Reply #9: Umm, no, the soap and beeswax won't wind up in the landfill [View All]

The Ipod will, and it is, unlike many other gifts, chock full of heavy metals.

You claim to not care for human interaction, yet how do you know this? If you've got your phones on all the time outside of work:shrug: Try taking them out some time, you might be pleasantly surprised. Oh, and since you have to deal with people everyday, and apparently think that most of us are assholes, don't you think that escaping into your headphones furthers that impression with others, such as the people at the checkout, strangers on the street, etc. Hmmm, a Catch 22 indeed.

And my rant, if you will examine it carefully, isn't necessarily against technology, it is against the wasteful consumption of technology, especially when that technology harms you, either physically or societally. That Ipod you've got cranked up, I hope you enjoy your eardrums now, for you won't have them later. And this computer I'm typing on, it's more than five years old, and doing fine. I buy and use tech, I just don't believe in buying unneccesary tech just so I can have the latest and greatest.

But hey, do as you wish, buy that Iphone, that new Kindle, what have you. Just realize that each purchase makes you more a part of the problem than part of the solution. Peace:hi: