Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135

[Thufir]

Originally Posted by Dragonrider

(she's not a *professor* - no PhD)

Have to point out, it takes more than a PhD to be a professor.

My term finishes on friday. Were it not for the nonsensical errors in my presentation, I would be pretty much done with working already. As it is, I may be working up to my final day.

[HotAndCold]

9-year-olds are awfully effective and making one feel old.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Originally Posted by HotAndCold

9-year-olds are awfully effective and making one feel old.

Dude, he got an iPod for his 2nd birthday? O_o

Lucky kids these days... >.<

[Inhuman Bot]

Originally Posted by Cobra_Ikari

Dude, he got an iPod for his 2nd birthday? O_o

Lucky kids these days... >.<

*reads*

wat.

Just.

wat.

[Boo]

At least it wasn't an iPhone. By gods that'd scare me. It really would. I'd very nearly run away in denial I'd be so scared. Kids shouldn't be getting iPods, zoons, or anything technological until much later. Honestly. They should be going outside, or simply looking around for things to do! Dammit. Childrens' creativity and insight is going way downhill.

[Trobby]

...iPods...for your 2nd birthday.

...that..that is just wrong.

D< And what is with kids these days who all have cell phones? I swear, what do they need them for? They're kids! They shouldn't be racking up a phone bill!

...Man now I DO feel old.

[Phase]

Well I feel AWESOME.

No school tomorrow, plus I just got my new ThinkGeek soundtrack t-shirt in the mail!

Woot.

[Jack Squat]

Originally Posted by Introbulus

...iPods...for your 2nd birthday.

...that..that is just wrong.

D< And what is with kids these days who all have cell phones? I swear, what do they need them for? They're kids! They shouldn't be racking up a phone bill!

...Man now I DO feel old.

I think the thought is that it's so they can keep in contact with their parents when they're elsewhere - though I personally just think that's lazy parenting.

I only got my cell because I started driving and my parents wanted me to have something on me in case of emergencies. I hardly ever use the darn thing.

On a tangential note, I'm probably one of the last people in the world who don't have texting. I just don't see the draw of it.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Jack Squat

On a tangential note, I'm probably one of the last people in the world who don't have texting. I just don't see the draw of it.

I don't like texting. It's like saying "I want to talk to you, but I don't want to hear you."

At least that's my thought. Also: my cellphone is my family's land-line. We don't own an actual land-line.

[Kneenibble]

Agreed: texting is lame. Especially when people do it while meandering through crowded public areas.
I don't have a cellphone at all, and my home phone is old-fashioned with a ring that actually physically rings a bell. Love that big, bright sound. No rotary though, alas.

[Trobby]

I don't text either, but for an entirely different reason. Why, if I have a cell phone, would I use it to send you text? If I wanted to send you text, I would use an e-mail or an IM or heck, in a pinch, I could send you a message on Facebook. :p

I think the whole "unlimited texting" thing is what draws people. When you have that on your plan, if you do, then it's basically a way to contact someone for absolutely nothing. No used up minutes of your plan or anything.

You want to know what really makes no sense though?

TEXTING WHILE YOU DRIVE A CAR!

D: Good God, people. We're supposed to be the intelligent lifeform on this planet. Though I guess, if you're texting while you drive, the "intelligent" part is already questionable...

[Assassin89]

I don't like texting either; it's a little cumbersome. My cell does have a camera though As for ring tone, I usually keep my cell on vibrate, meaning it doesn't matter.

[Pyrian]

People in forums who don't like texting? I'm a little surprised, actually. I like texting for the exact same reasons I like forums and e-mail.

[Trobby]

Originally Posted by Pyrian

People in forums who don't like texting? I'm a little surprised, actually. I like texting for the exact same reasons I like forums and e-mail.

But see, like I already said, if you can use forums and e-mails, why bother with texting? It seems redundant...and it's not like texting on your cell phone is any easier than using a keyboard.

[HotAndCold]

Originally Posted by Introbulus

But see, like I already said, if you can use forums and e-mails, why bother with texting? It seems redundant...and it's not like texting on your cell phone is any easier than using a keyboard.

It's a lot easier than using a keyboard when you don't have a computer handy. Seriously, most all my texting is done in public (and is usually a message to one of my parents that I'm done whatever I'm doing and need to be picked up).

[Fostire]

Originally Posted by Boo

I don't like texting. It's like saying "I want to talk to you, but I don't want to hear you."

Not really, the real usefulness of texting is not for having a conversation, but rather to send a unidirectional message. For example if I want to tell my mother that I'll be home late I'll just send her a text. I just want to let her know about it, not discuss it. If she, on the other hand, does want to discuss it then she can call me.

[Deth Muncher]

Originally Posted by Fostire

Not really, the real usefulness of texting is not for having a conversation, but rather to send a unidirectional message. For example if I want to tell my mother that I'll be home late I'll just send her a text. I just want to let her know about it, not discuss it. If she, on the other hand, does want to discuss it then she can call me.

True. Not to mention, if you're in a position where you can't really make noise (i.e. a phone call), a text is a handy alternative.

[Flickerdart]

After 9 straight hours of work, I'm done my answer outlines for tomorrow's exam. 3 essay questions, 3 pages single-spaced each. Closed book only, Final Destination. Only outlines, though, if detailed ones. Now not to forget them...

[Rutskarn]

Finals are over, Muppet Christmas Carol is on, laptop is warm, got a post cooking. It's glory.

[Flickerdart]

Originally Posted by Rutskarn

Finals are over, Muppet Christmas Carol is on, laptop is warm, got a post cooking. It's glory.

[Assassin89]

Originally Posted by Rutskarn

Finals are over, Muppet Christmas Carol is on, laptop is warm, got a post cooking. It's glory.

I liked Kermit in that movie. The human, not so much.

[Rutskarn]

Originally Posted by Flickerdart

Sounds like somebody's got finals.

@Assassin89: You don't like Michael Caine? Blasphemy, madness, and heresy.

[Phase]

Originally Posted by Assassin89

I liked Kermit in that movie. The human, not so much.

...

It's Michael Caine...

That's just...

[Flickerdart]

Originally Posted by Rutskarn

Sounds like somebody's got finals.

@Assassin89: You don't like Michael Caine? Blasphemy, madness, and heresy.

Read the post directly above yours. If I didn't know better, I might have thought you did that on purpose.

[Rutskarn]

Pssh. As if I read Random Banter before posting.

[Coidzor]

texting can, however, work when you're too out of breath to carry on a conversation and/or want to get a specific instruction out that doesn't need an immediate response.

...Also, Texting while naked is strangely liberating.

[Rutskarn]

As is posting while naked.

This laptop really is quite warm.

[Coidzor]

Lucky. Mine has a metal exterior and I haven't found a cooling mat for it yet, so I'd just burn off my leg hair...

Hmm. I wonder if that'd work to help get rid of all of my leg hair....

[Rutskarn]

I have lost some hair. No leg hair yet, though.

[Phase]

I need two things.

1. A haircut.
2. A beard.

These problems may be connected...