# I'm jealous of people who don't have computers or cell phones

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-jealous-of-people-who-dont-have-computers-or-cell-phones/578200 "2011-04-13T04:50:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ImNotPaulAvery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@ImNotPaulAvery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImNotPaulAvery)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-jealous-of-people-who-dont-have-computers-or-cell-phones/578200/21 "2011-04-15T09:58:56Z")

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I’ve recently decided to cut down on the amount of technology in my life. It has just become too damn over-saturated. I really don’t want to be on the internet 24/7 any more. I don’t want to check my email at the restaurant or watch youtube clips while out camping. It is addicting and mind numbing.

Right now I’m thinking just a good desktop at home and a cell phone should be enough. I’m probably going to ditch the smartphone and just have talk and text, too.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-jealous-of-people-who-dont-have-computers-or-cell-phones/578200/22 "2011-04-15T10:14:04Z")

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> [@Vihaga](#):
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> I am not jealous of them at all. You can pry my phone and mouse from my cold dead hands, and I’m pretty much of the opinion that the internet is the best thing to happen to everyone, ever. I guess agriculture might beat it. We’ll see.

I’d vote for agriculture because it gives us beer, without which, people might have nothing else to talk about while on the internet. Or would be unable to post while drunk, which is often more entertaining than posting while sober.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-jealous-of-people-who-dont-have-computers-or-cell-phones/578200/23 "2011-04-15T11:55:48Z")

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I don’t have a computer at home, never have, and yet at work I’m thought of as “the computer guy”.

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