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Could everyone stop saying they have OCD about their phones?
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inb4 I have ADHD and OCD and did but didn't notice a rattle in my phone's camera and sometimes there's dust under my screen but sometimes it isn't there or something I don't know actually can someone help oh my gosh is that a scratch and my antenna is shiny is this normal?
Members here can't even define racism or homophobia. OP, you really can't expect them to even know what ableism is. Privilege leads the blind. Sadly the only thing you can do here is ignore, the ignorant is unwilling to learn anything past the definition of the term "politically correct."
Maybe yes, maybe no.
But if I was using a very specific term incorrectly then I'd want to be told about it. If they use it correctly in the real world they will sound smarterer. 
That's the thing. The culture generally defines words. This is why the definition for the word "literally" includes its misuse.
FWIW I had OCD about a POS HTC before it went DOA but now I have a 6S+ and now LOL I am A-OK!
Agreed. Such a whiny type of world we live in nowadays where everyone wants to blow **** out of proportion and get bent out of shape over minor things that wouldn't be an issue in the past.
Gotta love tv + social media for this sewer of a PC environment we currently endure
Strongly agree, I refuse to be politically correct any more. This ultra sensitivity has to stop somewhere. It's even infected students at university, who now sensor guest lecturers with PC protests because they say something controversial. Sad to see censorship at universities by students, used to be breeding grounds for new radical ideas. Not any more.
You said a bad word I didn't like, now I have to go poopy in my pants. Some people need a strong dose of Lewis Black to get their heads back on straight.
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I don't think people who used the term ever wanted people to think they really were diagnosed with OCD.
It's normal to check your phone for scratches often, with Apple products more than anything else and that's because Apple products scratch easily.
But they're just letting people know how they want their phone to look.
It's normal to check your phone for scratches often, with Apple products more than anything else and that's because Apple products scratch easily.
But they're just letting people know how they want their phone to look.
Agreed 100%.
We need to stop worrying so much about hurting one's feelings by using a word they do not like or consider to be an aggression.
To many bathroom monitors around here checking everyone's spelling, grammar and words that might offend!
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Political correctness offends me.
I don't think that Apple products scratch any easier than anyone else's products. Years ago my daughter had an LG flip phone that the finish looked like a mirror. After a few months it looked like it had been in a blender from normal use.
And if you think that Apple owners are OCD, go check out some photography forums with people talking about their lenses.
I think that people forget that an iPhone is a communications tool. Its not a museum quality collectible. Its got a fairly short useful life after which it will be nearly worthless. The only thing that is really important is that it remains functional through its useful life. But a lot of people have quirks with things and like them to stay new. My wife, for example, drives me crazy with our cars. I buy her a new car and she puts blankets over the seats and towels over the floor mats, so that they stay new. Then when we eventually sell the car, the next buyer gets new floor mats... meanwhile we looked at an ugly towel in the floor the whole time we owned the car. I have tried unsuccessfully to get her to understand that we should "use" the thing we bought and if it depreciates a tiny bit more... its not a big deal... we can afford it.
Back to the camera thing... I have a huge amount of camera gear. I use it... it gets bumped around, set down on dirt, rained on, etc.. I don't think that I would consider myself abusive, as I don't just slam it into things, but I use to take pictures. If I get a scratch on something, I don't worry about it. One day if/when I ever sell the stuff, I may get a percent or two less in resale value. I can live with that. Others can't. They go and look at a half dozen of the same list to find the prefect copy, and then assure that it looks the same as brand new for its whole life. There is just so much stress involved in that.
Enjoy the stuff you buy and don't sweat the little stuff like a scratch. Life is too short.
Well the more scratches there are on an iPhone, the harder it is to use. Especially if it's on the screen. If it's on the back, resale value declines.
But I get annoyed when I get many scratches on my device. It's not like my shoes where I don't care about them getting worn.
But with my phone, you have to clean out the ear pieces, clean the buttons, and be careful not to drop it.
The smallest scratch on a screen or even a single broken pixel can be a major annoyance for some.
Very clear and well stated argument for some sanity in using any product. Unfortunately I think your advise will fall on deaf ears. As I strongly suspect that the overly obsessive persons will continue to stress their lives for a year. Protecting their device so that the next owner can drop it and scratch it up two days after getting it.
I find it hard to believe that a couple of scratches on a screen would make it harder to use. A cracked screen maybe, but not a couple of scratches unless they were some pretty significant scratches. Dead pixels would be annoying to anyone, but I've honestly never seen a dead pixel on any display on any computing device ... 30+ years in the business and used/deployed thousands of devices. I know it happens... and its clearly a defect... but just never seen it.
I did have one problem recently on a display (not Apple) where a tiny bug (literally a real crawling bug) somehow got between the layers of my display and was crawling around in there. It was a few pixels in size and was moving around. I have no idea how he got in there but it was driving me crazy for a few days until he found his way out.
Regarding your shoes, I promise you that are probably as many people that are picky about shoes as iPhones.
reminds me of members of my family. they slap a screen protector on their brand new iPhone to avoid scratches on the display but at the same time they are too cheap to buy a new screen protector months later and rather look through a scratched up screen protector for years. it blows my mind
Exactly why I don't buy cases. It's just another item to protect. Another thing to replace. To spend more money on.
I've never purchased a screen protector and never needed one.
Political correctness could quite literally destroy a country socially one step at a time. I can't even deal with half of college kids these days, I shouldn't have to try and be excessively politically correct. If we all were just straight forward and honest things would be much easier. Ironic that censorship like you said is taking place at universities where new ideas are supposed to flourish, especially in free countries like the US and countries all over Europe that are slowly on their knees because of PC.
in today's age, words and acronyms have many different meanings and could be used many different ways.
how about instead of being sensitive you live a little bit more relaxed life. it's not a big deal. this world has gone to **** with the whole "politically correct" nonsense and other cry babies around.
when someone says OCD, they don't mean they've been clinically diagnosed with OCD because they stare at their phone all day.
i wonder if the OP goes home to cry when he's called "retarded" .. although he's (likely) not diagnosed as a retard, it's just a word with many different meanings that expand beyond the dictionary.
op: "hey i'm not having fun at this party anymore, i'm gonna head out"
friends: "omg are you retarded??? it's so much fun!!"
op: "i'm not retarded. what's wrong with you??? i feel so INSULTED"
how about instead of being sensitive you live a little bit more relaxed life. it's not a big deal. this world has gone to **** with the whole "politically correct" nonsense and other cry babies around.
when someone says OCD, they don't mean they've been clinically diagnosed with OCD because they stare at their phone all day.
i wonder if the OP goes home to cry when he's called "retarded" .. although he's (likely) not diagnosed as a retard, it's just a word with many different meanings that expand beyond the dictionary.
op: "hey i'm not having fun at this party anymore, i'm gonna head out"
friends: "omg are you retarded??? it's so much fun!!"
op: "i'm not retarded. what's wrong with you??? i feel so INSULTED"
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tell me about it. i remember this whole jenner fiasco. i said i didn't agree with it and i was called "close minded"
i kindly reminded these people that you're being just as "close minded" because you don't see that others may have a different opinion than yours.