Cell phones are not for men. They’re part of the mass-pussification of men. Think about it. Did you ever talk on the phone before cell phones? Nope? Why not? Because it was gay. Men don’t talk on the phone. They talk in person while watching tv or drinking in a bar…they spend time by themselves being quiet, or blasting the radio…
And if you’re texting a girl…you’re really gay…why can’t you say it directly to her? Because she wants you to be more like her and being more like her means texting…it’s sneakly…like girls…so stop it already.
Save yourself a thousand bucks a year and get rid of your gay phone. Screw the penalty you’ll pay if you cancel your contract early. Think of it as buying your dick back from Verizon or whatever other company is currently keeping it locked up for you.
What’s next? Not being able to go to the bathroom by yourself?
Chit Chatting on the phone is gay when you should be working out, but I keep mine on me too in case an important call comes in. My job requires me to schedule appointments with clients and a missed call could mean anywhere from a loss of $250 - a few thousand $$.
I don’t care if it looks ridiculous, if I recieve a call from a client I’ll stop in the middle of my squat routine to answer.
If my gf calls to chit chat or a buddy texts a joke I’ll wait until I leave to return it though.
Cell phones are not for men. They’re part of the mass-pussification of men. Think about it. Did you ever talk on the phone before cell phones? Nope? Why not? Because it was gay. Men don’t talk on the phone. They talk in person while watching tv or drinking in a bar…they spend time by themselves being quiet, or blasting the radio…
And if you’re texting a girl…you’re really gay…why can’t you say it directly to her? Because she wants you to be more like her and being more like her means texting…it’s sneakly…like girls…so stop it already.
Save yourself a thousand bucks a year and get rid of your gay phone. Screw the penalty you’ll pay if you cancel your contract early. Think of it as buying your dick back from Verizon or whatever other company is currently keeping it locked up for you.
What’s next? Not being able to go to the bathroom by yourself? [/quote]
I agree with Sen Say to an extent. I use my phone maybe 6 minutes a day, at the most. I don’t text, I don’t have 500 extra applications on my phone and most importantly I don’t and gab about my portfolio like some metro pussy in line at the airport. More and more I see dudes these days playing with their phones and it pisses me off. Be a fuckin’ man, and don’t gab on your phone all day.
Holy shit, this is T-Nation and were bitching and whining about other people and their cell phones and ipods? I can understand being pissed if the guy is chatting in the squat rack, but other than someone wasting YOUR time by being on their phone, whats the big fucking deal?
I keep mine with me in the gym so I can keep tabs on the amount of time I am spending between sets. I dont use my ipod in my current gym because the stereo only plays pantera, slayer, and mastodon; however, when I am working out in a more “commercial” place where the only thing they play is techno and top 40, I have mine on from the time I walk in until the time I walk out. Does it make me less hardcore? No. It makes me someone who has their phone and their ipod near them in the gym for whatever reason that they see fit. Its not like youre the only person paying to be there. Shut the fuck up and lift.
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
Holy shit, this is T-Nation and were bitching and whining about other people and their cell phones and ipods? I can understand being pissed if the guy is chatting in the squat rack, but other than someone wasting YOUR time by being on their phone, whats the big fucking deal?
I keep mine with me in the gym so I can keep tabs on the amount of time I am spending between sets. I dont use my ipod in my current gym because the stereo only plays pantera, slayer, and mastodon; however, when I am working out in a more “commercial” place where the only thing they play is techno and top 40, I have mine on from the time I walk in until the time I walk out. Does it make me less hardcore? No. It makes me someone who has their phone and their ipod near them in the gym for whatever reason that they see fit. Its not like youre the only person paying to be there. Shut the fuck up and lift.[/quote]
I agree here. I think its wrong if your actually talking on the phone while at the gym, unless its an emergency. And I find ipods to be almost essential, unless your the one picking out the soundtrack at the gym. My gym has horrible speakers and listens to a radio station where 50% of the time it is playing advertisements.
Although I dont talk much on my cellphone, I do think they are a great piece of technology, there is nothing like sitting at work playing games and surfing the web on my blackberry. Perhaps some people should quit whining and just accept the fact that everyone has different opinions and interests.
leave it alone. you can wait an hour or so after your workout. you can call people back and they can leave messages. You don’t have to have it on your person at all times unless you are a Doctor or expecting a child. Self employment and important money making deals can wait. Give yourself some time
[quote]oldcrabbybastard wrote:
leave it alone. you can wait an hour or so after your workout. you can call people back and they can leave messages. You don’t have to have it on your person at all times unless you are a Doctor or expecting a child. Self employment and important money making deals can wait. Give yourself some time[/quote]
Personally, I’ll take a cut in my time for a few hundred dollars, especially if all it requires is a 30 second conversation to set up a face to face meeting at a later time. As far as picking up to talk about what movie angie saw last night though, I agree.
Once I had my car jacked and some of my shit stolen, including my phone. I found that life without the tele-communicator was quite liberating. So I went without until I was forced to get one “in case of emergencies.”
To it’s credit the tele-communicator does help setup times with clients etc. but other than that I keep that shit in my bag. Keep it in your pocket and it will rot your nuts off. I hate my cell phone.
Although my job isn’t all that important to society (well it kind of is, but if i dont show up someone else will), its important for me to keep my phone on me because its on an on-call basis and its how i pay the bills.
If you keep your phone on silent or vibrate and don’t take up equiptment longer than you normally do, then I don’t see a problem with it.
I workout with a lot of firemen and cops who bring their phones in case of emergency eventhough they are off duty which I think is very respectable.
My biggest pet peeve in terms of phones is definately people who get texted constantly and use a short noise or sound as their text ring tone.
[quote]Contrl wrote:
JohnnyBlaze wrote:
That’s fine. My gym plays popular music too, and let me tell you - songs like that “Hey there Delilah” aren’t exactly motivational when you’re trying to max out on some heavy fucking reps! lol.
BUT COME ON JOHNNYBLAZE! HE’S SHOWING HIS EMOTIONS ABOUT THE GIRL HE LOVES IN NEW YORK CITY WHO’S 1000 MILES AWAY BUT LOOKS SO PRETTY!!! HOW CAN THAT NOT TOUCH YOUR HEART???[/quote]
WHOOOOOA WHAT YOU DO TO MEEEEEEEE OOOHHHOOOHHH WHAT YOU DO TO MEEEEEEEEEE whine whine moan moan…
[quote]Avocado wrote:
So I went without until I was forced to get one “in case of emergencies.”
I hate my cell phone.
-chris[/quote]
I fell for that whole “in case of emergencies” for like 3 years…I counted up how many emergencies occurred during that time and the only one I could come up with was when I locked my keys in my car…so…my dumbassness aside, we had 0 emergencies in 3 years…so…I paid almost $4,000 for my one emergency and the ability to be on call to my wife and/or girlfriends whenever they wanted to talk about…you know…feelings and life and their day and stuff like that…jaysus…if I’d have taken a hundred bucks per month over 3 years and invested it in Verizon or whatever the cell phone company is…aye yai yai…
[quote]sen say wrote:
Avocado wrote:
So I went without until I was forced to get one “in case of emergencies.”
I hate my cell phone.
-chris
I fell for that whole “in case of emergencies” for like 3 years…I counted up how many emergencies occurred during that time and the only one I could come up with was when I locked my keys in my car…so…my dumbassness aside, we had 0 emergencies in 3 years…so…I paid almost $4,000 for my one emergency and the ability to be on call to my wife and/or girlfriends whenever they wanted to talk about…you know…feelings and life and their day and stuff like that…jaysus…if I’d have taken a hundred bucks per month over 3 years and invested it in Verizon or whatever the cell phone company is…aye yai yai…[/quote]
Cell phones are not for men. They’re part of the mass-pussification of men. Think about it. Did you ever talk on the phone before cell phones? Nope? Why not? Because it was gay. Men don’t talk on the phone. They talk in person while watching tv or drinking in a bar…they spend time by themselves being quiet, or blasting the radio…
And if you’re texting a girl…you’re really gay…why can’t you say it directly to her? Because she wants you to be more like her and being more like her means texting…it’s sneakly…like girls…so stop it already.
Save yourself a thousand bucks a year and get rid of your gay phone. Screw the penalty you’ll pay if you cancel your contract early. Think of it as buying your dick back from Verizon or whatever other company is currently keeping it locked up for you.
What’s next? Not being able to go to the bathroom by yourself? [/quote]
Holy shit, you paid $1000 a year for your phone!? No wonder you hate them.
As far as texting people, I text so I don’t have to talk to them. I’m not going waste my time dialing and waiting someone to answer when all I have to say is one statement. It’s all about efficiency. It’s the same reason I only ever push 2:22 or 3:33 on my microwave. I’m not to search all over the keypad for the right number combination. Fuck that just push “2, 2, 2, start”. Who cares if the middle is still a little cold? Just suck it up and eat it.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
It’s the same reason I only ever push 2:22 or 3:33 on my microwave. I’m not to search all over the keypad for the right number combination. Fuck that just push “2, 2, 2, start”. Who cares if the middle is still a little cold? Just suck it up and eat it.[/quote]
I thought I was the only person that did this…people at work laugh at me when they see me doing this in the office kitchen…
[quote]
It’s the same reason I only ever push 2:22 or 3:33 on my microwave. I’m not to search all over the keypad for the right number combination. Fuck that just push “2, 2, 2, start”. Who cares if the middle is still a little cold? Just suck it up and eat it.[/quote]
LOL, that’s hilarious. Talk about being super strapped for time.