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The cell phone revolution
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Deep Blue | 8:33 a.m. Oct. 16, 2008
Commenting on this is rather pointless, since cell phones aren't going
away. But personally I can't think of a single device that has contributed
more to the deterioration of common courtesy. Too many times have a seen drivers
laughing and smiling and yakking away on their cell phones while their SUVs go
careening back and forth through rush hour traffic. People insist on yakking
away, sharing their private conversations with anyone in earshot, regardless of
whether their in a restaurant or a grocery story or a movie theater. You can now
be standing on a crowded streetcorner, and everyone will be talking at once, but
NO ONE will be talking to each other. I have seen cell phones turn too many
otherwise normal people into complete blithering idiots. And don't EVEN get
me started on those blinking blue Borg thingies people have attached to their
ears! Sorry, I just don't need to be that connected.
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Gus | 10:32 a.m. Oct. 16, 2008
I was the first kid at my high school to ever get a cell phone way back in
'97. But I really haven't kept up with the times because today my wife
and I share one cell phone. Sometimes I'll take it and sometimes
she'll take it. Our arrangement works great, saves us money, and it allows
me to get away every once in a while where no one can reach me.
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