Economic Recovery in America

[Ideologue]

I know you must.

If not, I'll be really flabbergasted and a lot of my preconceived notions about you, New York, and its upwardly mobile quasi-bohemian class will be undermined.

Maybe I am wrong, but I was under the impression that a smartphone was much akin to a badge of basic economic worth amongst the youth (and people our age ).

[Ideologue]

Also, you need to answer my question in TBR, because I'm 99% sure you're fucking with me.

[garbon]

I know you must.

If not, I'll be really flabbergasted and a lot of my preconceived notions about you, New York, and its upwardly mobile quasi-bohemian class will be undermined.

Maybe I am wrong, but I was under the impression that a smartphone was much akin to a badge of basic economic worth amongst the youth (and people our age ).

Oh I get shit all the time for it. Including from an underling at work, one day. I looked at him and then said, it's a question of priorities. I wanted to live in Manhattan and own a car while you wanted an iPhone and were content to live in NJ with your parents.

But really, it's an expense I don't care for and there's always someone with an iPhone at reach if something needs to be looked up.

[Eddie Teach]

Whoa!  That's a lot.  Mine is, like, $120.

Now, I understand 100% that your kids need phones.  If they didn't have them, they'd be labelled poors.  Since this is Amerika, that's socially damaging, so I don't begrudge you a penny on that score, although (I haven't read it yet) I bet a lot of people have.

But you need to drop that cable.  I gave up TV service a while back.  Saves like $60 a month.

Also, you need to quit spending like $300 a month on movies.  That's just wasteful.

Cable >>>>> internet on the go. Just plan your trip beforehand.

[The Minsky Moment]

I know you must.

If not, I'll be really flabbergasted and a lot of my preconceived notions about you, New York, and its upwardly mobile quasi-bohemian class will be

I also don't have a smartphone, just a company issue vintage blackberry.

[Barrister]

I know you must.

If not, I'll be really flabbergasted and a lot of my preconceived notions about you, New York, and its upwardly mobile quasi-bohemian class will be

I also don't have a smartphone, just a company issue vintage blackberry.

Same.  While I'd love an iPhone, why pay for one when the government gives me a (admittedly dated) BB for free, and tells me they don't care if I make personal calls on it as long as I don't go overboard?

[Razgovory]

I don't have a phone.

[Caliga]

Same.  While I'd love an iPhone, why pay for one when the government gives me a (admittedly dated) BB for free, and tells me they don't care if I make personal calls on it as long as I don't go overboard?

I carry both a Galaxy S4 (personal use) and a Blackberry (corporate use).  I could get my Galaxy covered by work and ditch the BB, but I like having a device with a keyboard even if it's shitty in pretty much every other manner.

[KRonn]

My cell phone costs me $100 worth of minutes a year. I never use that up and have left over minutes when I renew. I just paid $15 to extend a month while I decide if I want to get some kind of phone or service upgrade.

Cable TV for me is about $120 monthly, includes all the premium channels. (The channels get a lot cheaper the more I get, so dropping one would only save me less than 10 bucks.) That's bundled with Internet and cable phone to bring it all to about $200. Phone part is about $25, not bad and a lot cheaper than my previous separate land line.

[derspiess]

I don't have a phone.

Get an Obamaphone.  Seriously.

[Malthus]

I know you must.

If not, I'll be really flabbergasted and a lot of my preconceived notions about you, New York, and its upwardly mobile quasi-bohemian class will be undermined.

Maybe I am wrong, but I was under the impression that a smartphone was much akin to a badge of basic economic worth amongst the youth (and people our age ).

I lacked a phone for years - they made me take a Blackberry, but I kept it in my office. I still lack access, deliberately, to office email.

The reason: if I let it, work would take over my entire life. I work long hours but when I'm home, I'm done until the next day.

Fortunately, I work in a niche area where I can get away with such slackness. 

[garbon]

I know you must.

If not, I'll be really flabbergasted and a lot of my preconceived notions about you, New York, and its upwardly mobile quasi-bohemian class will be undermined.

Maybe I am wrong, but I was under the impression that a smartphone was much akin to a badge of basic economic worth amongst the youth (and people our age ).

I lacked a phone for years - they made me take a Blackberry, but I kept it in my office. I still lack access, deliberately, to office email.

The reason: if I let it, work would take over my entire life. I work long hours but when I'm home, I'm done until the next day.

Fortunately, I work in a niche area where I can get away with such slackness. 

Everyone who works around me or with me has a blackberry. I do not.

[Malthus]

Everyone who works around me or with me has a blackberry. I do not.

[CountDeMoney]

Everyone who works around me or with me has a blackberry. I do not.

I miss my Crackberry. 

[garbon]

Everyone who works around me or with me has a blackberry. I do not.

I miss my Crackberry. 

I already do enough work at odd hours. I don't need an extra device that encourages me to do work when not near a computer.