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11-29-08, 08:45 AM
I was going to post something about this. I heard on the radio that the market has been so saturated that the companies are only devising new advertising for the very old and very young. They assume everyone else has one or more. Since I don't and never had one, I don't get marketed to. I hate the sound quality and the obnoxiousness of people yelling into their cell phones. I guess that the poor sound quality makes them think that they need to yell. I've seen young people going out together where each one is talking on the cell phone- no one in the group wants to interact with the people physically present in their lives. Its quite common in the dating area of DC to see couples out at a restaurant spend more time on their cell phones than with each other. Its also common to see people out biking and talking on their cell phones. I'm not talking about messengers talking to dispatchers either. Maybe I should get with the program and stop trying to be present in my own life and live a more corporate mediated life? In addition to the time spent online I could also spend time texting and cell phoning and dissociate even more from my environment and myself. On another thread someone asked about the music we listen to while biking. I responded that I find biking an immersive experience and didn't see the need to blunt it with music. I don't see the need to detract from my immediate social interactions by constantly cell phoning or texting. My cell phone friends don't like the idea that they need to keep appointments. What has been lost is the ability to make plans. They call it being flexible but when you blow someone off you are still wasting their time even if you call to say you'll be late. Last night we made plans to meet. We found each other at the event and had a good time without the barrage of "I'm here, where are you?" cell phone calls. We just walked around adding to the group as we found each other. We were actually present experiencing our immediate environment. Two people had cell phones but they must have turned them off, we had a good conversation without interruptions.
I have never had a cell phone and see no reason to have one. GWD's post has presented the case so well there is nothing I can add to explain why I don't have one.
I have never had a cell phone and see no reason to have one. GWD's post has presented the case so well there is nothing I can add to explain why I don't have one.