When Does Technolust Become An Addiction? 281
An anonymous reader writes "According to a CNet article, an incredible one in three people aged 16 to 24 in the UK would not give up their mobile phone for a million pounds. 'The phone-centric survey, called Mobile Life, was carried out across the UK and questioned 1,256 people aged 16 to 64 on a variety of topics ... So young people really like having a mobile phone and we all love buying gadgets. But before you dismiss this research as stating the bleeding obvious, think about this -- if someone had told you even ten years ago that people would be taking out second mortgages to buy flat screen TVs, would you have believed it?' Is this just the result of deliberately skewed marketing dressed up as research, or is this another indication of western culture's obsession with communication and technology? How much is too much tech?"
When? (Score:5, Funny)
Say it with me: it's only a phone...it's only a phone...
Hardly surprising (Score:5, Funny)
My mind reels (Score:5, Funny)
errr... (Score:5, Funny)
2)buy new mobile
3)profit!
I wouldn't need the numbers from my old mobile as obviously
I'd be disowning my friends and family for hot coke bitches...
I'm not addicted (Score:3, Funny)
No, really.
After I get a new Macbook. And we need a flat-panel TV for the den, and some kind of media server. And oh yeah, I want a GPS for the car.
But I'm not addicted. Really.
My current phone is so crap (Score:3, Funny)
Re:second mortgage? (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah but it never really made sense. I mean it isn't actually a 'figure', is it?
A Million Pounds (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hardly surprising (Score:3, Funny)
If some marketing person asks me ...
I generally answer with I'M ON THE DO NOT CALL LIST, SO FUCK OFF (note the emphasis) and slam down the phone. That seems to answer their questions quite effectively.
Easy Deal (Score:3, Funny)
You've got a good job (or no job?).
If I had a million pounds I wouldn't need a cell phone. One catch - I get to rid myself of the Treo by smashing it on the concrete the next time it resets while I'm doing a web search.
A million pounds? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hardly surprising (Score:2, Funny)
DUH (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory - retarded premise (Score:5, Funny)
Homer's Brain: 20 dollars can buy many peanuts.
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
Homer: Woohoo!
s/Peanut/Cell Phone/g
s/20 dollars/1 million/pounds/g
When? I'll tell you when.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What Addiction Is (Score:2, Funny)
What sound does a duck make?
Re:My current phone is so crap (Score:5, Funny)
Wrong way around (Score:3, Funny)
No, that's when we'll find out if people will give up a million pounds for a mobile phone.
I would do it (Score:2, Funny)
either that or pay someone a half a million pounds to kill the guy watching me to make sure I don't get a cell phone
Wow (Score:3, Funny)
Re:When? (Score:4, Funny)