Urban's Top 100 'The Most Annoying & Over Rated Items In The World' Thread

Insane Guest · 06-07-2010, 08:35 PM

Yes, completely agree. They look ridiculous too, can't wait till I see the people at Starbucks with their iPads. Just get a damn book, they don't make them for nothing.

VEGANGELICA · 06-08-2010, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

While we're on the subject of pointless technology....

And would you really want to spend a few hundred quid on buying one of these & filling it with books and then taking it onto the beach?
You spill a drink on a book it dries out, try spilling a drink on one of these.
You accidently drop a huge ornamental donkey you've bought from your holiday in spain on a book after a drunken night out , nothing happens. Drop it on one of these.....

Ha ha! All very true, Urban, especially the part about the ornamental donkey!

I also would just rather look at print on a page in a book than on an electronic screen. I like actual books partly because they *are* low-tech.

I doubt a computer could simulate the dusty smell of an old book...kind of repellent but interesting...or one that has sat on the floor by the toilet too long, after condensation turns it a little yellow. (This happened to all my brother's Star Trek paperback books when I was a kid, so you read them at your own risk.) And if I were reading on vacation, I'd miss the wind fluttering the pages.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 06-08-2010, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

Yes, completely agree. They look ridiculous too, can't wait till I see the people at Starbucks with their iPads. Just get a damn book, they don't make them for nothing.

I can't wait to get my own ipad. My friend got one shipped over from America and I've played on it, it's fantastic!

FETCHER. · 06-08-2010, 07:13 AM

Nothing compares to an actual book anyway. I tried reading trainspotting online because I was skint, but I just couldnt do it. So I made myself even more skint and forked out £7 for the actual book which i got into straight away.

Insane Guest · 06-08-2010, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

I can't wait to get my own ipad. My friend got one shipped over from America and I've played on it, it's fantastic!

My brother has one, I must admit they are pretty cool, but they don't have flash. The iPod on it is amazing though.

Mojo · 06-08-2010, 08:02 AM

£7? I see Trainspotting in pretty much every charity shop i ever go into for £2 or less. Or you could have gone to the library. Silly Kayleigh.

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

Nothing compares to an actual book anyway. I tried reading trainspotting online because I was skint, but I just couldnt do it. So I made myself even more skint and forked out £7 for the actual book which i got into straight away.

FETCHER. · 06-08-2010, 02:51 PM

I want to keep i'll get my moneys worth, plus I don't have any charity shops nearby, I'm 20miles away from the shopping centre! :O

RVCA · 06-09-2010, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

98 : E-Book Readers

I've agreed with you so far, but I've gotta disagree on this one. Though the tablets themselves may not be the greatest things ever, they are the start of something revolutionary. I think, in the relatively near future, as a natural progression of technology, all printed media will become digital. Just look at newpapers; they're all dying. People get their news from the internet now.

So while I agree that people shelling out $400 or whatever for the current iPads and whatnot are wasting their money, I do think that the tablets have a great future ahead of them.

FETCHER. · 06-09-2010, 06:49 AM

I still buy 3 newspapers everyday

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-09-2010, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

I've agreed with you so far, but I've gotta disagree on this one. Though the tablets themselves may not be the greatest things ever, they are the start of something revolutionary. I think, in the relatively near future, as a natural progression of technology, all printed media will become digital. Just look at newpapers; they're all dying. People get their news from the internet now.

So while I agree that people shelling out $400 or whatever for the current iPads and whatnot are wasting their money, I do think that the tablets have a great future ahead of them.

Books are a cheaper option, more available, don't get bugs, more robust, easier to store and don't need a battery to be recharged.

I think the biggest fallacy is that technology will replace everything.

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Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	Yes, completely agree. They look ridiculous too, can't wait till I see the people at Starbucks with their iPads. Just get a damn book, they don't make them for nothing.