Weirdness: Round three

[Neko-]

Here is weirdness... Makes you doubt the sanity of some people: https://torontosun.com/2017/01/09/lawye ... 969adee0fe

[Spica75]

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/mums-angry-rant-at-naked-dad-in-male-change-room-backfires/news-story/f6354aed29ffcd57d01c1151e7515e3c
Shock! Horror! Probe! Woman sees naked man in men's changing room!

Heh, well i think the vote at the end says it all, out of almost 54k votes, 98% thinks she's wrong. And stupid. Definitely stupid.

It's a frickin changing room. People really need to stop being so idiotic prudes. Scaring kids into being bodyshy is a BAD thing >99% of the time. Perfect way to mess them up emotionally for the next 3-4 decades.

Reminds me of a time when a small group of girls stormed the boys' showers at school. What a gyp for them, I was the only bloke showering.

I'm sure they appreciated you.

[Té Rowan]

Here is weirdness... Makes you doubt the sanity of some people: https://torontosun.com/2017/01/09/lawye ... 969adee0fe

That woman sounds to me like a sociopath.

I'm sure they appreciated you.

Well, they did get to see a nekkid dude, so it wasn't a complete bust.

[Té Rowan]

http://www.interestingelectronics.com/old/henrys_interesting_electronics/hammondicon/sounds/tijuana_taxi_duhj.mp3
A delightfully dodgy Tijuana Taxi.

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

The Tijuana Taxi music is weird, but pleasant. If you want something weirder, and (dubiously) pleasant, try a Shepherd-Risset Glissando.

[Té Rowan]

Who'da thunk? Teenagers are not the biggest group of smartphone users… and that group may even be getting smaller.

[Spica75]

Who'da thunk? Teenagers are not the biggest group of smartphone users… and that group may even be getting smaller.

Tech-yuppies the biggest?

Not entirely surprised, teenagers tend to have more other stuff to divert their interest.

[Té Rowan]

I think that survey showed that thirty- and forty-somethings are the largest group of smartphone users in Scandinavia. The older teens and young adults are finding them too distracting and thus going back to older mobiles. Hmm… (an image of a mobile with a dial just popped up in my mind…)

[Spica75]

I think that survey showed that thirty- and forty-somethings are the largest group of smartphone users in Scandinavia. The older teens and young adults are finding them too distracting and thus going back to older mobiles.

Yeah, sounds about right. The generation who grew up in the middle of "everyone MUST have all the latest and greatest toys", the tech-yuppie generation(mostly).
Though it certainly has affected the older generations almost as much. My aunt(70y) practically lives with her smartphone.

Hmm… (an image of a mobile with a dial just popped up in my mind…)

Actually, considering how the keys on some mobiles suck so badly, a dial would be an IMPROVEMENT!

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

I have a smartphone, I guess, but I mainly use it to read books and fanfic. It also has some videos on it (which the screen isn't large enough to do justice), it has music, and it's a camera. And a timer. It's occasionally useful for internet (used it just yesterday to find a place). Sometimes I even make phone calls. But 90% of the time, it's a reader.

[Té Rowan]

Oddly enough, I do have a smartphone (birthday gift), but I use it mostly outside, and then as a music player or FM radio receiver. The mobile works well enough for all phone duties.

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

Basically, the much-desired pocket computer has arrived. Pity the keyboard isn't very good.

[Té Rowan]

Indeed. I think I would have preferred an Atari Portfolio, if one existed with, just to be greedy, a 286, a 287XL and full 16MB of memory. I mean, a pocket-sized Unix machine sounds nice.

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

Indeed. I think I would have preferred an Atari Portfolio, if one existed with, just to be greedy, a 286, a 287XL and full 16MB of memory. I mean, a pocket-sized Unix machine sounds nice.

I lusted after a Tandy 100. The screen and memory weren't much, but the keyboard was great.

[Spica75]

I have a smartphone, I guess, but I mainly use it to read books and fanfic. It also has some videos on it (which the screen isn't large enough to do justice), it has music, and it's a camera. And a timer. It's occasionally useful for internet (used it just yesterday to find a place). Sometimes I even make phone calls. But 90% of the time, it's a reader.

99% of the time nowadays, my "(not so)mobile" is plugged into a wallsocket in the kitchen as an SMS-receiver.
It's 13 years old so the battery very very much sucks by now.
When i get around to changing it, it will probably also go back to being ok at playing downsized MP3 files.

Basically, the much-desired pocket computer has arrived. Pity the keyboard isn't very good.

REALLY not good.