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70% of kids can't be hip and cool. It's a numbers game where being the winner means losing cool cred. For example, do your parents have iPhones? Anything your
by scurvy 9y ago
70% of kids can't be hip and cool. It's a numbers game where being the winner means losing cool cred.
For example, do your parents have iPhones? Anything your parents are into instantly loses cool.
- mattkevan 9y agoNot necessarily. A few years ago Blackberry, the corporate phone of choice, was super-cool with teenagers. After the London riots there were lots of breathless articles about the menace of BBM and how the yoof were using it to plan their mischief.
- digi_owl 9y agoBecause BB messaging was exempt from data caps etc thanks to agreements between Blackberry and carriers. I have seen similar outcomes when carriers have introduced unlimited calling plans "because teens only text", only for said teens to switch to calling en mass.