I can't stress enough how upsetting I find the near-future of telephone technology. I'm watching the Apple presentation today and basically the iPhone is not-so-slowly morphing into a blinky box of stupid dystopian that handshakes and checks your blood sugar and texts you when LeBron James pees. I've always been torn between "delightful amazing tool!" and "debilitating waste of time!" But now I think where this is going is: it will fuck up an entire generation. Let's hope there's no app to track sea level rise, so they're all taken by surprise when their iPhones are PERMANENTLY UNDERWATER.
Monday, June 8, 2009
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Eh, if it wasn't the iPhone, I'm sure something else - chrome pants, or Soulja Boy - woulda fucked up that generation, anyway.
Mwahahahaha....I am living for that moment actually.
For this afternoon's performance, the part of Choire Sicha will be played by George Will.
RELATED: I AM OLD.
Choire, you sounded so much like my grandpa in this post.
Old enough to have a lawn?
Twitter beat the iPhone to it already.
Cellphones already ruined this generation, making them terrified and resentful of any part of the world not connected to them info-umbilically 24/7, so I'm not sure there's anything left to ruin. (nb: It's entirely possible I will die without ever owning a cell.)
Um, Every part of the world IS connected to "them" info-umbilically 24/7. That, or I only THINK I'm reading and commenting on The Awl from Hanoi, Vietnam.
If you haven't already been to Bún Bò Nam Bô, I highly recommend it. Cheap and delicious.
Slick, Setec! Thanks, I live for tips like that. Vietnamese food: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2084/1755569090_36167f9c9e.jpg?v=0
iPhone 3G S(kynet)
The minute I heard Cyberdyne was being consulted on this, I knew I was too late.
Planned Obsolescence will run you $2.99 a month.
Does it come in denim?
A line was crossed when I installed the Grindr app. I mean, knowing that "Frank" a 27-year old latino, 5'11", 170# is 417 feet from me somewhere? Also on Grindr with the same dirty intentions and a picture that is making me crazy? And texting me, knowing my proximity and demographics and visual impact?
It is simply too easy to live my life.
Kind of the best iPhone endorsement I've ever seen.
Actually this is something I could totally go for.
Best App: ZipCar app that lets you honk and lock/unlock your car.
ZOMG
Remember when people used to use the term CrackBerry? That was nice. We recognized then that there was something wrong with those behaviors.
You should see what it'll do to you after mussels frites and a bottle of wine at Les Halles.