i like also the idea that this is a group of peoples' "overall picture of what is happening". which is of course nothing like what is really happening. but it;s a picture of it no less and that in itself has its own value. What's the alternative? a million seperate voices and nothing really to tie them together?
Maybe once a year will pick up a copy of the American broadsheet at the station konbini for around the equivalent of a pound (iirc) but it's more of a treat.Got back into the rhythem of buying the Observer, and it pretty much takes up much of my sunday. It's the usual liberal moving chairs around on the titanic in the opinion pieces, but by god does it have lots of other value. i learn so much just by browsing. I like it - i like the experience of lounging about reading a newspaper. i seem to lose myself easier when it's in paper form. 4 quid an issue though
I've been thinking of the same thing for a while. One source of stress we didn't have before was getting expected to have opinions on everything, and demanding opinions from others. Taking the Internet so seriously can't be healthy (and I say that about how I sometimes can't shake what has been typed about me online even at night at home).
the UK's 2G network is supposed to be shut down by 2030 or thereabouts. your 3310 will be a useless brick.
When my gran started losing her sight she was given an almighty big chunky thing with huge buttons just for texting and calling. I was slightly mocking then but envious now!
I used to spend a lot more time in impotent rage with my fellow commuters
Something's been lost. Despite all the many different ways of communicating these days, it sometimes feels like people don't actually talk anymore. If that makes any sense.
I am glad that I am not the only person who is sceptical of smart phones. I have never had one, and am glad that I have never been required to have one. These days, though, medical practitioners often send links to my dumb phone, which I have to labouriously type into my computer.
What of the people who always seem to be in conversation when they are walking along the street? If fear that people will soon no longer be able to be alone with their thoughts. I am sure that being in touch so much is having a negative impact on child development.
We see a parent sitting with their child, and looking at their phone. In the days before the smart phone, would we have seen a parent sitting with their child and reading the newspaper?
yes best when used as a tool.
Bit like worry. All that worry I have had over the years. For what? Because here I am.
a sad sight overall, an ageing once was and rapist versus a youtube wanker who goes around baiting old men into fights for money. A nadir for all involved.If there was an "all media is going down the pan" thread I'd put this in it along with every other solemn-faced take on Tyson / Paul today treating their for-profit freakshow as some sort of actual serious boxing match. It's not sad for Tyson, he walks away tens of millions of dollars richer for 16 minutes of pratting about. It's not sad for boxing, which has no reputation for probity to besmirch. It's mostly sad for the media itself, which couldn't help but make actual sports journalists write about the thing.
Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson in manufactured mismatch as Father Time comes calling
Paul wins unanimous decision by two scores of 79-73 and 80-72 shutout as former world champ unable to land telling blowswww.theguardian.com
Now the precedent is set maybe they can start a WWE column.
