On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Jeff Miles<[email protected]> wrote:
> I agree with all. Have you ever texted? I tried once and realized how > stupid the concept was. Why not just call, and if they weren't available, > leave a voice message? Text messaging is stupid. I'd never pay for it as a > parent. I don't use it as an adult. So my feeling is, unless you're camping > or elsewhere needing emergency contact, cell phones are a pain in the butt, > especially when given to children. Some studies have apparently found that most cell phone usage is simply related to something that birds do all the time. Birds send out messages to each other in the form of songs, chirps or tweets. These streams of messages basically say something along the lines of, "I am here. Where are you?" This is what most people primarily use their cell phones for, a series of calls back and forth to each other asking the same question, "I am here. Where are you?" Or, "Where are you? I am here." Kinda silly as an ongoing, usually unnecessary exercise. Next time you are able to overhear folks placing ot receiving a cell phone call, see how many of those are apparently initiated primarily to identify the location of the other party. You will be surprised at how often thisis done. Chances are you do it routinely, often as the very first query posed to the person who answers, but without even realizing how inane such usage can be. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
