Message #307586

[mtmerrick]

I only made one to see my GF's page. Never use it, tell people I don't have one. If you're not fairly popular, have pleanty of friends, social networks make you feel like a loser.

@ msrr- I consider cell service and internet acres to be as commonplace as having a TV or a microwave : rare and expensive once, but now a require part of day to day life. Every person I know without a cell phone has been severely hurt by an emergency in some way, that may not have happened if they had a way of reaching the outside world. One of my uncle's didn't even know my grampa was dying until 3 days after he died because he didn't have a cell phone at the time, and worked really long hours. He's since gotten a cell phone, but he still looks incredibly guilty every time my grampa is mentioned. My dad once broke his cell phone. While he was without it, his car broke downon the freeway.  He was unable to call for help, so he had to walk three miles in the middle of the summer to find a phone he could use to get help. The insurance was not kind. My grandmother once fell when she was out getting the mail and hurt her back, she couldn't get up. It was late at night, and she had left her cell phone indoors. No one knew where she was untill about 9AM the next day when someone driving by found her half in a bush.

A basic phone is not expensive. And without one, you are going to be left behind. If you can't be contacted, you're screwed. Its like driving without a seatbelt. It doesn't matter if you have it or not, but when something happens and you don't have it you're going to regret it for a long time. My mom's parents have the most simplistic cell phones they could get. Costs them $49 a month, for both their phones.

And as for internet/computer access.... well good luck doing homework or filing a job application without it