Bert Hyman wrote:
> In news:137ah3k7df60aaf@corp.supernews.com geoffm@lava.net (Geoff
> Miller) wrote:
>
>> What I don't understand about the whole iPod/Walkman/Discman
>> phenomenon is why so many people feel the need to listen to
>> music so much of the time.
>
> Since this is cross-posted to a couple of cellphone-related newsgroups,
> I guess it's OK for me to express my curiosity about why so many
> people feel the need to be on the phone talking to somebody so much of
> the time.
>
> Kids I can understand; hanging on the landline phone was common long
> before the advent of the cellphone.
>
> Adults however, they're a different story, aren't they?
>


Not really, they never acquired the maturity to resist the peer pressure
of having to stay connected to someone. They're incapable of feeling
complete without the virtual companionship represented by friend's voice
in their ear. Without it, they somehow feel muzzled as to what they
expect from themselves and others. Even a fly becomes a trusted
companion when personal aloneness is unacceptable.

And then you've got the whole corporate advertising BS that feeds this
societal aberration of immature drones hanging onto each other as they
fall into the Chasm of Social Acceptability. This level of modern
misery requires a companion to avoid personal responsibility associated
with not being who they truly are, or could be.

--
jer
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