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Do Cell Phones Make Us Stupid?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-like-the-purty-colors dept.

Noodleroni writes "I came across this article on MSNBC that discusses why it seems cell phone users are so stupid sometimes. A very interesting read." Absolutely no scientific basis in this - 'cept for the DoCoMo study, but it still seems true.

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  1. The chicken or the egg by DavidLeblond · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cell phones don't make people stupid, they just bring a lot of them to light.

    1. Re:The chicken or the egg by TheBillGates · · Score: 5, Funny

      Kind of like how AOL brings out the idiots onto the internet?

  2. here's the thing... by digital_milo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mostly, when you were at the grocery store before cell phones, you had an inkling that other folks were dumb, but they mostly kept silent.

    Now with phones, you actually can hear them talk and they've removed any doubt about their intellect.

  3. Wrong! by r_j_prahad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cell phones don't make you stupid. Owning a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) makes you stupid, which then causes you to go out and buy a cell phone due to your dramatically decreased intelligence.

    Just what is it about the combination of blonde hair, motherhood, a cell phone, and a big gas-guzzling SUV that destroys brain cells so completely? I'm not being arbitrary here, I had to fish one of these bimbos out of my front lawn last week... she didn't see the stopped schoolbus at the corner in time so she used my hedge as a deceleration device. She was still on the phone when the cops came.

    1. Re:Wrong! by r_j_prahad · · Score: 5, Funny

      More like, how many intelligent women do you know?

      At least one.... my wife. Any husband who would answer otherwise seriously lacks intelligence. Or a desire to live.

  4. Re:Stupid Cell Phone Users by adagioforstrings · · Score: 5, Funny

    Soooo...

    Rats shouldn't use cell phones?