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To: TexasGator

Cell phones can be helpful.. agree. Bought my first cell when I was riding across country on my Harley but I don’t need it by my side 24/7.

What I’m against is the obsession with them. I did fine for 40+ years without one.

You go in a restaurant and people have their heads buried in their cell phones. They talk non-stop on the damn things and usually very loud. They text in cars, walking down a sidewalk, in stores etc. With their bluetooth ear buds in you can’t tell if they’re talking to you, someone else or they’re just nuts and should be avoided.

I quit going to the movies years ago because of the damn things.. Inconsiderate assholes that need to answer a phone or text during a movie.

The younger generation can’t converse one on one anymore all they can do is text and they are beyond obsessed.

There’s all kinds of technology that I find totally useless, like self parking and self driving cars. If you’re that inept then you shouldn’t be in a car to begin with. Does some of it have use in cities for deliveries etc.. possibly but that ends up being someones job and who’s responsible when they screw up and hurt someone.


152 posted on 12/29/2021 6:49:24 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: maddog55

“like self parking and self driving cars. “

Yep! Automatic transmissions, power steering, power brakes and cruise control.

Plus those electric mirrors, electric seats, electric windows.

It all stArted when with the electric starter motor.

If you are too inept to turn the crank you should not be driving the car!


155 posted on 12/29/2021 3:19:15 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: maddog55
"There’s all kinds of technology that I find totally useless, like self parking and self driving cars."

This guy wishes he had a self-parking car!


156 posted on 12/29/2021 3:22:26 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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