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| The BlackBerry as black sheep |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-16 22:11:20 |
| "Rachel Crosby speaks about her BlackBerry phone the way someone might speak of an embarrassing relative. 'I’m ashamed of it,' said Ms. Crosby, a Los Angeles sales representative who said she had stopped pulling out her BlackBerry at cocktail parties and conferences. In meetings, she says she hides her BlackBerry beneath her iPad for fear clients will see it and judge her." Other products many people own but feel ashamed about: sex toys. So essentially, the BlackBerry is now the equivalent of a vibrator. In all seriousness though - why feel ashamed because of a phone? Are people really that shallow? I'm really getting too old for this stuff. |
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| Seriously? |
| By darknexus on 2012-10-16 22:18:25 |
| Some people are superficial and, if you're that shallow, you've got other things to be embarrassed about. Why, exactly, is this news? |
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| RE: Seriously? |
| By Carewolf on 2012-10-16 22:31:24 |
| It is getting more common. People used to think being shallow was bad, now they think it is hip, and they line up to all step in line to be 100% rounded hipster squares. |
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| Rebuttal on Crackberry |
| By grantpalin on 2012-10-16 22:36:53 |
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Kevin on CrackBerry has http://crackberry.com/crackberry... a rebuttal post, and a survey on user shame, skewed well towards unashamed. Speaking for myself, I just shake my head when seeing personal worth being measured by what devices a person uses. As for the complaints, I wonder how many of those are due to experiences with older devices, or just iPhone envy. *BlackBerry by choice!* |
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| Comment by BBAP |
| By Bringbackanonposting on 2012-10-16 22:41:53 |
| Funny read. We have iPhones (4S) for work phones and I was always embarrassed to pull it out of my pocket in public. I generally don't want to see myself as an Apple supporter or someone 30 years my senior who use these things. I scored a HTC Desire S, dropped ICS on it and am proud to pull it out of my pocket. Where I live all the iPhone users (the majority of Sphones) look down on everyone else - pricks. |
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| RE: Seriously? |
| By grumpyoldman on 2012-10-16 22:50:11 |
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Well, for you and others that looks to be at peace with who they are, and have the self confidence to not be 'shallow' it won't be news but a common fact that you accept/dislike with society nowadays. But if we think of this as a tip of the hat to the sociological issue pertaining to technology and our society in general, then it has some merit as news still. It sort of points to the question: Are we fully in the era of the 'Rise of The Sheep'? Is the Thinking Individuals Era done? ;-) ...enter Foundation Series references as applicable ;-) Thom, we _are_ getting too old for this stuff. |
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| RE[2]: Seriously? |
| By Laurence on 2012-10-16 22:56:23 |
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> It is getting more common. People used to think being shallow was bad, now they think it is hip, and they line up to all step in line to be 100% rounded hipster squares. An Apple fanboy once said to me "You should be proud about your phone". "Proud" is such an odd choice of word. I was proud of my wife when she got her first job in her new career. I was proud of my younger brother when he got engaged. I was even proud of my best mate when he graduated. And, I wont lie, there's times when I'm vein enough to be proud of my own achievements. But I'm never --and I repeat, NEVER-- proud to own a mass-produced consumer electronic. That's not an achievement. It's not even an interesting topic of conversation down the pub, let alone any kind of footnote in ones life that one should be proud of. I don't mean to single Apple out like this and I know you get idiots like that outside of the Cupertino's RDF as well. But that was just the most recent example that sprung to mind. Edited 2012-10-16 22:56 UTC |
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| Comment by Nico57 |
| By Nico57 on 2012-10-16 23:03:30 |
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It pretty much shows how this whole business works. Really few people have any need for the most advanced smartphones, still the average consumer will go for them just not to be told by the average asshole how stupid (s)he is for not buying an iPhone. |
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| Comment by lucas_maximus |
| By lucas_maximus on 2012-10-16 23:10:16 |
| I use a "dumbphone" after owning a HTC desire. I hate all the smart phone stuff and people look down at me as I am sort of Dinosaur ... I am a 29 year old, web developer. |
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| RE[2]: Seriously? |
| By darknexus on 2012-10-16 23:43:23 |
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> It is getting more common. People used to think being shallow was bad, now they think it is hip, and they line up to all step in line to be 100% rounded hipster squares. Well yes but, since it's getting so common, how is it news? |
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| RE: Comment by lucas_maximus |
| By drcoldfoot on 2012-10-17 00:27:20 |
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With patents such as this: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/n... I'm keeping my Motorola v9m. |
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