Eamon Graham wrote:
>taliesin wrote:
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>>The mid nineties marked the beginning of the cell phone epidemic
>>in my country. They were being sold for 1 NOK (~ 15 cents?) a piece,
>>and suddenly "everyone" had one. Now children (12 and older) are
>>*expected* by their peers to have one, which is nuts. I was lucky
>>to live my childhood/teenage years early enough to avoid that mess.
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>I think there's a similar phenomenon here in France. What makes me
>laugh are the people who purposely whip out the cell phone in public
>to look "cool" - how is it cool when I'm probably the only person in
>France who doesn't have one?
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I'll sometimes 'whip out' my mobile in public... but it's not too look
cool. It's because (a) it's a toy and so I play with it (well... mainly
check what cell it's in) or (b) I need something to fiddle with and my
pens are the wrong shape to fit my mood. (Would I do anything to look
'cool'? 'Course not! Coolness is a quality I do not aspire to...)
Tristan