Anachronism, much?

[Tab]

I do high-end multimedia software development. Yet, I don't do Facebook (god, no), Twitter, or even Skype. Never used Skype.

I own an iPhone 5, but my favorite phone is a



(which is rigged into my digital phone system)

and I own some high-tech cars, but my favorite car is a 1978 stick shift that needs loving care.

I own a high-end electronic keyboard but my favorite keyboard is a hundred-year-old piano, exquisitely tuned.

I use MP3s out of convenience, but I really loves me the sound from an LP.

I can order fast food, but I'd much rather cook myself, and almost always do.

Am I bad for not fully embracing the 21st century?

[libodem]

1. Nope

Not at all.

[LeftofObama]

2. Nope.

Technology is great, but I only use what I need.

[Libertas1776]

3. Nope!

and my favorite phone is one of these beauts


70 years old, works like a charm. I'm as progressive, social minded, forward thinking, liberal as they come, but when it comes to material things, i loves me some vintage. The quality on these items are sans egal compared to their modern counterparts.

[Zax2me]

4. Choice. Each his own.

Not really a debate.

[Posteritatis]

5. I still want a rotary cell phone. (nt)

[Tab]

6. You can get rotary apps for your cellphone

I had one for my iPhone, but it seems not to work with the iPhone 5, but on my iPhone 3 it had the look, caused me to rotary dial, wait for the clickbacks, had the sound, the whole thing. Just search for 'rotary dial' and see what you find.

[Posteritatis]

12. No, I mean an actual physical dial. (nt)

[Lady Freedom Returns]

7. Last time I saw one of those I was 8 years old. n/t

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[tabasco]

8. Wow.

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I see Facebook as a massive invasion of privacy and want no part of it.

[MineralMan]

9. I have an old oak farm phone

from the 1890s on my wall by the kitchen door. It still works fine, and I enjoy sitting on a stool and talking on it. It is hard to make a call, since it has no dial at all, but you can dial by pressing the earpiece cradle the right number of times, pausing between numbers. I normally use it for taking calls,though.

[redqueen]

10. "Am I bad for not fully embracing the 21st century?"

What on earth would make you even ask that question?

[olddots]

11. the dial phone replaced operators .

The choice becomes jobs or robots that can't replace humans .
At some time the choice will have to be made between convenience and existence.

[leeroysphitz]

13. I’m 12 Years Old and What is This?

ETA: Yes, BTW, you are a horrid old Luddite. Get bent.

[LWolf]

14. I was trying to describe a rotary phone to my students

just last week. The idea of being connected to a wall, not able to travel far (unless you had that really long, long cord to untangle,) was shocking to them.

I remember that there was something satisfying about the weight, the sturdiness, the ringing of real bells.