> It wasn't so long ago that you were a douche if you walked around in public talking into a cell phone. You still are. It's still considered rude to subject e

> It wasn't so long ago that you were a douche if you walked around in public talking into a cell phone. You still are. It's still considered rude to subject everyone to your cell phone call. These people walk up to the register while on a call, block the sidewalk while distracted, and otherwise are clearly not actually with us in this universe. http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/07/12/breaking-the-rules-with-mobile-etiquette-poll/ http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/07/12/breaking-the-rules... http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2438977 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2438977 http://formingthethread.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/cell-phone-rudeness-in-the-public-restroom-really/ http://formingthethread.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/cell-phone-... > Or if you drove around showing off your crazy automobile contraption instead of riding a horse like a normal person. Yep, the 'showing off' part is still douche. > Or if you wore a timepiece strapped to your wrist, instead of on a chain in your pocket like a proper gentleman. (And later, if the watch on your wrist was some kind of ugly LCD thing, instead of a handsome analog face.) This one too. Once watches stopped being a functional item (the advent of phones), they became douche status badges. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/fashion/watches-are-rediscovered-by-the-cellphone-generation.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/fashion/watches-are-redisc... http://www.npr.org/2012/04/30/150719282/in-cell-era-timepieces-are-fashion-trend-to-watch http://www.npr.org/2012/04/30/150719282/in-cell-era-timepiec...