<p>What is it like? How do you survive?</p>
<p>No I'm not trying to single anyone out. I don't have a cell phone myself and I've been asked for a phone number twice today :(.</p>
<p>I know this guy who doesn’t have a cell phone. I guess he’s low income because he doesn’t have internet or a printer. I feel sorry for him because he is failing all of his honor classes. He doesn’t really communicate with anyone and doesn’t do any outside events.</p>
<p>I’m genuinely interested in knowing what people talk about when they text during class. Is it about class or is it about who you just saw Jessica with?</p>
<p>I’m not low-income but I’m just not the kind of person who feels as if she needs electronic devices to be “happy.” </p>
<p>I could ask my parents for a cell phone and they would definitely get one, but then, I don’t really want one as people generally don’t ask for my # anyway - today was somewhat of an outlier and it somewhat painfully reminded me that I didn’t have a cell phone. </p>
<p>Enough of my justifications. What about you? Do you think it is feasible to connect with people without a cell phone?</p>
<p>I use my phone to talk to my mommy when I’m walking home late at night, to text the MTA to find out what time the bus is coming, to ask if my sister could pick me up from school daily, and to ask my friends questions about homework. That’s about it.</p>
<p>One of my best friends doesn’t have a cell phone and another doesn’t have texting.</p>
<p>I didn’t have one until junior year. Nor was I on Facebook until the end of junior year. It kind of stunk freshmen/sophomore year when people would send out text messages for clubs and stuff and I would never get them. Plus I wasn’t on Facebook. I eventually just adapted to not being told things at the same time as everyone else. There were some bad times where I didn’t get a message like wearing the club shirt for a picture or whatever, but for the most part it really wasn’t a huge deal.</p>
<p>Honestly my least favorite thing was having to ask people to use their phone. It wasn’t that I did this often, but it just wasn’t something I liked doing.</p>
<p>I’ve considered numerous times just getting rid of my cell phone. I definitely see the benfits and will probably keep it because it’s so cheap (ok not THAT cheap, but I don’t see myself paying for a landline until I’m settled down more you know?), but at times I just get frusterated.</p>
<p>I think people become so attached to technology that the relationships in their life suffer.</p>
<p>Yeah, and I agree with CSIHSIS…</p>
<p>That’s basically all I use my cell phone for. I actually keep long conversations usually on the landline because it’s cheaper and plus I like that phone better, my cell phone is too small to hold with my shoulder.</p>
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<p>I know how you feel. Having to ask others to borrow their phones, and then waiting for their reactions is horrible. Sometimes, they’re like what the hell - you don’t got a phone? Most of the time, fortunately, people are nice and let you borrow their phone no problem. I always feel bad though because I know I’m using their minutes. </p>
<p>I especially hate borrowing people’s pre-paid phones. Those things tell you how much money you’ve spent after each call, and I hate the phone’s telling me that I spent 10 cents of another person’s money just to call my mommy :.</p>
<p>And if I’m at home I’d much rather talk on Facebook because it takes me three minutes to type a sentence like this on my phone.</p>
<p>If the person is going to be completely OBNOXIOUS (which telling you that you wasted 10 cents IS PRETTY OBNOXIOUS) about ten cents, well… idk…</p>
<p>And heck, connecting with cellular devices? <em>SO</em> 2011. Facebook is the 2012 thing ;)</p>
<p>Just kidding. But seriously, phones suck. Also they break easily. In fact my phone screen cracked today</p>
<p>The only time I wish I had a cell phone is coordinating with people. I hate to have to borrow someone’s phone all the time. As for talking and texting…well, i hate phone conversations anyway, and I can just use facebook for messaging.</p>
<p>I feel as if people make judgement calls every time I have to tell someone I don’t have a phone - so no, you can’t call me at night or text me :(. I’ll definitely have one for college, that’s for sure.</p>
<p>I have an iPhone but I have a reputation for never answering it and forgetting where it is. From my experiences, however, there are certainly times when having a cell phone would come in handy.</p>
<p>I just don’t like those self righteous people who think that not having a cell phone makes them better than other people, like not having a Facebook or being vegan.</p>
<p>As someone who is a facebook-less vegetarian, I’ve noticed that people perceive you as being self-righteous just because you do something differently, regardless of whether you actually are self-righteous or not… They for some reason jump into defensive mode as if you just judged them on their habits when, in reality, all you said was that you made a different personal decision that in no way affects them… Try not to get the look of annoyance on their face after you do this confused with actual self-righteousness.</p>
<p>I never had a cell phone in high school and I still don’t have one now. It’s only mildly annoying when someone asks me for a phone number. Sometimes I do get the urge to contact my family immediately but that happens only once every few months. However, I absolutely cannot live without my computer.</p>
<p>I don’t have a facebook or a phone and I survive during high school just fine.</p>
<p>I JUST got my first cell phone and I’m a Sophomore. I survived without. Also a lot of people tried to ask for my number when I didn’t had one, so I just gave my moms lol</p>
<p>I had a cell phone in middle school…absolutely worthless. It was clearly only a distraction and what I gained out of it was minimal. The distractions, for that matter, easily outweighed the gains, and that’s why I consider it worthless, although, really, I should consider it worse. It was even stolen one time, and I had to go through a lot to finding the culprit and getting him suspended to give it back. I got it back, but without a sim card…</p>
<p>Now I never use a cell phone and if I ever have to communicate with anyone I do it face to face or through a messenger boy (or something like that). It really is important to feel like your in control of life, rather than feel that without a cell phone you can’t survive. If you feel like the latter, it only mean that a cell phone has truly taken over your communication life.</p>
<p>why would you not have a cell phone?</p>