Habits and addiction

Nah. The most frequent addicts are teen-agers. Trying to do mind control on a teen-ager is like measuring a snake's shoe size.

There are studies that show the communication stuff produces chemical changes in the brain similar to what you get from cocaine, etc. I don't know haow valid those are, but I see people who simply cannot put the durn things down. I don't think they even turn them off to sleep.

I'm really in favor of what some of the Amish bishops have done around here. The Amish can have cell phones for business, but they have to leave them outside the house. Course, I guess even they might be guilty of texting and galloping!

I have a cell phone. I had to get it in case of emergencies. I don't even know the number. My question is, who the hell is everyone talking to? I went to a friends house yesterday and his 7 year old son was so engrossed in some stupid little game on a 3 inch screen, that he had no concept of the world around him, none! Mind control? I don't think so. But I do think that all of these devices serve to completely disengage people from their immediate surroundings, very dangerous when driving. Thanks for pointing out all of my "mild" addictions. Quite frankly, I just don't like people enough to feel like I have to have constant contact with them. My wife has my cell #, everyone else can leave a message and I'll call them back.(If I feel like it).

you have to be smarter than the cell phone.. I used my label printer, and put my number on the back of the cell phone... it has saved me numerous times...

A young lady scratched my vehicle while parking out side my building the other day.. now the insurance co is asking me... my licence plate no? I dunno. my driver's licence no.. I dunno.. my claim no? I dunno... etc. etc. etc... my name.. Oh I know that one...

Chris

my bad

Swearing is not, IMHO an addiction at all. Profanity is the crutch of a conversational cripple.

And:

What started out simply as a convenient means of communicating, has taken over our lives in a way that only CR⁴ TV n ever could.

We're too old to understand.

Is CR4 a habit or an addiction? When do I get to be a guru? Fortunately for me, guru is based on # of posts and not overall intelligence. The wife is really looking forward to my guru status, then I can go back to listening to her remind me of all of the unfinished projects that need my attention. Hell, I'm happy to be a power user. When I'm not sitting in front of the computer I'm just a yard boy............Ooops, gotta go

"Is CR4 a habit or an addiction?" No, It's an indication that you need to get a life!

" Hell, I'm happy to be a power user." Is "Hell" swearing, or profane?

Just having some fun you grumpy old SOB. Relax. Look what you made me do;-)

I really meant "profanity". I heard people who would use every other word...

As a "pushing" 50 year old with a three year old daughter, I have to proclaim that I have,(almost), completely cut cussing out of my vocabulary. I have friends that swear all of the time in conversation. It's kind of like smoking I suppose, you don't really realize how stupid it is until you quit.

Profanity is the crutch of a conversational cripple.

Damn Very well put, and I agree. I just had never given words to how I feel about that.

GA!

"Profanity is the crutch of a conversational cripple"

Well if thts tru...wtf, u mst rlly luv efn txters!

I can only assume that conversation is the crutch of the profane cripple. Maybe I'll go to a craft fair tomorrow and only purchase items from people who's eyes are way to far apart. (somebody shoot me)

people who's eyes are way too far apart

you mean "people of great vision"

Ron, you must be getting bored, or most likely seeking shelter from the summer heat in front of your computer. None the less, you have brought up a number of intriguing topics for thought and discussion. But this one really pulls my trigger!

The abuse of these devices is not an addiction, it is a symptom of the decay in the way people see themselves as a part of a society. Everything is "ME,ME,ME". They see themselves as the center of their own universe, rather than being a part of the society of people that they live and work with. Not only is this behaviour dangerous, it is insulting and degrading to the people around them.

My pet peeve is my boss. He calls me into his office to discuss the project that I am working on. In the middle of my presentation, I realize he is talking to someone else on his Blue Tooth and paying no attention to what I am trying to tell him. I leave the meeting feeling like a worthless piece of crap. I really want to slap him upside the head with Dell's wet haddock, but I need my job.

The best thing to do in this situation is to vandalize the bathroom, break the toilets, spray graffiti on the walls, etc.

Sorry, I was referencing a previous thread, (that I can't seem to find), in which a boss was asking the wrong question. He was asking how to put a stop to his workers wrecking the bathroom. The question he should have been asking is, why?

"I really want to slap him upside the head"

oh oh, I think I saw that movie... Click wasn't it?

Attention all planets of the Solar Federation,

Attention all planets of the Solar Federation,

Attention all planets of the Solar Federation,

We have assumed control,

We have assumed control,

We have assumed control.

link

Better link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u3MbrT8I0o

This is not mind control, it is mind damage. "buyer beware".

Oh - come on - everyone has to die of something.

One and only cause of death is "heart failure" - from the sudden stop, or chemicals, or some germ, or just worn out - don't make no difference - just makes great 'statistics'.

Wrong place, wrong time, profanity can be fatal, motor mouth can be, so can grass, so can 'no skill', so can 'bleeding hearts' telling you, you got no future.

Get the coitus over it.

You are a pot head using some goofy pot head site to support a silly argument?

I agree that pot should be legal and taxed for every cent that is possible but is it harmless? No - just like the other drugs (nicotine & alcohol aren't).

So you're drinking then?

Only an addict would not consider alcohol a [mind altering substance] drug

I rarely drink and consider alcohol a mind altering substance. If it wasn't of what use would it be?

I just don't like the silly sites and arguments that make pot out to be a harmless 'wonder drug'. Often claiming all sorts of life saving properties which is nonsense.