Hi, my name is MadHound, and I use a (insert electronic device here) made in China.

[MADem]

47. Not owning one, I can't dispute your assertions.

If you like the stuff, good for you. I really don't care what people buy. I'm cheap and make things last forever. I also am slow to pick up on new stuff--the last with the least. I sometimes skip entire iterations of technology because I let my old stuff carry me. I'm the only person on my block, probably, who still has a shitload of CRT televisions that work just fine and will keep on working until they don't--and then I will replace them. Not before!

I am only reporting on the mindless commentary I heard on the news. It really was .... dumb. No nice way to put it. It sounded like dialogue from FUTERAMA or the SIMPSONS or something...."I'm doing it because everyone else is doing it!" "Gee, I think they're swell because everyone else thinks they're swell!" "I always have to have the latest things!" "Mmmmmmmmmm....Apple!"

I'm not joking, either--wish I were. It was an eye-rolling-dumb segment, and I do think the reporter tried like hell to get an intelligent reply...and failed.