I know some people who have them. They use them like gossipy 12 year old girls with nothing else to do. Or downloading inane apps.
I don’t feel that I’m missing much in my life without them.
I don’t feel that I’m missing much in my life without them.
Well, I suppose that some people might feel that way about a computer, a phone and a portable music player.
But in my case, I use a computer and intend to keep on using one. The Apple Macintosh runs not only Macintosh software but all Windows software, too. It runs it all... :-) And I don't have to worry a bit about the over 100,000 viruses on the Windows platform. I count, on the Macintosh, less of them than the fingers on my hand in the last 10 years on the Mac OS X.
And I think I'll keep using a cel phone, too... LOL...
The iPhone does a great job of it (the normal cel phone bit) and then it does a whole lot more for me, too, making it super-easy to have a portable computer in my pocket (along with the phone part). I check e-mail, even check Free Republic, get directions on the map, make notes (verbal or written) and a whole bunch of other stuff. What people don't know that they're missing -- I guess it makes it "okay" for them. In that case, "ignorance is bliss" for those who don't know what they're missing.
As for the music, I suppose some people might not care about it and that's okay, too. In my case, I like the iPod and the music. In fact, I use it for videos, too -- carrying some videos over to friends' houses and playing them on their TVs. I like to play a particular video (a lot) and show friends and other people (it's always on my iPod). It's about the myth of Anthropogenic Global Warming and it's great to show them on their TV from my iPod... LOL...
So, I suppose some people don't care about computers, phones and music -- but that's not me.
By the way, how are you typing on Free Republic if you don't have a computer and don't care about computers? :-)