I’m disturbed by all the teenagers walking around with their white iPod earbuds on. It bugs me cause they’re obviously trying to draw attention to the fact that they own an iPod.
It bugs me even more that they feel the need to walk around town with music blaring in their ears. While they hang out with their friends. Good communication skills there, buddy. I hope someone mugs you.
I’m sick of people who buy expensive cell phones just for vanity reasons. Quit lying to yourself about needing one that plays music and surfs the web; nobody uses a cell phone for that. In fact, I just can’t believe the people who actually pay for a cell phone; Cell phones come free with the yearly contracts.
We know you bought the $300 phone to make yourself feel better and like you actually mean something in the world. I’m deeply sorry that you couldn’t afford the Mercedes to let the world know in that way. I guess the fancy phone will do for now.
I think I’m just fed up with capitalism.
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as deleting Smash Mouth from your music collection.
I started looking at the list of winners for the Emmys, and then realized I didn’t care.
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We are inculcated with the idea that material wealth is the only type of wealth that exists. Being wealthy means having the ability to purchase the latest product solicited to us. We are never taught that a clear conscience, an ascetic life, health, and a consideration for ethics are the qualities of a wealthy or good person. Being rich is being good; being poor is a person who is indolent and unambitious.
Oh Eric, yer sounding much older than you are.
basil: Well, Mr. Grad School here with his fancy vocabulary. Thank you for describing wealth so eloquently. I prefer to just rant. Cause, you know, you’re a bio-informatics kinda guy and I’m a writing kinda guy =P
ken: Oh yeah?
It’s good to see that I get the most feedback from a post where I act like a jerk. More jerkish writings from now on!
Wow, it looks like Eric has snapped and Basil has slipped back into the mindset where he would use essoteric words to confuse TA’s. This is a pretty strong statement from someone who once said, “One of the primary reasons I want a high paying job is so that I can afford contemporary furniture.”
“inculcated.”
we’re a culture of excess… we’re addicts and we keep feeding the monster to no end. harmful? you bet. in all kinds of ways.
i was tempted to get the nano, but come on.. I have the mini… do i REALLY need this new one? No. even if it was offered at a quarter of the price it is, do I REALLY need it? No. well, maybe its not need.. but convenience. would the nano make things much more convenient for me? No. things not looking good for you, nano.
we’re all addicts… some far more than others. do we really need hummers? its L.A. yeah, its unconscionable. yeah, new words rock.
we need more angry posts from you, eric. time to switch that norah jones disc for the rage disc. awake!
what’s a nano? just kidding. the next kid you see with an ipod and the earplug thing attached to his ear, you should totally practice your jet li moves (wait, you can’t even dance, how can you pull a jet li move?) and as you two are passing each other, slip behind him, and take the cord that’s dangling near his waist area, and grab it quick-like and pull it up to his neck and wrap it around his skinny ass throat a couple of times which you have to have skills because the nano will come out of his pocket so you must catch it in mid-air and then yell at him angrily “got ipod!?” and then respond “not anymore” before he can say anything and run. muahahahahhahaahha .. sigh.. all those years at college.. wasted.
I just got a razor for 300 bucks.
If you’re gonna be a consumer whore, at least get it right. It’s a RAZR. And you probably got the lame silver one - that’s so last month. The black one is all the rage now.
Perhaps he purchased an actual razor for 300 bucks. Maybe he got the new Mach with 6 blades.
And damn those iPod-toting, Powerbook owning, Mazda3 driv–oh wait. Nevermind.
It’s a pimp scooter actually.
yay, you are evolving.
Basil: well said
Abdul: my thoughts exactly on the Nano.
Eric: woo hoo! more rants man. This was right on.
I am so sick of hearing girls our age with the latest Louis Voutton try to justify their purchase of a $600 purse by arguing that the quality is THAT much superior. It’s not quality. You just want people to see you with the brown bag that has the LV symbol. And I didn’t hate you because of that….I hate you because you’re blind/in denial of that fact.
I wish there was some socialist program that MADE people travel abroad (and I’m not talking Mexico). I think it would be a cultural experience that might have some impact on how people view how they live their lives.
I do use my phone to surf the web - It’s great at work when you go for a shit - I surf away for half an hour and my employer and their I.T department spies are none the wiser. Bloody Great!