I officially hate Twitter. Talk about stupid...

[PretzelWarrior]

Well, I just don't know. Maybe Twitter is helpful to expose people's unfiltered thoughts which in some cases can be fairly dumb and childish.

But when I think again of what these communication technologies have really brought us, it is lower attention spans, quick blasts of semi complete information, and a lowering of discourse yet again.

Think about it. Our esteemed congress critters aren't even paying attention to the President of the United States during his whole speech. It's a freaking Commander in Chief addressing the joint session of congress during a time of great national peril, and these bozos are directing people to go watch a basketball game or smirking about this or that.

Do we really need that? Do we need reporters telling us what they're eating and what color of car they're riding in?

It's just how I felt when we went to shorter articles in Time and Newsweek and many little graphics windows with brief blurbs. I wonder how many people under the age of 25 can sit down and read a full New Yorker or Smithsonian magazine article. It is part of the reduction in our ability to express ourselves in analytical thoughtful ways and go straight for the id.

I joined facebook. I text my daughter. I've blogged. I do email, message boards, etc. But I REFUSE to get into the whole twitter thing. Downright stupid.

[tularetom]

1. Well, I remember when the chimp gave a state of the union address

We all sat here and posted snarky comments about him. So I don't get too upset when some asshole repubs dis the President. Even if they are congresscritters.

But I agree with you about twitter. Pretty soon we'll all be talking in text language.

CUL8R.

[PretzelWarrior]

5. much different. we are joe blow and amy anonymous

it's much different when our elected leaders (even Democrats) would be caught doing that. During a staff meeting go check your Blackberry? Fine. But not during this type of occasion.

[tekisui]

2. I only had time to get through your headline,

but I totally agree. :)

[PretzelWarrior]

7. lol. I get it.

:)

[zulchzulu]

3. The first four letters of Twitter describe what it's best suited for

Real chatters use IRC.

[BeyondGeography]

4. I refuse to even know what it is

Personalized digital solutions have run amok. The machines are winning.

[infidel dog]

100. I agree with you 100%.

When human beings wander around with electronic devices attatched to their heads(!)the machines aren't just winning, they've won.

[Locrian]

6. its like crack

And the effects are the same - the brain can only take so much stimulus before the communication degrades.

[FrenchieCat]

8. I have my theory about this Twitter!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5107710

[Posteritatis]

59. Your theory is bullshit

Just another sheep in the herd who found out Republicans use it and decide it's an existential threat. I'd be really surprised if more than one in ten of the two-minute-hates posted twice a day here about it aren't from people who never even heard about it until they found out Republicans use it and decided that makes it an evil plot.

[spanone]

9. msnbc must own twitter...all their hosts twitter constantly while on air

[PatSeg]

12. I noticed that

They bring up "twitter" all the time. It is a cheap way to advertise their shows. I find it rather annoying.

[GoCubsGo]

13. Keith does not "twitter"

He said as much last night, pointing out that he has trouble figuring out how it evenworks. I do not think we will be seeing him "twitter" any time soon--especially after hearing the name he gave to twitterers: "Twits".

[PatSeg]

29. True

I saw that. David Shuster talks about it every show now. I remember when Chris Matthews was all enamored with "blogging" and he laughed every time he said it.

[rvablue]

32. Yes and no. David Shuster, IMO, has been using it pretty effectively to

communicate with his viewers.

I'm not defending Twitter as I think it is dumb.

But a DUers two days ago was "twittering" with David Shuster about something on his show and he wrote right back and she posted here.

When folks use to write silly things during a major speech or to tell you what they had for lunch, it is useless and silly.

[PatSeg]

43. Well

That is pretty cool that he responded to her. I think his use of Twitter is a tool to promote his show. Being I really like Shuster, it is hard to be critical of him for using it.

[jenmito]

51. That's me. I also "twittered" him directly and he personally replied to me each time...

I got his replies via email. Very cool (and I still don't really understand how it works).

[rvablue]

30. In fairness, so do Rick Sanchez and Don Lemon on CNN. n/t

[Cha]

10. The Twitterers ignore the President

at their own Peril.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

11. Agreed.

Can we not wait just a little while to communicate en masse through complete thoughts?

[Jennicut]

14. Claire McCaskill uses Twitter.

I have an account. Its not as fun as DU though! Tweats are kind of senseless little useless pieces of info that no one really knows what to do with.

[democraticinsurgent]

16. It's good for business folks if used properly

Nobody cares what you're eating for dinner, so I stay away from stuff like that. But it's still possible to connect with like-minded people and learn a lot about social networking, web resources, etc. while doing a bit of personal branding.

That said, my attitude towards Twitter was way negative until I got on it and figured out how best to use it.

[hileeopnyn8d]

20. Did you see that

her Mom was mad at her because she thought it was rude to "tweet" during the speech? Claire explained that she only posted before & after.

I do read hers when I remember, and Rachel Maddow always posts helpful links relating to her latest show. But for the most part I don't see the point either.

IIRC, Twitter did help bring down B-girl.

[Jennicut]

35. Yeah! I am always checking out what Claire tweets because she is

funny and cute. Its kind of silly I guess but all in good fun. Rick Sanchez from CNN has one too and he actually answers people back.

[AyanEva]

15. I really don't understand the point of Twitter

I'm definitely a Live Journal person. I need to be able to write more than just a random sentence.

[PretzelWarrior]

50. lol. that only minorly cracked me up

I realize there's a HUGE difference. Wasn't Live journal one of the first blog sites started by some kid who then sold it for a fortune?

[AyanEva]

54. I think so. idk for sure, though.

Six Apart then owned it and now what's left of Six Apart is owned by some Russian company but they still use the name Six Apart. LJ generally requires the user to have very, very thick skin. It's not for the timid or easily offended. We're an odd crowd but I've met the most awesome people there, including some of my closest friends. I wouldn't give it up for anything. :3 I've only had my LJ for two years because I refused to get one for YEARS, thinking it was trendy and stupid. But then I fell in love with this band and at the time it was so underground in the US that this one LJ comm was the only place to go for up-to-date news. I was there so much, I figured it was just easier to make a journal so I could keep track of band news.

And I got hooked. Now I'm on there a gazillion times a day. I think I'd bludgeon someone if they ever blocked access at my job. I neeeeed my LJ.

[Posteritatis]

58. One of the first really popular ones, anyway. Russians own it now

Well, if you want to get technical, the FSB does; SUP, who bought LJ a couple years ago, seems to be one of their front companies.

That delighted the "Russian" LJ population (which was defined as "anyone in the former USSR or anyone who used Cyrillic"), let me tell you.

I keep my account there just for commenting purposes these days.

[AyanEva]

63. I can't seem to ween myself off it.

Not that I want to. It's way too much fun! I have such strange interests, it's hard to find people close to me who share them. I've made friends with or have met/often hang out with, in many cases, people from all over the country and it looks like I may get to meet some of my international friends soon too. A couple of girls from Austria are thinking about coming over for a meet up with a bunch of us here Stateside. :)

We all met because of a band. LOL

It's great for making real life long-term friends from all walks of life that you wouldn't have met otherwise.

[Posteritatis]

70. I still use it for social purposes

I just don't actually blog on it anymore, between my annoyance at the new owners and their tendency to change policies at the drop of a hat in a way designed to annoy the most users. The community function in it still kicks ass though, and that's the majority of what I keep my account around for nowadays. I've made a good number of friends through it and got back in touch with several others that way, so it's more than done its job for me. :)

[AyanEva]

98. .

I thought about switching to Journal Fen the next time they have an account sale because of LJ's management but there aren't enough people over there to make it worthwhile.

[Posteritatis]

99. Yeah, I glanced at them and saw they were closed-membership

I'm hoping to find something that lets me juggle fewer rather than more accounts. ;) Pity most of the LJ-ish sites are either microscopic, really unstable, or explicitly oriented around particular purposes.

Though I admit I am kind of guiltily amused at the large mass of fanfic writers migrating from Livejournal to Greatestjournal to Insanejournal to (etc. etc. etc.) as a result of that incredibly stupid "interest = advocacy" stance LJ took in '07. That was about the wackiest broken TOS incident I've ever encountered.

[brooklynite]

17. Sorry, I was updating my status...what were we talking about?

I don't tweet, but I don update my status bar regularly with whatever I think might be of interest to people I know. If you don't want to share, don't. If you don't want to read, don't. Taking away the technology however, isn't going to make one-sentence pundits suddenly start writing Shakespeare.

[PretzelWarrior]

19. that's not my point. who said anything about taking away technology?

I consider checking your emails or reading blogs or TWITTERING to be a stupid thing to be doing in the middle of meetings and ESPECIALLY elected public officials at important events like the joint session of congress.

My problem with twitter and the like is that it desensitizes us to moronic inanities. We become used to that as a way to communicate.

We are saying TTYL BFF! You had me ROFLMAO. I just believe our challenges and the beauty of language call for something more than idiotic stream of consciousness interjected on your twitter page every few minutes.

[XemaSab]

18. I'm bored with the minutiae of my own life

Why would I care about the minutiae of someone else's? :shrug:

[olkaz]

21. Then don't use it.

...what's the problem?

[PretzelWarrior]

22. apparently you didn't read my whole post

or you might have had something to say about my points I brought up about the problem.

If that is the case, then you are living, breathing proof of why I hate twitter.

[olkaz]

23. I read it, I just don't get it.

Yeah, some people are stupid. Chances are that they would be doing something else that is equally stupid if twitter didn't exist.

I just don't see the big problem. You use facebook; You realize it has essentially the same functionality built-in with the status at the top, right?

[PretzelWarrior]

25. and I think Facebook's status update is stupid too

I use facebook for connecting with family and long lost friends. I don't think they all need a newsfeed that I am going to see a movie.

[rucky]

24. I actually got a play-by-play of my nephew's first bm in the big potty.

It was gripping.

[Fire1]

26. As I understand one part re: e-mail and ccing to your friends.

The part about tracking the activities of others, I don't get. Don't you have to know somebody's e-mail to do that?

[PretzelWarrior]

27. doesn't work like that

you can invite friends to "Follow" your twitter page just as a person on blogspot.com can have others "follow" or subscribe to their blog page.

when a blog gets updated, the person following gets an email. also, they can see it in updates on their own twitter page.

it's all the connectivity and social networking of facebook including inane status updates with NONE of the features related to being able to share photos, make posts that are meaningful in content or length, etc.

Here is one I just did to show you.

http://twitter.com/pretzelwarrior

[firedupdem]

31. You made me LOL!!!

"I just scratched my balls"

Hilarious! :rofl:

For what it's worth I agree with you. My friend bugged me to make a facebook page. I made it and then figured out I was talking and sharing pictures with the same people I talk to via email anyway. I don't get it either. I did reconnect with an old college buddy and then I remembered why we stopped talking. :shrug:

[PretzelWarrior]

49. yeah. late breaking news on twitter experiment

i have 3 followers. 1 is legit. the other 2 are suspiciously young, nubile blondes who BOTH happened to see my twitter page and BOTH happened to get free laptops and wanted to share that with the world. one is from NY and the other California. Nothing suspicious about that.

it's like the yahoo messenger bot messages from young nubile girls inviting you to their cams. uhhh...whatever.

[Fire1]

36. Ok, I think. So, when the Prez used it during his campaign, he

had a blog page set up on 'facebook' or 'firefox?' Something like that?

[PretzelWarrior]

39. lol. yeah. something like that. Firefox is a browser like Internet Explorer

Did Obama have twitter? I hadn't heard that.

[Fire1]

41. Yeah, I learned that on another thread. Al Gore twittered, too.

[Jennicut]

40. I am so following you pretzelwarrior. I said your pretzel looks yummy.

You have 3 followers now. You are gettin popular.

[PretzelWarrior]

44. lol. it is funny. but I think this is my way to mock it.

I don't really mind it as an interesting way to broadcast inane chatter. but that's all it really is. so I laugh when the news media and GOP congress or whoever pump it up to be something it's not.

also, I agree with some who feel this is just the GOP's way of quickly trying to not seem out of it to a younger generation. kind of like the Dems acting all religious after 2004 when supposedly the "values voters" sent Bush to 2nd term.

[Fire1]

47. Thanks for your help PretzelWarrior. I think I've got the basics.

[Jennicut]

89. Yes, we are so mocking it. Its all dumb blather and no substance.

[NYCGirl]

90. Just like most of the posts in this thread. NT

[camera obscura]

28. Twitter is basically a mix of personal blogging and IM. Fun, but it has NOTHING to do w/journalism.

[ecstatic]

33. I was forced to join the web version of Twitter

to follow Rick Sanchez and Schuster :hide: But I still refuse to join Facebook. Once I grow tired of myspace, that's it for me and social networking sites!!

[PretzelWarrior]

34. the only reason I have Myspace is to keep track of Fleet Foxes

that and some other indy rock bands. That is it.

[jmm]

69. I thought the same thing about facebook but

I broke down and joined a couple of weeks ago to see pics that were posted of my new niece and so far it's definitely much better than Myspace. Not once yet have I had to deal with random web cam girls, guys wanting me to mistreat them, people offering home loans, etc...

[PretzelWarrior]

78. yup. that's why I hate myspace. movie trailers, webcam girls...

just stupidity. It's a huge media advertising delivery tool. But for groups who haven't gotten their act together enough to have their own sophisticated web presence, it is great.

Like Builders and the Butchers, Helio Sequence, Fleet Foxes....and other great Northwest indy music.

[Puzzler]

37. Sounds like the hi-tech equivalent of passing notes in class

.

[Fire1]

38. Except, everybody that subscribes can see the note????

[Puzzler]

45. Yeah... and the "subscribers" would be...

... just like my school buddies back in the day, passing the same note around to several people. I guess you could call them subscribers.

Seriously though, I do "get it". I'm just making a joke. The similarity with the note-passing has more to do with the rudeness of not paying attention than anything else.

[Fire1]

46. Oh, ok. I'm still learning.

[Posteritatis]

61. And are willing to, which is a Good Thing

There's not enough of your attitude when it comes to new, well, anything these days. :toast:

[Window]

42. I'm with you. I joined Facebook to look at pictures of my grandchildren and

my great-grandchild...that's it...no texting, etc. Twitter even sounds stupid.

[PretzelWarrior]

48. yup. but it's an exciting new way to be sold stuff

I just got 2 "followers" of my page who are actually trying to sell me. wow.

[kid a]

52. its like manufactured voyerism..."hey everybody...i'm taking a dump"...ala Leopold Bloom

nt

[NYC Liberal]

53. I don't use it, but EVERYTHING you said has been said about new things

New ideas, new technologies, etc. are always rejected by a certain bunch of people as useless. A bunch of people of every generation finds some way to deride the next generation as "dumber," "stupid," "tasteless," etc.

"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys." -- Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876.

"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" -- H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." -- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

"Remote shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop - because women like to get out of the house, like to handle merchandise, like to be able to change their minds." -- TIME, 1966, in one sentence writing off e-commerce long before anyone had ever heard of it.

"The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an author; some out of vanity, to acquire celebrity and raise up a name, others for the sake of mere gain." -- Martin Luther, German Reformation leader, Table Talk, 1530s

"Such startling announcements as these should be deprecated as being unworthy of science and mischievous to its true progress." -- Sir William Siemens, on Edison's light bulb, 1880

"The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage." -– Charlie Chaplin, actor, producer, director, and studio founder, 1916

"Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night." -- Darryl Zanuck, movie producer, 20th Century Fox, 1946

[Lex]

55. Yes, indeed. Thank you for some much needed perspective.

nt

[Posteritatis]

60. But - but - but - it's different! I have no idea why, but but but it just *is*!

I'd use a :sarcasm: there, but that pretty much is what most people are saying these days.

[progressoid]

64. Yeah like 8 track tapes or pet rocks or fanny packs or...

etc. etc.

[gristy]

114. If I wanted to spend the time, I could list quotes of people panning things that DIDN'T work out

And my list would be a heck of a lot longer than yours.

But I don't.

[tledford]

56. Twitter is invaluable, because it reveals how stupid people really are. eom

[Lex]

57. Like Al Gore and Rachel Maddow I suppose.

nt

[NYCGirl]

73. Also dummies like Barack Obama, Ezra Klein, Joe Trippi, Claire McCaskill,

Chris Cillizza, Atrios, John Hodgman, etc. Dumbasses.

:sarcasm:

[Zavulon]

62. I won't do Facebook, either.

I've seen my girlfriend's page and nothing looks dumber than this shit: "Your friend just sent you a virtual drink! Send one back!"

I'd sooner chew through my own ankle than get caught up in such assholery.

[Common Sense Party]

96. Speak the truth, my brother!

As if I don't have to deal with enough morons in the REAL world, now I have to deal with cyber-morons?

No thanks.

[PDittie]

65. Stream-of-consciousness inanity

"I'm watching a nose-picking motorist." "The children are outside play-fighting." "The meeting I'm sitting in right now is contentious."

How did I live before without knowing these things?

[waiting for hope]

66. Did the motorist eat it?

And who won the fight? At the meeting, who has the reddest face? I wanna know now!!!!!

[AlCzervik]

72. omfg, lol.

[Lex]

82. Why would you follow people on Twitter who are inane?

It would be like reading messageboards that are inane.

[Norrin Radd]

67. Screw Twitter. I miss the old, long gone, WBS chat.

[Wheezy]

68. I love twitter.

It's a great way to keep in touch with my friends and people in my business (authors/publishing/readers). And it's a great way for me to communicate with my fans without me having to spend 20 minutes writing up a blog post. And it feeds directly to my facebook status which saves me time. So for me, it's great.

I understand your dislike, though. Different strokes, etc. :)

I'm http://twitter.com/lisa_mcmann if anybody wants to find me.

[PretzelWarrior]

76. hmmm.......nice to meet you

my daughter is probably ripe for your type of writings. She is one of the avalanche of teenage girls in love with Twilight. She's also reading some other series along those lines.

[Wheezy]

88. The first book is in paperback.

Check it out next time you're in the bookstore if you think of it. I get a lot of emails from Twilight readers who love WAKE and FADE too. Thanks for taking a look! Would love to hear what your daughter thinks of it if she decides to read.

[AZBlue]

83. Hi from a fellow Arizonan - and thank you for your post, I'm intrigued by your books!

I just read the description of Wake and I'm going to have to read it now, it sounds fascinating!
(I'm not in your usual demographic, but as you already know, many books for young adults are great for adults too!!)

[Wheezy]

87. So true.

I hope you have a chance to check them out! I have a lot of adult readers as well as teens. :)

[Dorian Gray]

71. Honestly...

I know I am going to get slammed for this....

but I think it appeals to people who think the rest of the world really gives a shit about what they think or what they are doing... when we don't.

Sure, message boards appeal to that instinct in people in a way, but it isn't a constant update about ourselves constantly on message boards. There is usually a topic (here, often politics or world events) that we weigh in on. We may choose to expose our personal lives in the process, but there is more going on.

Twitter seems to be (correct me if I am wrong) telling the world all about yourself... constantly and consistently.

[NYCGirl]

75. You are wrong. Most long-time Twitter folks with lots of followers rarely

post about what they are doing. It's about ideas.

[PretzelWarrior]

77. yes. 140 character limit ideas.

it would be interesting to see some sampling to know.

Who are your top 5 twitterers and I'll check 'em out

[NYCGirl]

79. My 5 faves are: @LeoLaporte, @stephenfry, @wilshipley, @gruber, and

@ihnatko.

[PretzelWarrior]

80. thanks. I checked out the first one...question

is there a way to filter through and ONLY see what the person themselves says? Or must one wade through all of the comments from others? because if I can't filter, then it makes twitter even more annoying.

[NYCGirl]

84. Yes. You choose who you want to follow, and then you only see those peoples'

posts. Not one person on my "following" list is boring to me.

[Dorian Gray]

92. The people who I know who use twitter

are all in the ad business, and they tend to update at least hourly during the work day about what they are doing. Much of that could be conceptual ideas, I suppose, but I really don't get the appeal of it at all.

I do use facebook. I update my twitter-like talk about once a month... if something truly unique happens to me or around me. Otherwise I don't bother. Primarily because I don't think people care all that much about the state of my life. Or my thoughts. Which makes this post sort of ironic. LOL!

[AlCzervik]

74. this thread is hilarious, thanks for posting it.

[Lex]

81. I'm totally linking it on Twitter.

Okay, no I'm not. :P

[PretzelWarrior]

109. YW. I saw Daily Show and Colbert both had segments on it.

I guess it is a target rich environment for satirists and people like me. New. Faddish. Techy.

[AZBlue]

85. Twitter isn't a Republican thing. Know who the first person I ever followed was?

Actually, the person who got me to log on and create an account so I could follow them? Barack Obama.

I like Twitter. And the great thing is that unless you're following someone, you don't see their inane comments - so you can create your own GOP free world. :)

[NYCGirl]

86. I think I have a couple of GOPers following me, but I follow no Republicans!

:thumbsup:

BTW, I'm @baileymarkham on Twitter

[AZBlue]

102. Gotcha - and I love your profile image!

I need to get one!!

[NYCGirl]

106. Are you azblue on Twitter? NT

[iamthebandfanman]

94. i dont need twitter to do that

but i try not to go to that fantasty land too often ;)

[AZBlue]

104. I know what you mean - it just makes the cold hard reality that much tougher!

:)

[Common Sense Party]

97. And what kinds of things does Barack Obama twitter about?

I can't believe the leader of the free world communicates in "tweets." There's something wrong about that.

[AZBlue]

103. Actually it was a campaign tool - since then there have been one or two

on the Inauguration, nothing since that wonderful day!

[Common Sense Party]

105. Oh, I was gonna say...I think he has more important things to do

than tweet all of us.

[Vinca]

91. I haven't checked it out, but I'm totally put off after having people

on the floor of the House twittering during Obama's speech. These people don't pay enough attention to what they're doing as it is and now they're distracted by insipid messages. It was incredibly disrespectful as well.

[iamthebandfanman]

93. yah, twitter can burn in heck

hard to believe one guy on CNN made it so damn popular...

there has been technology like it out for forever, so i dunno why the big love and gush fest over twitter....

somebodys gettin paid for it tho no doubt

[Every Man A King]

95. Funny video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALbH63Ali9U&feature=channel_page

[PretzelWarrior]

107. dude. that is not just funny. that is DAM freakin hilarious!!

OMG! TWEET!!

[demobabe]

101. Twitter is misunderstood

And I think a lot of the blame lies on the presentation of Twitter itself. This whole misleading "What are you doing?" thing isn't doing Twitter any favors.

I don't care if you're brushing your teeth, or taking a crap... this is not Twitter's strength.

What Twitter provides is a FEED of information, which can be relevant to a time or place... think of these things:

Some folks here say they like Facebook or Live Journal. Now, if I'm your friend, I have to remember to go visit your Facebook or Live Journal to keep up with what's going on with you. I may or may not do that.

However, if I'm subscribed to your Twitter feed and you post, "I just wrote a new blog about X" and post a link, then I will likely come read your blog to see your latest.

Additionally, if you have enough followers, you can throw a question out to the masses and get help, or perhaps you travel to another place and Tweet: "Any DUers that want to get together for a beer tonight?"

It's just one more tool for communication and data. I'd much rather someone tweet a link to a viral video than have it clog up my mailbox. Additionally, since the Twitter API is out there, we're starting to see more applications to scan and make use of some of this data... Some good uses, some not so good.

I think the future of Twitter lies in better interfaces - I think right now it's kind of like looking under the hood and trying to figure out what you're supposed to be doing.

[NYCGirl]

108. That's a wonderful explanation of it. You get it.

Edited to add: And if you're Demobabe on Twitter, I just signed on to follow! (To the others on this thread, she can block me if she wants to.)

[PretzelWarrior]

110. we shall see. right now it just seems too little info at once

like............how little does one need to read before you've gone from "informed" to just "checked in"?

I wish we would realize that even with conveniences and ease of communication...oftentimes it is more critical to gain a more information than 140 characters to be truly informed.

I blame the CNN Headline News crawl for this mentality. lol.

[WinkyDink]

111. "People under the age of 25" DON'T read lengthy anything, articles, books, etc.

Check college "best-seller" lists (AKA, Garfield).
I speak as having taught 17- and 18-year olds for 30 years. My generation not only read books on our own; we SNEAKED them into class to do so (yeah, yeah, after walking 10 miles barefoot up-hill in the blizzard)!

Exceptions made for anyone under 25 on DU.

Whence the real energy source for these new devices?

[ZombieHorde]

112. I hate country music. If my wife and go to a restaurant or store,

and they are playing country music, we will leave. I will shop at Wal-Mart before I shop at a store that plays country.

[PretzelWarrior]

113. i hear ya. can't stand the stuff

don't mind a little old-timey blue grass n folk type of sounds from the way back. But not in a store...and definitely not the twangy crap they always play these days. Kenny CHesney and company can KMA.