Does anybody NOT own a cell phone?

[NAD]

For the first time in many years I currently do not have a smell phone (workphone was the only one I had for a long time, and no work = no phone). I keep considering getting a personal one, but at the same time, I ponder my reasoning, or distinct lack thereof. I should get one because I should get one, that doesn't make snes.

I survived college just fine without one, and that was a time in my life when I could've ended up drunk, dead, and buried 500 miles from nowhere in a blown up vehicle. Now the same circumstances apply but with less drunkening and blown upping vehicle (hooray being able to afford a new car). I fucking hate phone conversations anyhow, they don't involve punching or staring at breasts in any sort of way.

Does society pressure cell phones? Does EVERYONE have one these days? Can I really survive this mortal coil without discuss intimate details of my personal life with 20 mile away loved ones in the Quick Check line at S-Mart?

 

[MajestikMøøse]

*raises hand*

 

[skeptik]

I have one, but I currently don't have to pay for it. I don't know if I would if I had to pay for it.

 

[lurch70]

i have a cell phone but don't have a home phone anymore ... it makes more sense $ wise with phone co. pricing beign so fucking high

 

[unknown]

I have one, but it's "really old" (by today's consumerist standards)...I've had it for about 4 years

 

[J.]

i have one, but i do not own a home phone or landline.

 

[Susperia]

^Same here. Oldschool non-flip top kind with practically a green screen.

Oh and my boyfriend doesn't own one. It's annoying as hell, even though I agree it's almost just as annoying to pay for this shit. It's more annoying when you can't get in contact with someone like, say, your lover.

 

[MFJ]

i had one until i went to school in vermont and couldn't get service within 2 hours of the school. so i got rid of it, thanks vermont!

 

[Sadguru]

Have one. Need one for job calls.

 

[Demilich]

No fucking cellphone here. I'm considering giving in and finally picking one up.

 

[Susperia]

DO ITTTTTT.

 

[Jim LotFP]

I do not own a cell phone. I consider them to be leashes.

My wife refuses to have a landline installed so her cell phone is our only phone. Which means I never get calls. I haven't answered a phone since December 2005. Haven't made a phone call since... October? September?

This rules.

I suppose it is possible in the future that a job will require a cell phone. They will pay for it, and it will be used for work purposes only (and left at "the office" outside of work hours)... or I won't have one.

Almost everyone I know has a cell phone. Life seems much better when people can't contact you anywhere, anytime, and when you don't feel entitled or tempted to contact someone else anywhere, anytime.

 

[NAD]

I haven't answered a phone since December 2005. Haven't made a phone call since... October? September?

This rules.

Holy balls, you're my hero.

I mean, well, in some ways you already were, but this just adds another notch.

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

I have one. It sucks majorly, most of the time I screen calls and wont answer 90% of them. I mainly have it for work purposes. It's easy for clients to get a hold of me and I'm usually fairly quick to return missed calls from clients/possible clients.

Sometimes if I'm out with people I'll turn the damn thing off. I fucking hate being readily available for someone to call whenever they please.

There's a good and bad side. someone call me

 

[skeptik]

I just realized that both poll options are saying the same thing.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Life seems much better when people can't contact you anywhere, anytime, and when you don't feel entitled or tempted to contact someone else anywhere, anytime.

that's cool, but i wouldn't exactly describe cell phones as such...i'm not sure how many people could go a year and a half without needing to make a phone call. to me pretty much cell phones are some of the most useful technology ever, that have the tragic potential to be some of the most annoying technology ever.

the people who say things like this today are the same people who a hundred years ago would have been saying "tel-a-what? by gar, i don't need no ringin' contraption in my home, if i want to talk to johnson down the road i'll fire my shotgun in the air three times like i always have!"

 

[skeptik]

that's cool, definitely not true for me...i'm not sure how many people could go a year and a half without needing to make a phone call. to me pretty much cell phones are some of the most useful technology ever, that have the tragic potential to be some of the most annoying technology ever.

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And there's also the whole emergency thing, which I've actually needed to use once/was glad I had so others could reach me during their emergencies. I don't know, it really depends on how you use it. Honestly, my phone is mostly my watch and text messager to occupy my time while waiting for the buses to travel between campuses at college. I really don't call anyone much at all, but it's good to know that I could if I needed to/wanted to.

 

[NAD]

the people who say things like this today are the same people who a hundred years ago would have been saying "tel-a-what? by gar, i don't need no ringin' contraption in my home, if i want to talk to johnson down the road i'll fire my shotgun in the air three times like i always have!"

I can call my ma from up here! HEY MA! GET OFF THE DANG ROOF!

 

[Ars Magna]

I've had one for over a decade, but my job has always paid for it. If I no longer received one from the man, I can't honestly say what I would do. I do know that I feel totally fucking nekkid on the rare occasion I forget it at home, so I would probably end up buying one of the machine cut me off. Though I wouldn't like it one bit.

 

[Demilich]

I can call my ma from up here! HEY MA! GET OFF THE DANG ROOF!