{"id":38,"date":"2011-01-10T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godscomic\/2011\/01\/another-phone-y.html"},"modified":"2011-01-10T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T11:43:52","slug":"another-phone-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godscomic\/2011\/01\/another-phone-y.html","title":{"rendered":"Another &#8220;Phone-y&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.0pt\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">I have complained about the lack of<br \/>\nturn signals being used in America in one of my DVD&#8217;s awhile back. (Which one<br \/>\nI&#8217;m unsure of as believe it or not I forget half the stuff I do on an old album<br \/>\ncause I&#8217;m always working on a new one.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.0pt\"><span>I was really flabbergasted though as<br \/>\npeople even began stopping in the middle of the road to go left or right w\/o a<br \/>\nsignal. (Probably to make it more difficult to know which direction to pint<br \/>\nyour head in order to yell at them in time?) But the other day I figured out<br \/>\nwhat started the lack of signals phenomenon. Do YOU know? Take a sec to guess<br \/>\nbefore I tell you&#8230;.ready?&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<b>cell phones<\/b>! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.0pt\"><span>People began holding the phone to their<br \/>\near and were unable, in mid conversation, to get to the signal. So&#8230;since<br \/>\ntheir conversation was more critical than common courtesy, safety, <b>and <\/b>obeying the law, a new narcissistic<br \/>\npattern was inserted into society. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.0pt\"><span>Phones used to come on cords which<br \/>\naccomplished two important things 1) kept you in the designated &#8220;phone<br \/>\narea&#8221; so I or anyone else in the restaurant \/ waiting area \/ checkout<br \/>\nline, weren&#8217;t subjected to your one-way conversation reminiscent of a drunk or<br \/>\nrecently released schizophrenic. Cords were reminiscent of a <i>leash<\/i> to keep you from wandering all<br \/>\nover the neighborhood, but instead, to stay in your own area where others can<br \/>\navoid your barking or having you pee on their lawn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.0pt\"><span>The other plus to the cord was it kept<br \/>\nyou from carrying on a phone conversation while driving. I know it seems<br \/>\nnit-picky but I would just assume you focus on driving instead of your<br \/>\nconversation telling your friend what time you think you&#8217;ll arrive since YOU&#8217;RE<br \/>\nGOING TO BE THERE IN A FEW MINUTES ANYWAY! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:150%\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:150%\"><span>I find it telling that technology<br \/>\nconstantly seems to provide for the individual while isolating and dismissing<br \/>\nthe community. Making life easier and more convenient for me means how it<br \/>\naffects you becomes irrelevant. I promise you will never see me driving my car<br \/>\nwhile holding a phone to my ear; I have a hands free device! At least I always<br \/>\nsignal.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have complained about the lack of turn signals being used in America in one of my DVD&#8217;s awhile back. (Which one I&#8217;m unsure of as believe it or not I forget half the stuff I do on an old album cause I&#8217;m always working on a new one.) 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