There is no debate the iPod has benefited our daily lives. Who would have thought I'd be able to carry thousands of CD's, hundreds of pictures, and even full length movies in my pocket wherever. My walks to class, car rides with parents, and waiting line impatience have all been improved by having a few gigs of "stuff" on a little mp3 player. I can also study by listening to a podcast of a lecture that was given 4 weeks ago. We all know about the benefits, we've seen the commercials, but its not all good.
One of my biggest pet peeves:
Everyone of you that turns their head or completely disappears as soon as those little white earbuds go in needs to take a break for a while. Where have all the people gone? When I walk down State St I either hear nothing (because everyone is in their own iWorld) or I'll catch a 5 second clip of Jock Jams as someone walks past. Seriously, turn it down! If you need to drown out the world around you that much then just stay home. I like to listen on my walk to class as much as anyone else, but I also like to hear if a friend shouts my name (or that bus coming down University). Maybe this rant is in vain, as I'll soon be the owner of another iPod myself. I guess everything is only ok in moderation, and you can get too much of a good thing.
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9 years ago
I'm not the most outgoing of people. I'm generally very reserved. But I do feel that everyone plugging into their own existences and tuning out everyone else does... sort of cheapen the experience of being human, of being one of many minds sharing the same space for a splinter of eternity.
ReplyDeletei understand and agree to what you're saying about the ipod and that is one of the reasons why i don't own one for myself which is odd because every one has one. i say to myself all the time that i have a phone which has mp3 so i save money by that and also i agree on how people are like zombies everywhere with their ipods because they just listen to it and forget about the surroundings
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