I get along fine without a cell phone. I'm asking for one this Christmas because our school phones are always down, so it’s hard to call my parents to come pick me up. If I do get one I will not text, or give out the number to my friends. I'll probably get one of those plans where you can call 5 people all you want. And even then the five people will probably be my mom, my dad, my home phone, my brother (if he get's one too), and ... I don't know, my coke dealer?
Huh. Before I had a cell phone ((I got my cell phone when I started going to high school)) I was talking on our landline phone for hours per night talking to friends. Then again, I like talking a lot. Once I got my cell phone, it was sooo convenient. I didn't like texting then because I didn't have a plan for it, but I always had free nights and weekends so once it hit 9:00 every night I was calling up my peoples and chatting it up for hours. It saved my parents a lot of money since nights were free, haha. One of my phones even had the CONFERENCE CALL option. That was great... I could talk to 2 people in the same conversation, over a phone. The cell phone automatically came with caller ID, I could carry it with me everywhere, and I gained the freedom to stay late after school to just hang out with friends until I decided to take the train home, when I could just call my mom whenever I got to a certain train station. My social life bloomed, and it made my parents feel better about me taking the train home from school every day. Even though I didn't text all that often at first since I didn't originally have unlimited texts, so many of my friends preferred it, so I got into the habit of sending one message long texts whenever I couldn't just call them back real quick ((and tell them not to send me any more)). Then those jerks at T-Mobile raised the price TWICE and it was freaking impossible to keep the text bill below $10 (my monthly goal), and so for my 17th birthday I asked for unlimited texting. Now I feel like I'm obligated to text since I don't want to waste my texting plan, and I text alll the time.
I don't talk on the phone for hours per night anymore, but the only reason I don't is because I have a roommate who goes to sleep at a decent hour and I don't want to keep her up with my nocturnal style of life. Instead I settle with a webcam chat where I just don't talk and I type everything while my friends can talk on their end of the camera.
QueenQuenlin, why do you have such a problem with talking to friends over the phone? Just because you're afraid to run up the bill? Just put them in your fav 5 then! haha
I can get talking with some of my friends for hours. I just don't do it often. We normally talk over the computer or face to face. Plus most of my friends don't like to talk over the phone, so its sorta hard to talk for hours when they don't want to. That and I'm sorta anti-social.
There is a cell phone in my coat pocket. Sometimes I pull it out and turn it on for a couple seconds just to see if it's still working. I have not used it in months.
EDIT: I have never sent or recieved a text message via cell phone.
Huh. I thought I posted this at home, but I guess I forgot to actually hit the submit button...
I don't like texting in English, because I find it too time consuming. Texting in Asian languages is so much easier and faster, so after getting used to that I can't stand pushing all the buttons necessary to create a thought in English, especially considering I hate shorthand.
For example, if I were to say "let's meet at the train station" in Japanese, it is just ”駅で会う”. Four characters. In Chinese, it's 在火车站见面, just six characters. It requires more than just four or six button pushes, yes, but still much less than typing it in English.
Why with all those extra seconds I save, I can tie that other shoelace I've been meaning to do for a while.
Key thing to take home here is that I'm kinda old. They didn't really have cell phones when I was a kid. I remember when "car phones" were the big thing.
Well, there's also the part where I'm a computer nerd always at a computer who has friends that are also computer nerds who spend their time on computers. Email and IM are more convenient than phones in my case.
Meaning you lost respect for me for sending text messages?
You guys are freaking crazy. Texting is SO convenient.
I didn't lose any respect for you, texting is really convenient. It's just I find it pointless most of the time because you could so easily talk to them on the computer, actually meet up with them, or just CALL them with your PHONE.
I gained respect for him because he clearly shares my view on cell phones, in other words, not really having a view.
I liked Juno when I saw it, but don't actually think it deserves an Oscar. It was good, but just that: good.
As to cellphones, I text as if my life depended on it. Sometimes it really does, and it's so so much cheaper (at least here) to text a message than to call someone.
I dislike the prospect of texting because I don't want people to be able to be in constant contact with me. Plus I get annoyed enough when kids distract me at school, I'd be pissed if somebody sent me an obnoxious text message. However, If I did have a cellphone I would probably text all the time because I have an addictive personality.
So it's not like I can't see where you're coming from.
When i don't want to talk to people who text me, I ignore them. If I know I'm going to be busy or in a class or somewhere where I can't take any calls or texts, I turn the phone off. It's really a very useful feature. And I think most phones can be turned off.
But I can't turn off my phone. I may miss an emergency. Or a one-time only profession of love from my soul-mate. Or a limited time offer for discounted viagra.
But I can't turn off my phone. I may miss an emergency.
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Also although I admit that keeping the phone off could work, and telling people to shut up is a viable strategy. But that doesn't really defend a pro-cell position, they might be better described as tips to avoid texting.
Blob-of-Evil, you should be very ashamed right now. I just got back from a vacation and had to read 5 days worth of your posts. Please take my quote out of your sig, I don't want to be associated with you in the least bit.
Sounds to me like the kid just wants to vent. You know, when somebody's at an impressionable age and being stupid we can ignore them, insult them, or nurture them. Shame on you all. Who among us is being even a remotely responsible warden of our future?
I am excluded from being a warden of our future because I kill babies for a living.
Well, I do try to give grammar tips whenever possible... that's my contribution to the future in THIS space.
And yes, I do try to teach the children neat things. But I do seem to remember a certain intellectual offering of mine being completely overshadowed by Pokemon.... :hulk:
You kidding? I've learned an incredible amount of vocabulary off Pokemon games! I was three and reading when RED-Blue-Yellow came out and in third grade for Ruby Sapphire Emerald.
Obviously, being three, I learned a LOT of vocab from my Red Version:
Rival
Prof. (the abbreviation)
Challenge
Psychic
Just to name a few. My Ruby version had a successful hack completed on it AFTER beating the game and catching every pokemon in it except freakin Feebas and Milotic. The hack blessed me with a Feebas and this word, the name of a berry obtainable by hack:
Enigma
In the third grade, that is a big word indeed.
But I can't turn off my phone. I may miss an emergency. Or a one-time only profession of love from my soul-mate. Or a limited time offer for discounted viagra.
I bought viagra in a pub toilet a couple of weeks ago and took it just before a lecture.
My God, it was like Schrödinger's Penis for a couple of hours
You kidding? I've learned an incredible amount of vocabulary off Pokemon games! I was three and reading when RED-Blue-Yellow came out and in third grade for Ruby Sapphire Emerald.
Obviously, being three, I learned a LOT of vocab from my Red Version:
Rival
Prof. (the abbreviation)
Challenge
Psychic
Just to name a few. My Ruby version had a successful hack completed on it AFTER beating the game and catching every pokemon in it except freakin Feebas and Milotic. The hack blessed me with a Feebas and this word, the name of a berry obtainable by hack:
Enigma
In the third grade, that is a big word indeed.
I was mostly referring to the fact that my latest installment on the Old English thread was immediately derailed into a discussion of what God and Satan would be like as Pokemon trainers. If I have to spell it out explicitly.
But I can't turn off my phone. I may miss an emergency. Or a one-time only profession of love from my soul-mate. Or a limited time offer for discounted viagra.
?
One of those was meant to be sarcastic. I'll let you decide which one it is.
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I'll take $50 of circus tickets please.
Also: Link gives an article not found message. Sad.
I don't talk on the phone for hours per night anymore, but the only reason I don't is because I have a roommate who goes to sleep at a decent hour and I don't want to keep her up with my nocturnal style of life. Instead I settle with a webcam chat where I just don't talk and I type everything while my friends can talk on their end of the camera.
QueenQuenlin, why do you have such a problem with talking to friends over the phone? Just because you're afraid to run up the bill? Just put them in your fav 5 then! haha
EDIT: I have never sent or recieved a text message via cell phone.
You guys are freaking crazy. Texting is SO convenient.
I don't like texting in English, because I find it too time consuming. Texting in Asian languages is so much easier and faster, so after getting used to that I can't stand pushing all the buttons necessary to create a thought in English, especially considering I hate shorthand.
For example, if I were to say "let's meet at the train station" in Japanese, it is just ”駅で会う”. Four characters. In Chinese, it's 在火车站见面, just six characters. It requires more than just four or six button pushes, yes, but still much less than typing it in English.
Why with all those extra seconds I save, I can tie that other shoelace I've been meaning to do for a while.
Well, there's also the part where I'm a computer nerd always at a computer who has friends that are also computer nerds who spend their time on computers. Email and IM are more convenient than phones in my case.
I didn't lose any respect for you, texting is really convenient. It's just I find it pointless most of the time because you could so easily talk to them on the computer, actually meet up with them, or just CALL them with your PHONE.
I gained respect for him because he clearly shares my view on cell phones, in other words, not really having a view.
As to cellphones, I text as if my life depended on it. Sometimes it really does, and it's so so much cheaper (at least here) to text a message than to call someone.
So it's not like I can't see where you're coming from.
These are all solutions to a problem that's really a non-issue.
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Also although I admit that keeping the phone off could work, and telling people to shut up is a viable strategy. But that doesn't really defend a pro-cell position, they might be better described as tips to avoid texting.
I am excluded from being a warden of our future because I kill babies for a living.
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And yes, I do try to teach the children neat things. But I do seem to remember a certain intellectual offering of mine being completely overshadowed by Pokemon.... :hulk:
Obviously, being three, I learned a LOT of vocab from my Red Version:
Rival
Prof. (the abbreviation)
Challenge
Psychic
Just to name a few. My Ruby version had a successful hack completed on it AFTER beating the game and catching every pokemon in it except freakin Feebas and Milotic. The hack blessed me with a Feebas and this word, the name of a berry obtainable by hack:
Enigma
In the third grade, that is a big word indeed.
I bought viagra in a pub toilet a couple of weeks ago and took it just before a lecture.
My God, it was like Schrödinger's Penis for a couple of hours
I was mostly referring to the fact that my latest installment on the Old English thread was immediately derailed into a discussion of what God and Satan would be like as Pokemon trainers. If I have to spell it out explicitly.
One of those was meant to be sarcastic. I'll let you decide which one it is.