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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: jdubroxs on May 24, 2009, 11:14:47 AM

Title: I got my iPod touch
Post by: jdubroxs on May 24, 2009, 11:14:47 AM
That's right I got one the other day for my graduation present and I am on it typing this message
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Vaati on May 24, 2009, 11:22:43 AM
Sweet! An iTouch sounds awesome! Though, my Chromatic suits me fine.  :)
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: FunTykoon on May 24, 2009, 11:36:21 AM
I had it first.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Keaton on May 24, 2009, 12:19:17 PM
iPod Touches are awesome.  You will learn to love it greatly.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Mysterious F. on May 24, 2009, 12:26:20 PM
I don't like iPods or iPhones. I think it's better when you randomly hear songs on the radio, so you can enjoy them more. Plus, I already have a computer and can just listen to the song anytime I want. I despise cell phones. I also dislike how you can now watch movies on cell phones. I'll let David Lynch explain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0), since he put it perfectly. (Warning, he says the f-bomb)
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Uximadesk on May 24, 2009, 08:41:25 PM
Yeah, technology stinks, it makes things way too practical and easy.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Pyrgusfinn on May 24, 2009, 08:42:21 PM
I don't have an ipod.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Hi no Seijin on May 26, 2009, 07:42:50 AM
Quote from: Whocares on May 24, 2009, 12:26:20 PM
I despise cell phones.
Because if you become stranded on the interstate, you can then call for help?  How dare we humans invent something that would be helpful in emergency situations.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Gamefreak on May 26, 2009, 07:58:04 AM
I'll meet Whocares' opinion halfway.

I like having a cell phone handy, but I hate texting.  Texting is pointless and redundant.  If you're going to have a cell phone to talk to someone, why not call them?

But this of course would hinder student's ability to not learn in a classroom and instead text their friend across the classroom.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: darkphantomime on May 26, 2009, 09:54:17 AM
Quote from: Gamefreak on May 26, 2009, 07:58:04 AM
I'll meet Whocares' opinion halfway.

I like having a cell phone handy, but I hate texting.  Texting is pointless and redundant.  If you're going to have a cell phone to talk to someone, why not call them?

But this of course would hinder student's ability to not learn in a classroom and instead text their friend across the classroom.

What if you're talking to a deaf guy? Texting is far far more practical for a deaf guy than calling.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Keaton on May 26, 2009, 10:18:14 AM
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on May 26, 2009, 09:54:17 AM
Quote from: Gamefreak on May 26, 2009, 07:58:04 AM
I'll meet Whocares' opinion halfway.

I like having a cell phone handy, but I hate texting.  Texting is pointless and redundant.  If you're going to have a cell phone to talk to someone, why not call them?

But this of course would hinder student's ability to not learn in a classroom and instead text their friend across the classroom.

What if you're talking to a deaf guy? Texting is far far more practical for a deaf guy than calling.

...all right, I've got to ask.

Why would a deaf guy have a cell phone?
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: darkphantomime on May 26, 2009, 11:14:17 AM
I meant texting as a whole. I do not have a cell phone, but it's easier for me to text my friends' cell phone than to try and call them.

I did know one hearing impaired guy with much better hearing than me who owned an iphone though.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Keaton on May 26, 2009, 11:20:44 AM
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on May 26, 2009, 11:14:17 AM
I meant texting as a whole. I do not have a cell phone, but it's easier for me to text my friends' cell phone than to try and call them.

I did know one hearing impaired guy with much better hearing than me who owned an iphone though.

I see.  I mean, I guess that makes sense, actually.  I dunno...

Still though, texting would be totally acceptable (more than that, encouraged, awesome, etc.) were it not for the extreme drop in intelligibility that accompanies it.  Proper English is encouraged, and yet they have commercials now with "IDK, my BFF Jill?"

I've seen entire, like, commercials?  Where, like, everyone who talks?  In, like, the commercial?  Has an upwards, like, inflection?  So it sounds like a question?  At the end of, like, EVERY sentence?

Like, I dunno?
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: darkphantomime on May 26, 2009, 11:29:59 AM
Meh, everyone who has texted me has spoken/written intelligibly, without all that abbreviation crap.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Uximadesk on May 26, 2009, 11:35:07 AM
Well, unless you have a T1 or simmilar software, cutting the words can be an important time saver.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Pyrgusfinn on May 26, 2009, 02:21:46 PM
Quote from: Zant on May 26, 2009, 11:20:44 AM
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on May 26, 2009, 11:14:17 AM
I meant texting as a whole. I do not have a cell phone, but it's easier for me to text my friends' cell phone than to try and call them.

I did know one hearing impaired guy with much better hearing than me who owned an iphone though.

I see.  I mean, I guess that makes sense, actually.  I dunno...

Still though, texting would be totally acceptable (more than that, encouraged, awesome, etc.) were it not for the extreme drop in intelligibility that accompanies it.  Proper English is encouraged, and yet they have commercials now with "IDK, my BFF Jill?"

I've seen entire, like, commercials?  Where, like, everyone who talks?  In, like, the commercial?  Has an upwards, like, inflection?  So it sounds like a question?  At the end of, like, EVERY sentence?

Like, I dunno?
I text a lot more than is necessary, and I do not talk like that.  At all.  I actually tell people to me in English if they send me too much chat speak.  Perhaps that is just me though.
Title: Re: I got my iPod touch
Post by: Keaton on May 26, 2009, 02:24:22 PM
Well yah, same here (when I actually had a cell).  I dunno, it's kinda why I stopped texting at all.

...I forgot what I was talking about.