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If you were a teenage girl, you'd think this was the awesomest thing ever. (Or, y'know, whatever the translation of "awesome" into teenage girl at the moment.)
by hugh3 15y ago
If you were a teenage girl, you'd think this was the awesomest thing ever.
(Or, y'know, whatever the translation of "awesome" into teenage girl at the moment.)
- chc 15y agoThey still say "awesome," actually.
- StavrosK 15y agoI don't think teenage girls haven't heard of Skype, though...
- nagnatron 15y agoNot to be an ageist, but you're something like 35+?
- StavrosK 15y agoI don't know whether to be offended or flattered!
- kmfrk 15y agoGod I feel old. And I'm in my bloody twenties.
- StavrosK 15y agoWhy is my comment making everyone feel old or young or whatever it is? All I said is that teenagers have probably heard of Skype, what's the fuss?
- davemabe 15y agoI've polled my teenage daughter several times over recent years about this. She barely _talks_ on the phone anymore - texting is FAR and away the most common form of communication. Even (facebook) chat is not used that often. I can't imagine video chat being compelling for her and her friends.
- etcet 15y agoWhenever the topic of video chat turns up, I am reminded of an aside in Infinite Jest[0]. > WHY [VIDEOPHONY FAILED] > The answer, in a kind of trivalent nutshell, is: (1) emotional stress, (2) physical vanity, (3) a certain queer kind of self-obliterating logic in the microeconomics of consumer high-tech. [0] http://books.google.com/books?id=Nhe2yvx6hP8C&lpg=PP1&dq=infinite%20jest&pg=PT81#v=onepage&q=video-telephoning&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=Nhe2yvx6hP8C&lpg=PP1...