I feel dirty [Cell Phones]

What makes a cell phone evil anyway? Beeping isn’t that bad… Get a tone that sounds like something, then :stuck_out_tongue:

Or is it just because the whole concept feels so alien in the beginning? Heck, My cellphone business is usually just a bunch of text messaging with friends (They also charge less for a text message too, y’know… “Wanna play smash today? Me and Gon are comin’!” - “Yeah, sure. Wanna pick up a pepsi max for me from the store on the way?”), maybe a few calls if it’s my parents or something.

As for situations like Weiila’s…

Silent mode

Much better, eh?

I did a 20 odd page essay on mobile phones for college. It convinced me that they are the devil’s tools (don’t ask me to quote from it though, cos I’ve lost the damn thing :P).

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I have a cell phone, and it’s great. It really can help you if you’re in an emergency, and is a good thing for keeping track of phone numbers and such.

It’s the jerks that don’t turn it off that are to blame. They must all be hunted down and beaten to death with cardboard tubes.

I got a cell phone for my birthday, I gave it to my dad since I never use it though :-\

it’s just that whenever I am walking around, and I come across a bench with two people sitting on it, and they have their backs turned to each other as they yack on two cell phones, it just gives me a strange feeling. I guess it’s progress, but still, if I was a film director or a writer, that would definitely be an image I’d use.

and maybe we should start an anti-cell phone pool, and whoever’s the last one to go gets the pot o’ cash :stuck_out_tongue:

I have one, but I only ever use when I need a lift or something, or emergencies. So it just sits there gathering dust most days.

And I actually know someone who can text, as fast as you could read the message. Which is just so weird!

Originally posted by Mabatsekker
[b]What makes a cell phone evil anyway? Beeping isn’t that bad… Get a tone that sounds like something, then :stuck_out_tongue:

Or is it just because the whole concept feels so alien in the beginning? Heck, My cellphone business is usually just a bunch of text messaging with friends (They also charge less for a text message too, y’know… “Wanna play smash today? Me and Gon are comin’!” - “Yeah, sure. Wanna pick up a pepsi max for me from the store on the way?”), maybe a few calls if it’s my parents or something.

As for situations like Weiila’s…

Silent mode

Much better, eh? [/b]

You live in Finland, you’re biased.

And Nokia is crap. They explode.

Most people who call me have learned to expect that I won’t answer the telephone and email me instead. Telephones scare me. Probably some twisted person who created a childhood trauma from telling me telephones was powered by little green gnomes. nod, nod

Actually, I don’t even know where my cell is at the moment. I should make a call so I can find it ^^;

And… well, I was given a cell outta the blue aswell - ditto with all my friends. But then again, if you knew my friends, you’d know why they had to be given cell phones -_-

(#¤&%& increased use of alcohol by ages ranging from14 to 21…)

Originally posted by Merlin
I fear that I’m going to be the last of the mohicans when it comes to not owning a cell phone. Must…resist…communicative instrumentality…

I’m with you, Piano Man!

Grabs his field knife and runs off into the underbrush

Are you saying there is something wrong with people who have cell phones? Some people have a very valid reason for having one, such as me. I usually move 2-3 times a year since I don’t live in dorms at my school, and I like to travel back and forth between here and home during the summer. It’s a lot cheaper than installing a land line EVERY time I move into a new apartment or room.

People who are miffed at the whole “people can call you at any time” thing, just don’t answer. Or answer and hang up. Eventually people won’t call you.

Originally posted by Urkani
Caleb, that’s mostly what I do to my mother’s if I hear it go off, start screaming and shouting at it, calling it a devil brick until it stops. I hate the things.

Mine is more of a devil’s penny sweet. They’re now getting ridiculously small. It also sits charging half the day, as I don’t take it into school. Having it go off d-way through college is baddd, especially since my Silent mode isn’t.

I have a cell phone. I use it only to get in touch with other people over important matters if no other phone is available. If I’m not calling someone or just checking to see if I was called, it stays off. See, I wouldn’t really need one if places still used, you know, phone booths. Go look around. In the US at the very least, phone booths and just phone stands at like a grocery store or whatnot are almost non-existant. Basically, if I want to find one, I have to find a Waffle House.

And Merlin, is this bet like Master of Your Domain? :stuck_out_tongue:

Yes, my phone is the devil’s tool because I use it to avoid long distance charges through the dorm. Oh, damn, I shouldn’t have had a cell phone when I was rearended too. Then I wouldn’t have been able to call the police. What about when I desperately need to get in touch with people? Yeah, cell phones suck! jumps on the bandwagon

Originally posted by Merlin
I fear that I’m going to be the last of the mohicans when it comes to not owning a cell phone. Must…resist…communicative instrumentality…

You are not alone.

Mind you, it is also simply not economical for me to get one; I receive very few calls and I do not feel like spending money on something like that.

Originally posted by Merlin
[b]it’s just that whenever I am walking around, and I come across a bench with two people sitting on it, and they have their backs turned to each other as they yack on two cell phones, it just gives me a strange feeling. I guess it’s progress, but still, if I was a film director or a writer, that would definitely be an image I’d use.

and maybe we should start an anti-cell phone pool, and whoever’s the last one to go gets the pot o’ cash :stuck_out_tongue: [/b]
I’m in, casue I don’t have the money for one, nor will in a while.

My parents give me the choice every year, Do I want a cell phone or more video games and animes. guess what I choose.

I know cell phones have uses, and I don’t think I particularly hate them. But it’s getting to the point these days where if you tell someone you don’t own a cell phone, they look at you as if you just said you believe in witches or something. They just weird the crap out of me, that’s all.

And what’s this master of domain thing anyway?

Originally posted by Zero
Oh, and if one of you gets an N-Gage, I will harm you.

I’m buying an N-Gage. But not for use as a cell-phone, oh God no. It’s going to sit on my shelf next to my Tiger Game.com, and my two Neo Geo Pockets Color, and my Sega Nomad, and my Virtual Boy, and my Sega Game Gear, and my other useless handhelds.

BTW, my ring tone on my cell is the victory theme from FFVI. When people hear it in stores and stuff, they’re always like “WOW! Where did you get that!?!”