I was trying to give the guy some credit....
For all we know the OP is self absorbed and cranky that she was into her phone more than him
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I was trying to give the guy some credit....
For all we know the OP is self absorbed and cranky that she was into her phone more than him
Correct, you're a "Type A yuppie". However, lately you have seemed to be gradually sliding over to the B side of things lately. We'll have to keep a closer eye on you.
Maybe you're not the best company ever?? I mean, maybe she was looking at her phone because you supplied nothing, and couldn't entertain. Not for nothing, but maybe consider something you did was the problem. Good luck!
No, don't you might end up with this scene round about from 1:30 onwards.I have one word. "Taser". Next time a chick like that keeps checking her phone, secretly tase them under the table and then blame it on the phone shocking her.
I don't think it is so much the choice of devices, nor the political orientation or sociological explanation, but more along the lines of the financial status of the people you surround yourself with. Having the amount of devices you say you own, and being around the "Art" environment, I am guessing you may be noticing something recently that has been there all along, you may just not have seen it.
Mind you, I am not generalizing that all people who make money, and are into art are snobs, yuppies and jerks, so please don't read into it that way. What you are describing is something I experienced a couple years back, and I pinpointed it down to the choice of the people I worked around and some that I socialized with. We hopefully get to a point in our lives where we are making money, and that can tend to change people. We can now afford toys we couldn't afford a few years earlier, we can now purchase name brands we may not had looked at years ago, and unfortunately I know more than a few people that got caught up into the "keeping up with the Jones' syndrome.
I noticed the more these people got caught up with the quick fix of an expensive purchase, the more they obsessed on having more, bragged about having more, and they suffered a frightening surge of ridiculous materialism and became really hard to be around. The unfortunate side affect of it became an enormous ego, and lack of care for the well being of others, they were too much into themselves.
I started waking up to a lot of the same characteristics in too many people I knew, and I tended keep them at arms length and remain with the people they looked down at, my friends that were there all along. So when the job market crashed, followed by the stock market, followed by the real estate market, as well as an illness, and a couple of bad breakups, I remained who I was, and not surprisingly the friends that were there all along didn't pass judgements on me and helped me go through hard times, I don't know what happened to the "yuppies" they obviously didn't want to "go down with my ship".
As far as dating? It's not fun sometimes, and it sounds like that was a really bad night....and that's ok, you take the good with the bad. But there really isn't a need to classify anyone or groups of people by something as silly as the device they use. I think you may be looking to stick the pinpoint down and put it on the wrong page You'll figure it out. Just hang in there, be who you are, and find some good people that DO care about the well being of others. I am sure you will find some of them are iPhone users as well.
Mind you, I am not generalizing that all people who make money, and are into art are snobs, yuppies and jerks, so please don't read into it that way. What you are describing is something I experienced a couple years back, and I pinpointed it down to the choice of the people I worked around and some that I socialized with. We hopefully get to a point in our lives where we are making money, and that can tend to change people. We can now afford toys we couldn't afford a few years earlier, we can now purchase name brands we may not had looked at years ago, and unfortunately I know more than a few people that got caught up into the "keeping up with the Jones' syndrome.
I noticed the more these people got caught up with the quick fix of an expensive purchase, the more they obsessed on having more, bragged about having more, and they suffered a frightening surge of ridiculous materialism and became really hard to be around. The unfortunate side affect of it became an enormous ego, and lack of care for the well being of others, they were too much into themselves.
I started waking up to a lot of the same characteristics in too many people I knew, and I tended keep them at arms length and remain with the people they looked down at, my friends that were there all along. So when the job market crashed, followed by the stock market, followed by the real estate market, as well as an illness, and a couple of bad breakups, I remained who I was, and not surprisingly the friends that were there all along didn't pass judgements on me and helped me go through hard times, I don't know what happened to the "yuppies" they obviously didn't want to "go down with my ship".
As far as dating? It's not fun sometimes, and it sounds like that was a really bad night....and that's ok, you take the good with the bad. But there really isn't a need to classify anyone or groups of people by something as silly as the device they use. I think you may be looking to stick the pinpoint down and put it on the wrong page
You'll figure it out. Just hang in there, be who you are, and find some good people that DO care about the well being of others. I am sure you will find some of them are iPhone users as well.
Indeed, this is no different than driving a cool car, wearing cool clothes etc. Been with us since the dawn of time.
This. Although whenever I see someone with a HTC Desire on the Underground, I think to myself: "You, sir, know nothing of aesthetics."
Yuppie status are not only on iPhones, but other things. I remember just having a cell phone was a status.
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True, true.
In addition to my iPhone, I also have a solid gold spoon to eat my Cap'n Crunch, a rhesus monkey, a pet lion and a signed Flava Flav timepiece I wear around my neck to remind the Peasants that I am superior to them.
OP, I can assure you that's not the case anymore. I've noticed a very distinct decline in that so called "cult symbolism" surrounding the iPhone recently. The iPhone is now very very common and pretty much everyone has one, so I really doubt someone can still feel "exclusive" like they used to.
Same with iPods...I have an Apple-hating friend who dismisses the iPod touch as "for hipsters" and got himself a Zune, obviously not realizing that literally every other person ages 6 to 60 has an iPod touch now. Isn't the hipster trademark "I had a _____ before it was popular"?
Same with iPods...I have an Apple-hating friend who dismisses the iPod touch as "for hipsters" and got himself a Zune, obviously not realizing that literally every other person ages 6 to 60 has an iPod touch now. Isn't the hipster trademark "I had a _____ before it was popular"?
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joking aside, see my signature.....it's true. people become consumed by their material possessions, the quote comes from the movie Fight Club.....great message in that movie.
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Perhaps the problem isn't so much that she was interested in her iPhone, but was not interested in her date.
I would say in general their is some level of sickness with iPhones. I remember a few months ago when someone started a thread asking what do you do with your iPhone at night ? Some of the answers were scary like " I put it on the pillow next to me" How about a woman instead ?
How about a woman instead ?First off, I want to thank you for the genuinely refreshing post.
I feel very similar to the way that you do, and frankly use my Apple gear in a way that does _not_ draw attention to the brand.
I'm almost embarrassed to be associated with such immature dolts.
That said, while I'm not going to let that stop me from using what I want, it has influenced my feelings about Apple. On one hand I like Apple's computers, and to a lesser degree, the iPhones.
On the other, I strongly despise the culture of immaturity, ego mania, and fanboys that act superior. They emulate Uncle Steve, and his never ending, and very successful efforts to create a cult like following.
Something he has done better than Gerry Garcia did, as he fostered the "Dead Heads". Hippies wandering around in a drug induced stupor. Attending every concert the way fanboys attend keynotes.
Gasping in sheer wonderment, at Steve's every word, proclamation, and opinion, these poor souls will truly be in dire straights as he moves away from Apple at some point.
Just what will happen to them, is of serious concern to those who have the ability to function on their own.
Without Steve, where will they vent their unresolved anger? The rage? The need to judge and act the fool? Apple forums will no longer be their outlet.
My what an interesting experience it will be, to sit back and watch.
