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Spider Jerusalem

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54. Not at all

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:02 AM

Mar 2012

I don't have Twitter, or Facebook, or Myspace either; I don't SMS, I don't even have a smartphone, I use an old Motorola and only make calls in emergencies. I don't feel a need to be constantly connected. Nor to share what I happen to be doing at any given time in 140-character updates. Nor to have people I haven't spoken to in 20 years and haven't wanted to suddenly "friend" me on Facebook. Social networking is designed for shallow extroverts; it's great if you're one of those people, but I am not.

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My friend called me a Neo-Luddite [View all] Cyrano Mar 2012 OP

I didn't realize I had a twin!! niyad Mar 2012 #1

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That makes me one too Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #3

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Okay. Perhaps you can answer this question. Can entropy be reversed? Cyrano Mar 2012 #18

I'll give you an answer in a few thousand millenia, as soon as.... lastlib Mar 2012 #20

Welcome to DU fellow Asimov fan. Cyrano Mar 2012 #21

Actually my favorite sci-fi dude is Arthur C. Clarke.... lastlib Mar 2012 #25

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No it was definitely an Asimov story lastlib Mar 2012 #48

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Here you go Cyrano Mar 2012 #41

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Yeah, it took me a few beats. I edited the post, but it was too late. Again, good one. Cyrano Mar 2012 #45

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I guess he doesn't understand WHY you are (to his view) annabanana Mar 2012 #4

My friend just doesn't understand those of us who march to the beat of a different flute. Cyrano Mar 2012 #14

Like you I don't have anything against those things. I don't do Facebook or Twitter but I do text, Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #5

I still have a flip-phone. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #6

I Love my flip phone. Populist_Prole Mar 2012 #11

"rectangular tumor" LOL, true dat! Odin2005 Mar 2012 #38

You could lukkadairish Mar 2012 #7

Add me to the list. I honestly don't see what the big deal is Populist_Prole Mar 2012 #8

No, if you're happy. elleng Mar 2012 #9

I hate that term hfojvt Mar 2012 #10

DU feels like a social networking site to me. OK, maybe an old-school social networking site. phasma ex machina Mar 2012 #12

Is that them new lightweight suitcases? Swede Mar 2012 #13

01111001 01000101 01110011 Cyrano Mar 2012 #16

01101100 01101111 01101100 zbdent Mar 2012 #31

Back at ya with another l o l. Cyrano Mar 2012 #34

I'm just a Luddite. hunter Mar 2012 #15

I do facebook and twitter Worried senior Mar 2012 #19

had an acquaintence tell me that some issue at his work was the "Luddite" in him ... zbdent Mar 2012 #22

I can relate. I spent many years in the software industry as a tech writer. Cyrano Mar 2012 #28

"Luddite" is a stupid smear term, not an intellectual concept. saras Mar 2012 #23

If you're in the wrong century, so am I. Vinca Mar 2012 #24

I do FB but don't own a cell phone (nt) The Straight Story Mar 2012 #26

And I thought I was the last of the dinosaurs.... lastlib Mar 2012 #49

I'm sure that everyone who has any of those things deserves to. left on green only Mar 2012 #27

Do you have a spinning wheel sitting next to your computer? Warpy Mar 2012 #29

No spinning wheel, but I do have an old IBM AT in the closet collecting dust and rust. Cyrano Mar 2012 #35

I am a very slow adopter of new technologies, and reject some outright. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #30

Interesting. I am somewhat similiar ... spin Mar 2012 #32

Sounds like you're really enjoying your Kindle and you've almost convinced me to Cyrano Mar 2012 #36

To each his own, but yes I am enjoying my Kindles. (n/t) spin Mar 2012 #44

Given Kindle's staggering privacy issues, I wouldn't use one if they paid me. snagglepuss Mar 2012 #53

Are you not troubled that everything you do on Kindle is stored and can be snagglepuss Mar 2012 #52

Join the crowd. I'm a geek from way back. I don't text. I use Firefox 3.6.18. Don't DWY. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #33

Your friend is wrong. edhopper Mar 2012 #37

I don't do FB or Twitter. I still have B Calm Mar 2012 #42

Your description of your activities sounds pretty much like me customerserviceguy Mar 2012 #50

I am of your world! Sort of. Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #51

Not at all Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #54

Give the Kindle a try. Only $79, and you can return it if you don't like it. (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #56

hah! Dorian Gray Mar 2012 #57

I haven't seen the point of doing all that stuff for myself lunatica Mar 2012 #58