Writer's Block: Gone with the wind

[jackwabbit]

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The television. Or at least television programming. Well, okay, maybe that will take more than ten years, but who watches television anymore? If you miss a program, you watch it online. If you can't do that for free, then you download it. If you can't do that, you blow it off because there is so much online content available with which to entertain yourself. So, yeah, television as we know it.

Oh, three things...um...landline phones and single-purpose mobile devices (ie, cell phones that are just cell phones).

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[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

Number 3 is pretty much already here. My mom is a wee bit of a Luddite, so she's still using her Nokia from about 8 years ago because we can't find her a newer phone that is only a phone and not also a camera or a web browser or a GPS or...

I would clarify "landlines" to state only those in private sector... three of my siblings don't keep landlines, since they and their spouses have cell phones. Businesses will still use landlines for many more years to come, though some larger companies ARE beginning to switch to VoIP to save on costs of calls between cross-country offices.

As for the TV part... yup. My roomie and I don't even have a TV. The only show I watch right now is "Glee", and I catch it on Hulu the day after it airs... she watches only "The Office", and does the same.

[jackwabbit.livejournal.com]

Honestly, if hubby wasn't around, I wouldn't notice if someone stole our TV. I do use it occasionally to watch DVDs, but I'm actually far more likely to watch one on my computer or my portable DVD player. Just easier than the big thing.

And agreed on the last two. I was in a hurry and had to come up with two more...but your clarifications are important. I haven't had a private landline in three years, and while I thought I liked my phone to be only a phone, I was wrong. I love my modern-day multi-tool!

[jackwabbit.livejournal.com]

PS-I got your LOLCat, BTW. Cute!

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd like that one :D

[jackwabbit.livejournal.com]

Indeed, though I loved this one, too.

http://tinyurl.com/y6looe5

It's Thundercat all the way!