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Cell Phone Is The Most Hated Invention
Romeo Elias Cabrera writes "The most hated invention in America -although also one of the most used- is the cell phone, according a
recent survey. The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, an annual survey by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that among adults asked what invention they hate most but can't live without, 30 percent said the cell phone."
Second on the list: "Marriage"
I was going to put a sig here, but I had already submitted the message.
What other invention can disrupt virtually any event, almost always at the worst time? (Besides CmdrTaco bringing out nude Natalie Portman pictures...)
Speaking of which, I welcome our new Annoying Cellphone Overlords.
Most hated invention: SCO Unixware
Maybe cell phones wouldn't have gotten such a bad rap in this survey if they hadn't done it by y'know... calling people on the phone. :)
..must annoy
From the article, " Alarm clocks were a close second..."
You need it, but damn do you want to break it sometimes.
"where words meet intent, lies rhetoric's lament"
I thought it would of been the condom.
And why did you staple the trout to the RAM?
or the talking bass fish?
the dancing santa?
or anything build around the dancing santa skeleton?
the dancing baby?
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I hate the SUV.
Read Epic the first RPG novel.
How can you live without a chicken-with-a-pully-in-the-middle? How else could I get to work?
Whats wrong with auto guns? They are great you only have to press the trigger once.
Even more so, in a more situation more slashdot readers are familiar with - we all hate fucking your mom, but where else are you going to find a $3 cum-gurgling whore? Especially one that you can punch in the face before, during, and after fucking her?
Now our kids stay home and play video games all day. Our daily socialization is now just emails. Instead of regular postcards we get ecards. Instead of going to flea market or yard sales, we use ebay. Instead of waiting every month for our playboy, we download images off usenet. Instead of phone sex, we have webcams and instant messenger. Those pictures of your mom at mardi gras no longer are confined to some guys wallet but are now for everyone in the world to see. That video of you pretending be a jedi master sword fighting is no longer local joke but a worldwise joke.
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
Turn it off and the boss freaks out and fires you.
Sounds like the boss is the most hated invention.
The cell phone was also voted most likely to get shoved up someone's ass in arguments following minor traffic accidents.
Who would have imagined?
You're right. I'm a real dipshit. I offer my deepest apology, and promise to turn off my computer and destroy it when I'm done with this comment.
I am the lowest form of life, and deserve to die a horrible, painful death at the hands of midgets wielding sporks.
I just hate the bill.
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I Hate \.
Easy, dig up his grandmother and save your $3 for another night.
My, how short our collective memories are...
I totally agree. I mean, how could you forget all of - shit, hold on real quick. Call coming in..
It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
State of the Union Drinking Game suggestions:
... 1 drink...
...2 drinks...
.... 1 drink...
...Look wistfully towards the heavens; then finish your drink...
...1 tequila shot, or 1 gulp of cerveza
1. Whenever George W mentions the liberation of the freedom-loivng Iraqi people, the last person to grab his throat in a choking motion has to drink four shots of beer...
4. Whenever George W metnions the phrase "sanctity of marriage," take a shot of beer. The first time this happens, the last person to finish has to drink two more shots of beer and do the dishes during the Democratic Response...
7. If Vice President Dick Cheney or First Lady Laura bush are caught on camera not paying attention and talking to somebody else while Puppet-Boy is still speaking, drink a whole beer.
ibya or Qaddafi
Any reference to the average family of 4
Aliens (as reference to immigrants)
Aliens (as reference to extraterrestrials)
Anything in Spanish (cualquiera cosa en espanol)
is not the phones in themselves, it's that people have no education and no respect for everyone else. It's a simple matter of not being annoying: don't use your cellphone when doing so turns you into a hazard for other people (driving), be smart when choosing the phone's alerts (don't select your loudest, most annoying ringtone when you're at a classical concert) and for god's freaking sake, DON'T YELL WHEN ON THE PHONE!!
I really think that cell phones are an integral part of ... umm ... hang on a sec, my cell is ringing...
... crap! I forgot the point I was trying to make.
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The large company I work for introduced their own PTT/cell phone combo years before Nextel started marketing them to the general public, mainly for use by its employees and contractors.
It used to be that whenever I heard that characteristic studder beep (presumably invented by the marketing guys at Motorola, not Nextel) in a public place, I would look around expecting to see a fellow employee. Now I glance around and inevitably end up looking at some kids and a soccer mom. Kinda threw me off-balance at first.
PTT is very useful in the office environment... especially when half your team is geographically dispersed. It kinda serves the same purpose as "peeking over the cubical wall". It's less formal than the telephone.
Some of PTT's abuses are rather amusing: I went out to lunch w/two guys in my group. Their team is in a common PTT talkgroup. Riding in the car, one of them would talk to the rest of the group, and it would echo from the other guy's unit ~150 ms later. All sort of reverb and ricochet effects.
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True, but your using it doesn't annoy everyone within a 10 foot radius.
I wonder if they called people on their cell phones to survey them!!! No wonder it's hated!
People who ARE tools, now that's a different issue entirely...
Oh come on people, you must stop bringing SCO into every discussion. Sick minds!
while sco {
wget -O
}
Disrupting religious events is always a good thing. So the girl wasn't really to blame. Had it been at the theatre or the opera...
1. Be sure to talk loudly in restaurants. Laugh raucously. People will be impressed by how much you enjoy your cell phone.
2. In addition to the above, be sure your conversations include intimate, private details about your life. People love hearing about your lanced boil while standing in line to order their food.
3. Even though you talk loudly about the most confidential aspects of your life, be sure to complain often about invasion of privacy.
4. Find the most annoying ring tone available for your phone, then crank it up! Your ring tone says a lot about you, and everyone is keenly interested in your personal tastes. Best places to crank up your ring tone: Waiting rooms, church, funerals.
5. Don't turn your phone off when entering the movie theater or your child's music recital. You're an important person, and cannot be out of touch for any period of time. After all, they can catch that movie later on DVD, and it's not like they haven't heard their kid play that stupid song a million times.
6. When possible, always talk while driving. Multitask if possible: If you're female put on your makeup and chat on the cellphone. If you're male, cradle your teensy cellphone in the crook of your neck while making notes. Don't worry about concentrating on your driving. Signaling for lane changes and looking out for pedestrians are over-rated activities anyway.
7. Always choose a plan with "walkie-talkie" mode, if available. Nothing impresses the boss and your coworkers more than to have your wife loudly blurt "What are you doing?" in the middle of a business meeting.
8. Lastly, be sure to get a phone with a built-in digital camera. People love having their pictures taken and plastered all over the internet.
Proverbs 21:19