Monday, February 14, 2011

Day 16: Someone or something you definitely could live without.

This is a hard one to answer, and yes, I know I've said that about quite a few of these questions. My problem with this one is that there are so many things in this world I think are non-essential. I am not one of those people who goes camping and thinks, "Oh my God! What am I going to do without my phone, and texting, and computers, and internet!?!?!" Although even that statement is probably out of date because now people are concerned with iPads, and 24/7 Tweets, and robotic arms that wipe their butts for them. Ok, so maybe that last one doesn't exist yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if was invented in the next few years. (And be honest, there are probably a few of you that thought, "Hey, that's a good idea")
I'm not saying I'm Laura Ingalls Wilder or anything. I certainly use my phone, and computer, and obviously the internet, but I can go without these things for a while without going crazy. My husband and I own a t.v., but we don't have cable. And every time I think we should get it, I watch t.v. at someone else's house and realize that I have very little interest in paying to search through the guide over and over again, hoping to find something worth watching. Hulu and Netflix give me all I could ever need in terms of boob tube entertainment.
So, I guess if I had to come up with a specific answer it would be cable t.v., but my point to this post was that way too many people rely on superfluous technology.

camping back in 2006ish.
Yes, that's me. Completely disgusted with everyone

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