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Posted on 03-26-09 05:22:39 AM Link | Quote
"Well, I had to miss three days of work because I can't use computers, and even if my job didn't let me use computers I'd have to swipe my subway pass and that uses technology, so I can't get to work... in short, technology is here, it's not going away, get used to it. The end."

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Posted on 03-26-09 05:28:22 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Colin
"Well, I had to miss three days of work because I can't use computers, and even if my job didn't let me use computers I'd have to swipe my subway pass and that uses technology, so I can't get to work... in short, technology is here, it's not going away, get used to it. The end."

This, this, a thousand times this.

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Posted on 03-26-09 05:33:59 AM Link | Quote

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"I ignored those stoplights like you said. My horse cart ran several people off the road and I told the police officers because they used technology they couldn't arrest me."

"Alas, I was thrown in a high-tech jail cell against my will. Nooooooo!!! I failed the assignment! That's worse than the charges of reckless disregard for traffic laws!"

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Posted on 03-26-09 01:56:04 PM Link | Quote




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I wonder if the prof would accept a paper about giving up due to your overdependence on technology. I bet you could ham it up and have a decent paper along the lines of what he wants to hear, anyway.

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Posted on 03-26-09 04:23:34 PM Link | Quote
You'd have to take the angle on how technology has taken over our lives but if you wrote a really good paper, I can't see him failing you.

Hell, if I ever had that type of assignment and failed, there'd be... problems.

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Posted on 03-27-09 12:18:48 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Tina
My reply would seriously be "I slept in all day until random hours of the night, because between not having my digital alarm clock to wake me up and not having anything to do I was bored shitless."

It'd be honest!

This.

I slept for 3 hours today between classes and am now bored shitless.

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Posted on 03-27-09 12:20:00 AM Link | Quote
Draw on pencil and paper.

You don't need to use your tablet to draw. :V

It'll be fun!

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Posted on 03-27-09 12:21:59 AM Link | Quote
I'd be bored crazy as well. Pretty much be begging for work(Though I'd have to tell them that I can't be a backup cashier since that is technology...)

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Posted on 03-27-09 12:33:38 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kaguya
Draw on pencil and paper.

You don't need to use your tablet to draw. :V

It'll be fun!

I've been mapping out areas in Volta for 3 hours. I'm tired of pencil and paper for the moment. But yeah, I've thought of doing that.

Maybe I'll see if my friend wants to try what I have done in Volta. He hasn't played it recently.

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Posted on 03-27-09 12:43:05 AM Link | Quote
well your posting here, so I guess it's not going so well? Hang in there buddy ;D
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Posted on 03-27-09 05:01:31 AM Link | Quote
Read a book.
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I would just read the Bible.

Over and over again.

Until I began babbling quotes at people and scared them away.

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Posted on 03-27-09 05:49:41 AM Link | Quote
Well at least you could explain to people what John 3:16 means when you see a sign at sporting events.

Buy a newspaper, it'll at least occupy some time with the crosswords and puzzles and all that.

(Or, like we've stated, you can just blow the whole stupid fscking thing off.)

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Posted on 03-27-09 01:24:17 PM Link | Quote
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(Or, like we've stated, you can just blow the whole stupid fscking thing off.)

Which is what I've decided to do.

I went 24 hours, I know what the rest of the 48 would bring. I can bullshit this. I already wrote yesterday's response, I just need to write something along those lines for today and tomorrow.

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Posted on 03-27-09 01:44:33 PM Link | Quote
Congrats on blowing this off. It's pretty easy to write a paper without taking technology out of your life.

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Posted on 03-27-09 02:26:18 PM Link | Quote
Maybe it's because I didn't grow up with a TV, computer, or video games, but this really doesn't seem like a big deal to me. If you can't bring yourself to go just three days without these things, then maybe going without would be good for you. God help you if you lose power for an extended period.
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Posted on 03-27-09 03:46:27 PM Link | Quote
There's a difference, though, between being unable to use things whatsoever for such a reason (referring to a power outage, here), and stupid restrictions such as what was stated.

I've gone bits of time without internet access (or even phone access, lol AOL) and I did just fine. It started off a bit awkwardly, but I got over it within a day or so.

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Posted on 03-27-09 03:51:51 PM Link | Quote
See, stuff like this is easy to do when needed, or when you want to take a break.

But this whole thing was just stupid. Congrats on blowing it off.

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Posted on 03-27-09 04:34:30 PM Link | Quote
I think you need to end the paper with something along the lines of...

"Near the end, I heard a voice. The teddy bear on my shelf - a bear that I've had since I was 4 years old, mind you, and which sits on the shelf as a reminder of my childhood - started to talk to me. He offered to take me into the land of Make-Believe, and I was sorely tempted to join him.

Then, my alarm went off, the 72 hours were complete and I rushed to my computer to note down this strange occurrence."

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Posted on 03-27-09 04:34:44 PM Link | Quote
Even without Power(Yay Hurricanes) I still have my DS with which to play stuff.

Being told not to play stuff, uhhhh I do it anyways.

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