If you're not reading Glenn Greenwald's blog over at Salon.com, you should be: He just wrote the phrase "the incomparably pernicious Joe Lieberman." Love it.
I am a blackberry addict. My data usage minutes are in the tens of thousands every month (unlimited plan, whatwhat!) (Though I hate actually talking on the phone). But, a week and a half ago, my phone was stolen. I have yet to replace it. The first thing everyone says to me when they find out: Wow, that must be kind of freeing.
My friends were so gadget entranced that I had to create some "if you wanna be my friend rules". 1. If you consistently whip our whatever your devise da jour is while we're out doing something together, I will leave. Period. End of Story. 2. If you're incapable of sending me, and only me, an e-mail and rely upon twitter or texts to communicate--chances are our friendship will dwindle and fade away. 3. If you're not capable of picking up the telephone or seeing me in person (as opposed to "knowing" me via facebook/twitter), then it's blatantly obvious we're not really friends.
Needless to say, I had about 2/3 of my friends disappear. The other 1/3 have all said how much they like the real communication so much better and that they feel our friendships have gotten better or gotten back to what they used to be before the influx of all this "convenience".
And I feel so much more connected to those people--I feel like our friendships are real again. #iphoneaddicts
@quietlygoingmad: THIS. I need to do this. There was a guy in my dorm that hated texting because he believes it is destroying our society. I thought he was overreacting until I realized how much nicer it is to have a conversation without them constantly checking their phone, laughing about something someone who is not present said, and texting while you speak. It's so rude and I hate it. HATE it.
Also, why are people incapable of communicating via private messages on facebook? I took down my wall within months of starting my page and the result? First people thought they were on a limited view page and felt shunned. Then when I assured them they were not, they just stopped talking to me. Because if the world can't see, I guess it's not worth it. #iphoneaddicts
@Blueberry26: My facebook page is strictly for people who love more than 30 miles away from me. Anyone else can easily get together with me or pick up the phone (for free!) and call me. That too pissed a bunch of folks off, but that's their problem, not mine. #iphoneaddicts
@quietlygoingmad: Uh huh. I'm sure that wasn't a typo.;) Lol.I'm so glad Im' not the only one who feels this way. I've gotten to the point I don't see most people my age, I'm 23, because they rather update FB,text, and/or play with games then actual human interaction. Its so sad. #iphoneaddicts
It's kind of like "the mother-in-law problem" there's a need for the cord to be cut... Too many people think "ooh that's cute" when the gadget is being used as a tool to further attention directed at them, but once you're a couple, this social-enabling tool becomes a crutch and a hindrance.
I have been a tech-widower... But recovered, now matured - I rarely even talk on the phone in the car at all anymore. Tech is no substitute for what remains of the clean air...
That said, I just got a Palm Pre, and it is quite fun to tinker w/... #iphoneaddicts
Someone will have to go back in time and cast Bill Gates in a John Hughes film, wherein he plays the nerd. Keep him and his machines separated. #iphoneaddicts
It's really sad to see that phone conversations are now higher priority than human conversations. We grew up with cell phones strapped to our hips before. Why is it so important now? I have been in too many conversations where people will stop talking to me to answer their cell phones.
People now get angry at me when I don't answer my cell phone right away. Sometimes I'm busy, sometimes I turn it on mute, sometimes I don't want to talk to anyone right now. #iphoneaddicts
My biggest pet peeve is that during dinner if BF and I are arguing over a trivial fact he'll go for his damn bb to look it up. I used to tolerate it but I put my foot down recently. Now I'm like, "check it after dinner!" #iphoneaddicts
@bluebears: I actually would do exactly what your boyfriend did. When you are in a debate and you know there's a fact out there to support your stance and all it takes is a little clickity clack to prove it will override your's or anybody's request. Plus it may give you a chance to gloat if he can't prove it or you can find something yourself to substantiate your claims. Your best bet would be to use his crutch as your weapon. He'll most likely not whip it out the next time. He may fear you'll use it against him. #iphoneaddicts
@bluebears: I hate when there's something I can't remember, like who wrote a book or the actor in a movie, and my husband wants to whip out the iPhone to find out. I finally started saying, "NO. LET MY BRAIN DO ITS WORK." #iphoneaddicts
@bluebears: Deciding to get the phone out to look something up is one thing. But doing it with absolutely no warning is what bugs the hell out of me. It will be like, Conversation is happening…BOOM full attention turned to iphone. And I'm like, "Excuse me, hello, you are being rude, what just happened?" And he's like, "I'm looking up [whatever], geez, don't get huffy." Yeah, hi, I can't tell what you're looking up. You could be texting your other wife for all I know. #iphoneaddicts
I know how she feels. My ex got up in the middle of sex with me, while I'm still naked and waiting for him to finish me off to check his iPhone. Yeah, I was way too pissed to let him apologize or explain his way out of that. My self esteem took a hell of a hit that day. His iPhone was more interesting then sex with me.;( #iphoneaddicts
sounds like it's time to find a new boyfriend. when having sex with you becomes just another multi-task, what makes him so wonderful that you need to keep him? #iphoneaddicts
@i'vemadeahugemistake: Thanks ladies. Yep, its sad when a machine becomes more interesting then a human being. I hope his iPhone breaks one day from all the attention.Lol. #iphoneaddicts
@Sleuthy Sleuthstein: Once in high school my then-boyfriend had been ignoring me for so long while playing WoW that I stripped naked and laid down on his bed to see how long it would take him to notice. Too. Damn. Long. I wound up getting dressed and walking downstairs while he frantically screamed "No! No! I'm sorry! I'm Sorry! Wait! I JUST HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE I'M SIGNING OFF!" #iphoneaddicts
@Sleuthy Sleuthstein: See, I might have made reference to the probability of his being a dead person, instead of a live person, at that point. But I am snarky like that.
When Cary Tennis is good, he's really good -- but when he's bad, he's AWFUL. His answer to this letter was freakin' useless, IMHO. Sit in silence for five minutes and then ask each other "what do you need?" Put down the bong, Cary. #iphoneaddicts
My bf's a book collector -- he has no interest in gadgets or video games -- but he still gets that glazed-eye look when he's fondling a new book. I can't tell if that is more or less geeky than being a gadget addict. #iphoneaddicts
@Mary McCarthyite: I think the glazed-eye look as it applies to the obsession, be it professional or personal, might be attached to the Y chromosome. #iphoneaddicts
@quietlygoingmad: I understand "the look" because I work in the book industry. But when I go home I don't want to continue talking about books! #iphoneaddicts
@Mary McCarthyite: now that i can understand. i'm an event planner--and my worst nightmare is when friends send me messages wanting to know this that or the other about arrangements for some meeting or event. it's also teh reason i don't through parties--being a hostess=extension of my career. #iphoneaddicts
Well it's hardly MY fault that gadget addiction has deadened my ability to interpret human emotion and all I can understand these days is emoticons! Maybe if she would have sent me a ":(" I would have known something was up!
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Needless to say, I had about 2/3 of my friends disappear. The other 1/3 have all said how much they like the real communication so much better and that they feel our friendships have gotten better or gotten back to what they used to be before the influx of all this "convenience".
And I feel so much more connected to those people--I feel like our friendships are real again. #iphoneaddicts
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Also, why are people incapable of communicating via private messages on facebook? I took down my wall within months of starting my page and the result? First people thought they were on a limited view page and felt shunned. Then when I assured them they were not, they just stopped talking to me. Because if the world can't see, I guess it's not worth it. #iphoneaddicts
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I have been a tech-widower... But recovered, now matured - I rarely even talk on the phone in the car at all anymore. Tech is no substitute for what remains of the clean air...
That said, I just got a Palm Pre, and it is quite fun to tinker w/... #iphoneaddicts
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Someday in the near future, someone will have to go back in time and give Steve Jobs AIDS. #iphoneaddicts
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Someone will have to go back in time and cast Bill Gates in a John Hughes film, wherein he plays the nerd. Keep him and his machines separated. #iphoneaddicts
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People now get angry at me when I don't answer my cell phone right away. Sometimes I'm busy, sometimes I turn it on mute, sometimes I don't want to talk to anyone right now. #iphoneaddicts
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@UGAdawg: this is why I allowed it forever, but lately it just started to grate on my nerves. #iphoneaddicts
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There are stats to back that posit, you know. And so there are days when I think it's a plot. But I read a lot of Huxley and Orwell as a child.
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I'll stop there. #iphoneaddicts
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sounds like it's time to find a new boyfriend. when having sex with you becomes just another multi-task, what makes him so wonderful that you need to keep him? #iphoneaddicts
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Live girlfriend who needs something takes priority over live anonymous people pretending to shoot at things with you.
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#cuteshoes #iphoneaddicts
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#cuteshoes look is more #wildeye. See left.
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