Reply #27: I am personally opposed to cellphones, [View All]

[necso]

and I would not (and do not) own one (although true emergency use is a tempting potential benefit); it just ain't worth it. First, I need (and want) nothing else that I have to schlep around everywhere like I'm some (and it's) lackey. Keys and wallet (with various minor deities tucked away within) are quite enough for me, thanks. I need no other object that I am forced to treat like it was some form of higher being (especially a higher being that can cause me problems if I neglect it.) Second, a cellphone is the kind of thing that people tend to overuse -- and grow dependent on. I don't need any more crap like that in my life. Third, the concept behind a cellphone is that you can (should be able to) take it almost anywhere, call out with it from almost anywhere -- and be called on it almost anywhere. Simply put, screw that. -- It's a flawed concept.

And yeah, you can turn it off, and you can filter calls and all that. But why take on making these decisions when you otherwise wouldn't have to? And if you have a cellphone, people (some anyway, and perhaps only eventually) will expect to be able to reach you anywhere and anytime (or at least in many places and at many times they otherwise would not). I find this a disturbing concept and more so since the superficiality of this kind of communication could (frequently) hardly be any greater, while it tends to isolate and distract one from the world around him.

Cellphones are slavery, and I am opposed to them, except for the grimmest necessity.


........./insanerant

Go with what the wife says... it's lots easier that way.

...But don't be too transparent about it. (And planning to lay any blame solely on the SO is generally bad planning.)