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But the thread is about seniors and smartphones, not smartphones per se.
What gets me are the people on that thread who say they would not get a smartphone if you put a gun to their head. They would rather travel with a flip phone, laptop, camera, books, paper maps, etc. instead of a smartphone? And good luck finding a phone book while cruising down an interstate at 70mph so you want to book a motel room
But the thread is about seniors and smartphones, not smartphones per se.
What gets me are the people on that thread who say they would not get a smartphone if you put a gun to their head. They would rather travel with a flip phone, laptop, camera, books, paper maps, etc. instead of a smartphone? And good luck finding a phone book while cruising down an interstate at 70mph so you want to book a motel room
LOL @ Triptik.
I was at the hospital last week and thoroughly enjoyed eavesdropping on this pair of ladies behind me.
The younger woman (mid 60's) saying she couldn't possibly use an iPad and the 70 maybe 80 yr old woman telling her "Sure you could" and showing her all the things she did with hers.
I am one of the posters in that thread and it is disheartening to see the number of smartphone Luddites posting there.
Yeah, well, "Luddite" is a term thrown around by people who: a) follow every gadget trend because it's new and "everyone's doing it"; and b) don't actually know who the Luddites were; when they encounter someone who is resistant to the marketeering that they themselvese can't resist.
If you had been awake back in sociology class when they described the standard advertising techniques you'd be able to recognize that gadget marketing uses
"Everyone's doing it",
"Be the first on your block", and
"New and Improved!"
to sell their products.
You do realize, that for some of us, the harder you push us, the more abuse you send our way, the more you try to ridicule our choices, the less likely we are to want to adopt whatever thing you're so desperately wanting us to adopt? Or do you?
Believe it or not, adopting the "smart" phone is a choice. And the existence of a choice means that one can choose not to. Believe it or not, there are some of us who actually lead happy lives without buying the latest doohickey in each category that is invented and advertised.
Why is it "disheartening" to see that a lot of people are not interested in "smart" phones? Surely we're a pretty small fraction of Americans. Are you financially interested in the business? Or are you just emotionally invested?
Just remember, advertising creates desire and desire creates suffering.
Oh, and this just so you realize you aren't as intelligent as you want us to believe.
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a person opposed to new technology or ways of working.
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Originally Posted by turf3
Yeah, well, "Luddite" is a term thrown around by people who: a) follow every gadget trend because it's new and "everyone's doing it"; and b) don't actually know who the Luddites were; when they encounter someone who is resistant to the marketeering that they themselvese can't resist.
Oh, and this just so you realize you aren't as intelligent as you want us to believe.
i have known lots of people of modest intelligence who don't believe everything they are told by those who want to sell them things. I have also known lots of people of high intelligence who follow each successive trend - whether it be in "technology" or any of a number of other fields - without ever questioning it, or realizing that they have a choice not to follow.
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