TheOrcKing Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 From USA Today, here is a less serious article that I found interesting. I was the first person I knew to have a cellphone in my car in 1983. At that point it was intriguing. Now I just see it as a ball and chain. I don't want to be that available to the world. I don't want to share every single thing I do. I look around the airport, and every single person is oblivious to the world around them. They don't live in the moment. I've made a conscious choice to not spend all my time ... looking down at a device. I refuse to do it. So there you have it. I'm a Luddite. But I'm a high-tech Luddite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Twitter is just an information source if you want it to be. You don't have to tweet anything or follow idiots. I think Facebook is High School all over again and makes people feel bad about their current lives. I really dislike it. I have to agree with him though, people are so immersed in their phones and Ipads that they forget how to act in the real world. People are more rude, self centered and inconsiderate than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskers1236 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I gave up Facebook a couple years ago and have never Twitter-ed. Complete waste of time outside of seeing what friends are up to, which why I started Facebook. But that became people ranting a raving a posting pictures of their food. Dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy_bricks Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Twitter is just an information source if you want it to be. You don't have to tweet anything or follow idiots. I think Facebook is High School all over again and makes people feel bad about their current lives. I really dislike it. I have to agree with him though, people are so immersed in their phones and Ipads that they forget how to act in the real world. People are more rude, self centered and inconsiderate than ever. I'm not on FB, but the wife is, she shows me stuff sometimes that makes me feel pretty damn good about myself, there are some real losers out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 "I hate it. I hate everyone else's tweets, too. They're boring. What can you say in 140 characters? I can't even clear my throat in 140 characters." Same goes for Facebook. Finally, I have something in common with James Cameron. Now if I can get my hands on the same amount of $ that he has... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Twitter is just an information source if you want it to be. You don't have to tweet anything or follow idiots. I think Facebook is High School all over again and makes people feel bad about their current lives. I really dislike it. I have to agree with him though, people are so immersed in their phones and Ipads that they forget how to act in the real world. People are more rude, self centered and inconsiderate than ever. I'm an IT guy and I don't have a cell phone... for that exact reason. I refuse to be accessible all the time to anyone including for work and I know myself - I'd be one of those rude people always looking at their phones. I have an iPod Touch that I use at home where I'd be accessible via regular phone anyways. I like Facebook to keep in touch with good friends who've moved away but I don't just "friend" anyone so my social circle is limited to people I really do enjoy reading about what's going on. There are a couple who like to take pictures of their food in a restaurant, but most of my friends" like to post funny status updates or post pictures of their kids and other interesting things they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauromosis Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I know what you mean Ed...It's a forum for bragging about one's life. I'd quit but it's becoming the place to find out about babies, marriages, and people are using it to organize social events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboy Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 He has a point for sure. I sometimes use Facebook to promote my business, but the social end of it is utter tedium. I only ever go on twitter if there is an amazing news story breaking or something, it can be good for that, thought not the most reliable source of info to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS9Wte1gX9g This sums up my opinion on social media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 This sums up my opinion on social media. No hav 5mins 2 c vid. #hunting4EXOSUIT :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 " They don't live in the moment" - he fails to realize that they are living the moment, it just "the moment" is not what it used to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I think the "selfie" is the end of mankind as we know it... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 And i think this one is the best satire about the point Cameron is making. See around marker 1:37, though you may want to watch entire 1:37 sequence leading to it, since it is kinda funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I only have a work Blackberry and yes, it sucks. I'd like to have Internet access handy from time-to-time for checking prices and such, but I can live without it. I did sign-up for Twitter the other day, because Jeff Mack said, "Oooooh, look at this cool Twitter Daily Deals thing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I think the "selfie" is the end of mankind as we know it... I think Martha Stewart making selfies from a drone is the end of mankind as we know it... http://time.com/3053003/martha-stewart-drone/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I think Martha Stewart making selfies from a drone is the end of mankind as we know it... http://time.com/3053003/martha-stewart-drone/ Personal drones are going to get some people beat up and/or killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No More Monkeys Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Personal drones are going to get some people beat up and/or killed. If i have conceal carry license, would it be legal to weaponize my personal drone? I would dare them to try to beat/kill me then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 If i have conceal carry license, would it be legal to weaponize my personal drone? I would dare them to try to beat/kill me then... I can see drones as the new clay pigeons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy_bricks Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I can see drones as the new clay pigeons... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXwQVFt8Ho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrymc4677 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I think the "selfie" is the end of mankind as we know it... Let's see your "duck face" Ed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Let's see your "duck face" Ed! I don't do selfies. I would make too many people jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 My hero! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltyoneal Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 It would be nice to have a small army of drones to hunt for Lego clearance deals in your area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justafrog Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Every generation freaks out about changes - in technology, in music, in society, you name it. Television and rock and roll music were going to be the end of us all at one point. Texting and Twitter are the new bogeymen. People are people and we learn from each other, there's no point in blaming it on the poor machines or musical notes. When I was pregnant with my first child, I asked the mom of the nicest, best-behaved young adults I've ever known what her parenting secrets were. She said it was simple - always treat your children exactly the way you want them to treat you and others. From the time her children were infants, she knocked on their doors and waited for their permission (just a few seconds for a newborn who couldn't give it, but for actual permission by the time they were toddlers) to enter their bedrooms. Guess who had children who never had any problem respecting anyone else's privacy? Treat people the way you would like to be treated. Some of them were raised wrong enough it won't help, they'll still be what they were taught to be. Many of them, however, will respond in exactly the tone and attitude you use with them, because someone along the line treated them with enough respect or compassion that they know how to reciprocate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 A little late but I thought this was appropriate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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