I confess, I’m a luddite.
I don’t own a computer.
I don’t own a cell phone.
I don’t own a pager.
I don’t own a calculator.
I don’t own a videogame player.
I own a cordless phone with an answering machine, but my wife forced me to buy it.
I was very late buying:
A microwave oven
A VCR machine
A CD player
A cassette player.
Any other closet luddites out in computerland, people who resist these newfangled gadgets as long as possible?
I’m a pseudo-luddite that can’t resist the technological temptations. Really.
Not exactly a Luddite, I prefer that what I have works properly.
I don’t own a television, because it’s a waste of my time. Nor a VCR, obviously. What’s a videogame player?
No cell phone or pager, either. Both too intrusive.
I don’t have a printer for this computer, though I have a few electric typewriters, and a manual one.
My dad is a phone Luddite. He adores computers. He has two operating computers in his office (which is at home) right now, as well as three more sitting on the ground. He’s a legal editor, so he needs a computer, but he kind of takes it to extremes.
However, he bought his first home answering machine, at the begging of my sister, last summer (he had one for his office phone before, although he complained bitterly about the necessity). Refuses to get call waiting. Won’t leave messages on answering machines. He might eventually catch up to the rest of the world on phone technology, but it’ll be kicking and screaming.
I’m not a Luddite. I’d kind of like to have a cell phone, but I’m too much of a broke college student. Besides, my dad would HATE it.
~Harborina
“Don’t Do It.”
Linda Rondstadt is a total Luddite. She just got her first answering machine last month. I don’t even think she has a TV.
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Didn’t Luddites actively attempt to destroy technology and stop progress instead of just ignoring it? I think you people all sound more Amish or something to me.
Frolix, go run into Best Buy with a baseball bat and report back later on your new-found Luddite leanings. 
“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”
Uh, I say with certainty that no doper I’ve read yet even remotely resembles anything Amish. (Though a few claim to wearing exuberant beards.) Any shunning of technology is far outweighed by the cussing, contrariness, zest for attack and irreverence. And those are the mild folks!
I’m not a Luddite–quite. I do not own a cell phone. I don’t like phones, period, but cell phones are an abomination. The idea of never being permitted peace and privacy makes me hypervenilate.
Ludicrously complex programmable phones and VCR’s are a pain. Yeah, I own a VCR but only use it to play favorite movies. I own a computer and enjoy it, but must say it is not a timesaver. It requires a ridiculous amount of time learing new programs and troubleshooting its quirks and hiccups.
I own an ancient microwave (has dials, not buttons) but it works for the infrequent uses I put it to. I’m in the process of selling my old Jag because, much as I love the car, it just takes too much time, money and hassle keeping it running.
IMO, time spent taking care of stuff can rapidly overtake your life. Or at least my life. And I refuse to give into it.
Veb
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