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Has Social Etiquette Changed with introduction of new digital technology?

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wp34:
We were at a baseball game last night and my wife and oldest son started a "slug bug" game looking for men with their sunglasses on the back of the heads.  Made me think of this thread.


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--- Quote from: Benevolance on June 01, 2010, 07:22:17 pm ---But I also hate people that insist on wearing sunglasses inside buildings. If I cannot see a person's eyes when we communicate in person, I usually feel like they are up to something. I consider sunglasses like hats, and you take them off at the door. Actually, I hate a lot of things about people. A decade of working in customer service will do that to a person.

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Heh, I totally understand.  However I'm willing to forgive the sunglasses wearers, whenever I see --bags of cream-filled twinkies-- wearing their sunglasses like this:



(quick poll: How many of you wear them on the back of your head?  If you answered yes, how many of you do it because you saw some other guy do it and you think it's the "thing" to do now?  :D )

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danny_galaga:

Wired, issue 17.08 had a great write up of it. On the cover was Brad Pitt with one of those blue tooth head set thingos. It said "Rule No. 52. Ditch the headset. He can barely pull it off- and you aren't him"

:duckhunt

Actually heres the online issue:

http://www.wired.com/wired/issue/17-08

Check out Lifestyle section. Some great commentary on tech etiquette, with, for instance the reason why kids don't consider it rude to text while with friends. A great photo shoot too. Check out Pitt and Tarrantino in the 'ask a basterd' sections  ;D

Thenasty:
what about "Pants on the Ground"

shateredsoul:

--- Quote from: Thenasty on July 03, 2010, 08:30:18 am ---what about "Pants on the Ground"



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I grew up in Inglewood, CA... where they used to sag pants ridiculously low. Now it's the complete opposite, way too tight pants.  I hate them tight pants.  I feel like lecturing those kids about how in my day, baggy pants were the style



"... we used to wear onions on our belts, which was the style at the time"

shardian:
I find this new social culture pretty humorous. Nothing shows how effed up smart phones are than when you see a group of teens standing in a circle. When we did this as teens, it was to talk. Now they all stand in a circle with their heads glued to their individual phones. No talking at all.

Me and my wife are probably the only people left that have texting and internet disabled on our phones. I don't mean 'not use it' - I mean totally disabled. We had to do that because we got sick of friends/family who think they are 'hip' texting us randomly. Even after we told them to stop it because it was costing us 20 cents a pop. I have no desire whatsoever to text. Even if/when I do upgrade to a smart phone ( which I'll pretty much be forced to do when I decide to reup my contract) , texting will be left off the plan at a savings of $30/month. If I want to talk to someone, I'll call them.

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