Blogcritics: Comments on iPod Death Scenarios

Comment by Mark Sahm

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:03:53 EDT

Lisa, if only I knew how.

Comment by Lisa

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:12:49 EDT

Hilarious, Mark! This was too funny. Have you considered podcasting this post....? ;-) Lisa

Comment by dietdoc

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:11:23 EDT

Mark writes: "If you work in a city during the day, unless you get a blindfold and wax earplugs, you don't find either." Reply: Quite right, Mark. They are, if one could mentally draw concentric, enlarging circles from the center of most cities, found largely only in the most peripheral zones. Thus, the root origin of suburbia. The interesting point to me, however, is that we now feel compelled to take these infernal devices into the last remaining bastions of these graces, ignoring their inherent value. Sorry, that doesn't make much sense, does it? Cheers and obfuscation to the whole subject! Ron

Comment by Mark Sahm

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 11:23:51 EDT

That depends if you can find the silence and solitude, dietdoc. If you work in a city during the day, unless you get a blindfold and wax earplugs, you don't find either.

Comment by dietdoc

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:05:07 EDT

The compulsion for distraction of any form or fashion (cell phone, iPods, etc.) remains a constant source of my personal amusement. Why people of any profession, lifestyle, race or whatever stratification seem to require - even crave - being "plugged in" to something - anything - should be the subject of someone's dissertation. I personally find the implements of uninterupted stimuli fatiguing. From the days of the first beepers - that did nothing more than sound an alarming screech alerting you to call the operator - to today's digital leeches that seemingly embed themselves into a person's ear, 24/7 - they mystify me, no end. Apparently, solitude and silence are to be avoided at all costs these days. Those two graces are now orphans to most.

Comment by Mark Sahm

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 09:18:57 EDT

Although you can replace a cellphone now a hundred times easier than an iPod. And I might use the Jedi mind trick on a thief as such, "You'd much rather steal my cell than my iPod."

Comment by Temple Stark

Wed, 6 Jul 2005 01:32:28 EDT

ha ha nice work. Can anyone say cellphone? (It was the too-blame thing to do before the iPod)