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    Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study

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    Image of IpsoFacto IpsoFacto
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I think that once you have a cell phone, you realize how awesome and convenient it is that you can't imagine ever going back. How many people get rid of their cell phones? it's much easier to refuse to try something and bitch about all the stuff you think you will hate about it than give it up after you have gotten used to having it. Most people I know who still wont get a cell phone are cheap fucks who know they can sponge off all their friends whenever they need to make a call. Or they really cant afford it. #cellphones
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/23/09

    @IpsoFacto: Or terrorists. (omg!) #cellphones
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    Image of nandoodles nandoodles
    10/24/09

    @IpsoFacto: I disagree. I relied on my cell phone for years (like everyone else), then did 6 months abroad where I didn't have the option to whimsically call or text my friends whenever I felt like it. Now that I'm back in the States, I still have a phone and friends, but got rid of the text plan and value keeping my thoughts to myself and waiting to see my friends in person to communicate with them-- without these bruthish neanderthal text messages.
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    Image of IpsoFacto IpsoFacto
    10/27/09

    @nandoodles: Yes, texting is the worst. But giving up a cell when out of the country is the norm for non-rich people and you say you still have your phone. I guess my point was kind of on the aspects other than purely social. Its not about being able to text idiotic minutiae to your friends or have long-winded conversations in public places. I think the thing that keeps many people so attached to their phones is more mundane stuff like calling ahead if traffic is bad, being able to find someone you are meeting in a crowd, emergencies of all shapes and sizes, etc etc. #cellphones
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I'm #1! I'm number 1! #cellphones
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    Image of TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I've found that cell phones are like someone just walking up and touching you. You're just living your life and then someone just reaches out and puts there hand on you. They're not trying to get your attention, don't want anything from you, they don't need anything, they're just walking around a store and then...they're just randomly touching you. Cell phones are not like a house phone (I don't have one of those either and I know I will probably die in a horrible accident because of it). With a house phone people call you because they want to talk, have some interesting news, they're checking to see how you are or maybe it's a heavily accented woman who dialed the wrong number, but there's a real reason to reach out and touch you.

    And cell phones aren't just calls. They're texts too. I HATE(d) texts. I don't understand them. What are they for? And I hate your LOLs. They make me physically ill, but that's another story.

    I'm 30.
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    10/23/09


    @TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing: #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @SidAndFinancy: Yes, I can still hear his low voice echoing in my head...but my point stands.
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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    10/23/09

    @TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing: I think you can disable incoming texts through the carrier, but I've always been too lazy to do so, as I only get one or two a month. If it increases, I'll investigate. I'm slightly 30 . #cellphones
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    10/23/09

    @TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing: point? #cellphones
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    Image of FrankieButtons FrankieButtons
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    What about the poors? I would guess about 15 percent of Americans live below the poverty line, and cell phones might not be a priority. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @FrankieButtons: Neither is reading comprehension a priority for many. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @SidAndFinancy: That's what I get for skimming. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @FrankieButtons: Or writing comprehension. "The poors"? Who says that.
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    10/23/09

    @hurleysusan: First time here? #cellphones
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    Image of DTurkin DTurkin
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I got one because it seemed like a good idea, but I hardly ever use it (I just don't like the things). I guess I fall into the unimportant category. #cellphones
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    Image of AppleBrownBettyComingThrough AppleBrownBettyComingThrough
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    Ah, but there is one thing that trumps all these categories: having a kid. There's not one person I know who has a kid of a certain age who doesn't have a cell phone.

    May I point out that all other "luxuries and freedoms" are blown out of the water as well with the arrival of one's precious darlings. #cellphones
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    Image of Meiyou Wenti Meiyou Wenti
    10/23/09

    @AppleBrownBettyComingThrough: All the more reason to not have a kid. #cellphones
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    Image of sparky sparky
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I work 8-10 hours a day in an office with a phone, and I'm home and awake on average another 4 hours in my apartment, which has a land line. A person who wants to reach me has at least a 14-hour/day window. If you need me only during the time I'm on the subway or at dinner or at a movie, then actually you don't know me and wouldn't be calling me anyway.

    I do not demand that everyone have one while I do not. However, if you are the kind of person who cannot make a plan to meet someone and stick to it, then yes the burden is on you to be accessible.

    I actually hate it when I have to call someone on a cell. First, your voice mail is always full. Second, you're always in some noisy street, restaurant, park, and usually you're also having a conversation with a person who is with you. Sound is muffled. I hear only two out of three words. Street noise is louder than you are. You're not actually paying attention or even talking to me. Third: I find out after 15 minutes that you're with your child, who is whining and misbehaving because you are on the phone. Get off the phone! Or I find out after 15 minutes that you're actually driving your car. Get off the phone! Or you're at dinner. Why are you on the phone when you've got someone right there in person to talk to?

    Obviously I've been thinking about this for a while. Thanks for listening. #cellphones
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/23/09

    @sparky: I've had work people call my cell phone and I'd pointedly told them not to burn my minutes - call me tomorrow unless the building is burning and there's more than five pints of blood staining the floors.
    My boss called me on it and I replied, "Buy me an iPhone and we'll continue this conversation then."
    Thankfully, he hasn't called my bluff. #cellphones
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    Image of sparky sparky
    10/23/09

    @Trai_Dep: @LvV: It's unanimous, then: cartoon figures united! #cellphones
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    If you don't want anyone to call you, just get an iPhone. My calls get dropped so often, people got tired of taking to me. Or maybe, they get tired of talking to me, so they hang up and blame it on my phone. I don't care though, as long as I can check Gawker every fifteen minutes.
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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    10/23/09

    @Niko Bellic: I think this goes for any phone on the AT&T network. #cellphones
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    Image of IpsoFacto IpsoFacto
    10/23/09

    @nirreskeya: Besides the iphone exclusivity, why the f does anyone even have at&t? EVERYONE i know on that carrier complains about the horrible service. #cellphones
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    10/25/09

    @Niko Bellic: It's not just o2! UK iPhones do exactly this thing too. Exasperating. People have been calling me more often, though, not less. #cellphones
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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    10/27/09

    @IpsoFacto: My only previous experience was with Verizon, and I think it was a grass-must-be-greener syndrome. I do really like the rollover minutes, so that in the rare months when I'm actually using my phone (usually during travel) I don't have to worry about suddenly drifting into $0.45/min territory. #cellphones
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    Image of thucyditron thucyditron
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study

    Even the homeless have cell phones. #cellphones
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    Image of easternsike easternsike
    10/23/09

    @thucyditron: they also eat mushroom risotto #cellphones
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    10/23/09

    @easternsike: I think that's bathroom risotto. #cellphones
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    We call my brother "the Unabomber." He has no cellphone. There you go. #cellphones
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    So the guy in the Brooklyn walk-up has neither a cell phone nor a house phone? #cellphones
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    10/23/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): I mean seriously--is he Amish or something? #cellphones
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    10/23/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): No, it's the the tool who is doing the visiting and annoying the dog who doesn't have a cell phone. #cellphones
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    10/23/09

    @bytememehard: Ah, thank you; I didn't get that either. What an asshole. #cellphones
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    Image of Oryx Hearts Crake Oryx Hearts Crake
    10/23/09

    @DahlELama:

    Not always. A lot of walkups in Bed Stuy (where I live) don't have working buzzers. And a lot of my friends in those walkups are so totally broke they don't have cellphones or landlines. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @Oryx Hearts Crake: In the time before cell phones, I still would have considered it an asshole move to disturb dogs belonging to someone else in order to get your friend's attention. Say you'll be there at 10:30, and show up at 10:30; that's how we used to do it in the olden days. #cellphones
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I made my SO get one this year. He actually needs one, because his friends and coworkers would call my cell trying to track him down.
    He tried the "I hate people being able to reach me anytime" routine, too.
    I have since found out that he just resents something else to keep track of along with his keys, wallet, glasses and child. #cellphones
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    10/23/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: I'm betting by "people" he means you. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @bytememehard: ouch #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @bytememehard: Totally hearted. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner: Velcro or SuperGlue can fix the "misplaced the kid... AGAIN!" thing in two seconds. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I just found out that a (new) friend of mine doesn't have a cell phone. I'm reconsidering our friendship.

    She says she doesn't want people to be able to reach her at anytime. You screen! My God. #cellphones
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    Image of autoclavicle autoclavicle
    10/23/09

    @squeakel: If someone thinks having a cell phone makes them more accessible, they're unimaginative. Before Google Voice, I didn't even listen to voice mail messages until after a few days went by because if someone is leaving me a message and not just texting me, they're probably someone I don't want to talk to or have news I don't want to hear. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @autoclavicle: i have a fear of checking voicemail along with reading mail. i seriously put it off for days. (voicemail) and weeks (snail mail.) email i'm pretty okay with, though. weird. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    Isn't David Sedaris famously cellphone free?
    Peter Beard is too, but his assistant has one, and Peter gives out the assistant's number to anyone who asks. #cellphones
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    cmd promoted this comment Swordfish was starred Swordfish was unstarred
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    10/23/09

    @Swordfish: My boss is like that with email - refuses to have one herself but certainly pimps out her assistant's address. Assistant then has to print out emails for boss to eventually read. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @Swordfish: and probably to any female who walks into his gallery. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @Swordfish: I worked with a writer once who didn't have email. He wrote exclusively on a typewriter, and then faxed the columns to the magazines. I retyped them every month into CopyDesk. It was kind of cute. #cellphones
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    Image of baabwajones baabwajones
    10/23/09

    In reply to Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study
    I don't have a cell phone because I hate the idea of being reachable at all times. That is what my pager isfor, and it has killed any desire that I may have ever had to be slave to a shrill electronic device. And no, I am not a cheap bastard.
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    10/23/09

    @baabwajones: There is something called "screening" -- you are not reachable if you don't answer it. So I'm not buying your excuse. #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @baabwajones: Dude, seriously? You still have a pager? Did I somehow wake up in 1994 this morning? #cellphones
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    10/23/09

    @baabwajones: I'm not reachable at all times. Sometimes I don't answer the phone, or I turn it off. #cellphones
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