# What DON'T you use that everyone else does? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444 "2013-05-15T19:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/21 "2013-05-15T21:26:56Z")
Smartphone. Not so much due to lack of interest or cheapness, but rather I’m waiting for my current phone to break in some fashion- I’ve had it 5 years, and it seems to be the Energizer Bunny of cell phones- I can drop it, throw it, step on it, etc… and it just keeps on going. Whoever designed the Samsung Rugby did an amazing job of making it durable, even for a “rugged” phone. I very, very rarely post on Facebook. I don’t use margarine- it’s butter, oil or shortening in my kitchen, not some kind of weird bastard child of all 3. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/22 "2013-05-15T21:29:46Z")
Never owned or used a hairbrush (just push it down with my hands after a shower) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/23 "2013-05-15T21:36:36Z")
Cellphone. A sugar bowl. Why would you put sugar on stuff? Salad dressing. I like the taste of the veggies. That’s all I want to taste. If your salad is too bland, stop buying iceberg lettuce and such. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/24 "2013-05-15T21:39:55Z")
Clothes dryer. If it were up to me, indoor heating (when I lived alone, the coldest it ever got indoors was 47 ºF, which was fine with me). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/25 "2013-05-15T21:48:58Z")
No makeup - never learned how to put it on, and never really cared anyway. No smartphone - my husband has one, but my very basic cell phone lives in my car in case of emergency on the road. No hair conditioner - just don’t see the point. In fact, other than shampoo and a comb, I don’t have anything for dealing with my hair. I use paper towels as plates for sammiches or to clean up gifts from the critters. If there’s a spill or something that needs to be scrubbed, I’ve got towels and dishcloths to deal with it, so I don’t care how tough and strong the paper towel is. I do have a clothes dryer, but I prefer to hang my laundry outside. The dryer is for when hanging out isn’t possible or practical. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/26 "2013-05-15T21:49:33Z")
Cell or smart phone, Facebook/Twitter, dishwasher, camera (digital or otherwise), fabric softener, milk, hair conditioner, kitchen table (I live alone and just eat at the counter). ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/27 "2013-05-15T21:50:18Z")
Dishwasher- there was one in my old house, never got used. Smart phone, Make up (okay there’s a few random bits somewhere around, bought for fancy dress nights), Television. I don’t have a washing machine or dryer, but only because I can’t afford to replace the one that broke, so I don’t think that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/28 "2013-05-15T21:51:34Z")
Cable television. I have test driven it when I have stayed in hotels and when visiting my sister. It seems to me that it provides a more diverse selection of poor programming and crap shows. It also seems to take much longer to determine that everything currently showing is crap. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/29 "2013-05-15T21:57:52Z")
Smartphone (and I’m pleasantly surprised at the number of people here who don’t have one). TIVO (not even sure what it is). XBox, Playstation, or any other gaming device, although I do play some games on the PC. More than one TV. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/30 "2013-05-15T22:08:17Z")
Health insurance A mortgage A car payment Life insurance Children An employer retirement plan Paid vacation Paid sick days ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/31 "2013-05-15T22:29:03Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I probably wouldn’t buy paper towels if I didn’t have two cats who throw up occasionally. I do too. I use toilet paper or one of my ubiquitous, cheap, white towels or wash clothes. Get them at Costco 24 for $10, at least that’s what they were 5 years ago, the last time I had to buy them. > [@enipla](#): > > Social media. I’ve thought about it, but my best friends don’t use it either so it’s sort of point less. Oh I tried FaceBook for a while, and kept getting friended by obscure people that frankly, I don’t care about. Isn’t SDMB a form of social media? I also don’t have children, life insurance, car payments, milk, sugar, salt, or Cable (or other form of entertainment media sent to my home). I do have a flat screen TV that we have for movies and Netflix. Most of these, I think, are less commonly used than they once were. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/32 "2013-05-15T22:50:25Z")
I do have life and health insurance, and I need extra sodium so salt is a necessity for me. Real Salt is what I use. Didn’t have kids, though and I drove my car off the lot paid for. My 403B is in a money market, because I considered myself retired at age 47 and I am not gambling with my money. I actually did do some gambling a few weeks ago, because I had a $5 coupon at a local casino. I came out $4 ahead, and found it just as boring as I always did. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/33 "2013-05-15T23:03:57Z")
I forgot to mention television; I haven’t watched any in years. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/34 "2013-05-15T23:34:27Z")
A smartphone. Facebook, or Twitter, or Instagram, or any of that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/35 "2013-05-16T00:12:01Z")
Don’t drive a car, or have a driver’s licence. Don’t drink. Don’t keep up with sports. Never wake to an alarm clock. Always work walking distance from my house. Have never owned bathroom scales. My only photo ID is an expired passport, at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/36 "2013-05-16T00:16:04Z")
I’m always the first/only one with this: toothpaste. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/37 "2013-05-16T00:18:15Z")
I’ve never sent or received a text message. I wouldn’t know how. StG ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/38 "2013-05-16T00:28:49Z")
ATMs. Never have, ever. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/39 "2013-05-16T00:29:58Z")
GPS. Prefer paper maps. Salt & pepper Watch ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444/40 "2013-05-16T00:31:39Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I need extra sodium so salt is a necessity for me. With the ubiquity of everyday foods/condiments just _overloaded_ with sodium already, why on earth do you need _extra_ sodium? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does/658444.md?page=3)