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Link "I believe that parents have a responsibility to their children not simply to throw a mobile phone at children and say 'There you go'." Yep. Edited by morriss at 14:23:11 11-01-2005 |
At last! No kids should have mobiles
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morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 19 years agobut what about when little britney needs money for a nose peircing how will she let us know if she's in class? -
morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agoRankin wrote:
but what about when little britney needs money for a nose peircing how will she let us know if she's in class?
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Sid-Nice 15,848 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAll mobile phones should be banned. .gif)
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Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThis is going to have a massive impact.
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morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSid Nice wrote:
All mobile phones should be banned.
I dunno, they have their 'practical' uses. But the whole 'being immersed in your phone' thing, games, tv, films makes me sick. I think when you're out of the house, you should be taking in the environment around you. Not sitting in your own little world disconnected from everything/one. -
morriss wrote:
Sid Nice wrote:
All mobile phones should be banned.
I dunno, they have their 'practical' uses. But the whole 'being immersed in your phone' thing, games, tv, films makes me sick. I think when you're out of the house, you should be taking in the environment around you. Not sitting in your own little world disconnected from everything/one.
Exactamundo. Your comment reflects why I dislike the hand-held concepts too. -
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Registered 20 years agoAnd people shouldn't read books or the paper while on a train journey or similar either as they are obviously cutting themselves off from the outside world as well. -
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Registered 18 years agoMadder Max wrote:
Exactamundo. Your comment reflects why I dislike the hand-held concepts too.
I dunno, my book is handheld too and that's pretty immersive
EDIT: Damn you Whizzo!!!
Edited by ruttyboy at 14:37:10 11-01-2005 -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoToo slow evil one. .gif)
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ruttyboy wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
Exactamundo. Your comment reflects why I dislike the hand-held concepts too.
I dunno, my book is handheld too and that's pretty immersive
Yeah, but it doesn't come accompanied by a cheesy crisp munching 10 year old and bleeps, tinny music, shitty ringtones the abillity to piss off an entire train carriage though does it? -
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Registered 17 years agoWhizzo wrote:
And people shouldn't read books or the paper while on a train journey or similar either as they are obviously cutting themselves off from the outside world as well.
Also, by reading a book or reading a paper, you might actually learn something....or is that just my opinion? -
morriss wrote:
I take in the site on my bus journey home each evening and realise I'd rather listen to a CD and read a book about Maribou Storks than interact or take in any of the environment around me. But then I'm antisocial
I think when you're out of the house, you should be taking in the environment around you. Not sitting in your own little world disconnected from everything/one. -
/resists urge to suggest blaming it on 'the world we live in' is a cop out and that mobile companies and console companies want exactly this sort of punter....
Grew up in a sleepy village and was out and about climbing hills, trees etc.. all the time. Gone for whole days and would sometimes camp out.
Crime gets reported more now and this gives the impression that we live in a terrifying world....we always have....
anyway... -
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Registered 20 years agoMadder Max wrote:
Yeah, but it doesn't come accompanied by a cheesy crisp munching 10 year old and bleeps, tinny music, shitty ringtones the abillity to piss off an entire train carriage though does it?
Depends if the person is reading that just *so* funny that they can't stifle a laugh. Or know that someone guffawing for an entire journey is just as annoying as "Yeah, I'm on the Train/Plane/Spaceship" -
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Registered 17 years agoMr Sleep wrote:
morriss wrote:
I take in the site on my bus journey home each evening and realise I'd rather listen to a CD and read a book about Maribou Storks than interact or take in any of the environment around me. But then I'm antisocial
I think when you're out of the house, you should be taking in the environment around you. Not sitting in your own little world disconnected from everything/one.
I'm not going to start judging everyone individually, because that's just not fair. All I'm saying is, reading a book, a paper, or maybe evry now and then soaking up some atmosphere is a good thing. Mobile phone companies try and tell you is cool to sit and stare at a 5 inch screen, tis all. -
sam_spade wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
Yeah, but it doesn't come accompanied by a cheesy crisp munching 10 year old and bleeps, tinny music, shitty ringtones the abillity to piss off an entire train carriage though does it?
Depends if the person is reading that just *so* funny that they can't stifle a laugh. Or know that someone guffawing for an entire journey is just as annoying as "Yeah, I'm on the Train/Plane/Spaceship"
Yes! and the person who has the latest title and is checking to see that you have seen what book they are reading out of the corner of their eye; right in the periferal vision.... -
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Registered 18 years agoThe mobile phone is so unsocialable, the hidious ringtones, the idiot in the restaurant, shouting down the phone while you're trying to enjoy a meal. The constant bleeping in my living room as my son keeps texting his girlfriend. " Get rid of the phone and give her a good stiff talking too. " Is what I think.
Edited by Sid Nice at 14:50:10 11-01-2005 -
Is this not like the generation before us moaning about TV and microwaves, and the generation before that moaning about cars and radio, and the one before that moaning that the world is flat...
I missed afew gens I know, but you get my point. -
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Registered 17 years agoMadder Max wrote:
sam_spade wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
Yeah, but it doesn't come accompanied by a cheesy crisp munching 10 year old and bleeps, tinny music, shitty ringtones the abillity to piss off an entire train carriage though does it?
Depends if the person is reading that just *so* funny that they can't stifle a laugh. Or know that someone guffawing for an entire journey is just as annoying as "Yeah, I'm on the Train/Plane/Spaceship"
Yes! and the person who has the latest title and is checking to see that you have seen what book they are reading out of the corner of their eye; right in the periferal vision....
It seems the you don't like to connect in some way with someone you don't know. Maybe they are doing that because they would actually like someone to talk to them. Ever thought of that? -
morriss wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
sam_spade wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
Yeah, but it doesn't come accompanied by a cheesy crisp munching 10 year old and bleeps, tinny music, shitty ringtones the abillity to piss off an entire train carriage though does it?
Depends if the person is reading that just *so* funny that they can't stifle a laugh. Or know that someone guffawing for an entire journey is just as annoying as "Yeah, I'm on the Train/Plane/Spaceship"
Yes! and the person who has the latest title and is checking to see that you have seen what book they are reading out of the corner of their eye; right in the periferal vision....
It seems the you don't like to connect in some way with someone you don't know. Maybe they are doing that because they would actually like someone to talk to them. Ever thought of that?
Talk........to ......PEOPLE!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO
/loses all sense of equilibrium. Steam pours from ears. Internal HUD flashes WARNING! OVERLOAD! Irreconcilable factor....
/Suffers major malfunction as head falls forwards onto keyboard.
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King of the Indies wrote:
Madder Max wrote:
/resists urge to suggest blaming it on 'the world we live in' is a cop out and that mobile companies and console companies want exactly this sort of punter....
Grew up in a sleepy village and was out and about climbing hills, trees etc.. all the time. Gone for whole days and would sometimes camp out.
Crime gets reported more now and this gives the impression that we live in a terrifying world....we always have....
anyway...
So you think it's still safe to let 7 year olds out in the street to play curby?
Not in the streets and not on their own. Obviously 7 is too young but you said you lived in a village.... -
ruttyboy 7,950 posts
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Registered 18 years agoKing of the Indies wrote:
So you think it's still safe to let 7 year olds out in the street to play curby?
Errr, yes? Why wouldn't it be?
Oh yes I forgot, Paedageddon. -
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Registered 20 years agoKing of the Indies wrote:
So you think it's still safe to let 7 year olds out in the street to play curby?
As incidences of child abduction are at the lowest they have ever been I wouldn't have a problem. Kids may have to worry about more traffic, but that's going to be part of their adult life and only requires good education. -
"It seems the you don't like to connect in some way with someone you don't know. Maybe they are doing that because they would actually like someone to talk to them. Ever thought of that?"
I think you might be on to something there.... my social skills have always sucked if I'm honest & Big Brother has put the fear of God into me of turning out as twisted and bitter as John. -
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Registered 18 years ago... And damn those portable mp3 players - DOWN WITH THE IPOD!
IŽll gladly take them off ya - for a small fee of course. -
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Registered 18 years agoSheesh, I would probably have become a weird, agoraphobic, maladjusted freak if my parents hadn't let me play outside when i was 7. -
morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agoFrankypanky wrote:
Sheesh, I would probably have become a weird, agoraphobic, maladjusted freak if my parents hadn't let me play outside when i was 7.
I'll tell you what, take a reasonably valid point, blow it out of all proportion to make another, completely ridiculous invalid one. Oh wait, you did. -
12% of O2's pay&go customers are under 8!
One less company for us to worry about if such a measure is actually adopted (and me out of a job).
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