them there spacey ships and just went. Might be a death sentance, might be I find all kinds of nifty and neato stuff!
Yeah! Of to distant planets, risking life and limb (to a safe degree of course)! THAT would be cool.
But I will be an old old lady by then.
Although with the aid of technology and botox I needn't look it
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ooh a space ship....what I really want is a way to give each student a laptop, headphones, etc and teach each directly so they can all go at their own pace and study what interests them...now that'd be technology
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."- Albright
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My school is a 'Technology College'. Read: 'Comprehensive with a couple of old ill fitted computer rooms containing old ill fitted computers that regularly break down and are pretty much good for nothing, but hey, we got 'em'
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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
Not me. I would have bought meself one of them there spacey ships and just went. Might be a death sentance, might be I find all kinds of nifty and neato stuff!
Yeah! Of to distant planets, risking life and limb (to a safe degree of course)! THAT would be cool.
But I will be an old old lady by then.
Although with the aid of technology and botox I needn't look it
Don't forget replaceable parts! You needn't be old at all!
"Well, here I am...Does that seem right to you?"
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Hey, all. Sorry, work went "sideways" for a spell there...
Ok, seems I missed a technology discussion.
Oh, Kelkhil, my brother has all of our old game consoles (including the ColecoVision)...I do miss the simple times!
Now, I have to admit being a bit of an ass when it comes to cell phones. I hate the bloody things, and I think they are the reason society has become more and more rude. How many times do you see someone in line at a store, restaurant, or whatever, jabbering away and not even acknowledging the person across the counter? Yes, I realize that cell phones are important for the emergencies they can get people out of, but IMHO, that is what they should be used for.
Sorry, I'm better now. 
After a bit of a breather, once more into the insurance breach I go!
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Now, I have to admit being a bit of an ass when it comes to cell phones. I hate the bloody things, and I think they are the reason society has become more and more rude. How many times do you see someone in line at a store, restaurant, or whatever, jabbering away and not even acknowledging the person across the counter? Yes, I realize that cell phones are important for the emergencies they can get people out of, but IMHO, that is what they should be used for.
Actually when you said you were an ass, I was expecting a description of yourself that matched those about whom you ranted. IMHO they are the asses...
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Thank you, JQ. I sometimes get that thrown back in my face...how wonderful they are, how they are connecting the world in ways we cannot fathom, etc. Not buying it. I am happy with a land line...and I prefer dealing with people face-to-face when I can...and yet here I am typing away on a computer...hmm. 
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