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Men Use Phones To Impress Women; Women Use Phones To Ward Off Men
from the the-battle-of-the-sexes dept
Well, it appears some things don't change much. Almost exactly six years ago, we wrote about a study that said that men tend to use mobile phones in the same way that peacocks display their plumage: as a mating call to try to impress women. A new study has found that this still happens. Men are much more likely to actively display their mobile phones in social situations. The article suggests it's a way to pick up women, but it also notes that men are just as eager to display their mobile phones to other men to make themselves appear more important. Of course, what makes this even more interesting is the study we saw this past summer that found that women use mobile phones for almost the exact opposite purpose. They do it to keep men from approaching them. That is, if they see someone approaching them, they may pull out the phone so they have an excuse to avoid talking to the man. No wonder the sexes have so much trouble communicating. They don't even use communication devices the same way.
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Re: Guy
Are you sure it's not your grammar that turns them on?
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Inquiry
What are your rates?
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Am I a woman?
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And???
Another way of summing up this article would be: 84% of guys are assholes, and, most women don't want to talk to alot of them.
especially me.
I mean, honestly, if you weren't aware of both of these social conventions, you are probably not from America.
Oh... right. Ethnocentrism. Well then, this may be a really interesting study, if you are not from America.
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Maybe
Suggestions?
I like the LG Chocolate because it would coordinate well with my wardrobe, but I am old school and buy CDs. (Finally, some good shit is released today and tomorrow if you know.)
And where can I get a deal other than "Cellular Choices/ Wirefly"
I hate Cingular.
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"Duh?"
Statistics dont mean shit, and "ethnocentrism" America cannot be summed up with stupid pseudo-(collegemajor) terms.
Womens studies is not a field for the smarter women. The truly smart ones get degrees studying very large male phalluses.
That is how you sound.
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Neither do I, I am aware.
DUH
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i was so angry, i just wanted to yell at her for thinking i could possibly want to talk to her...i hate that! i hate it! what happened to the days when most girls had a modest self-esteem, i never got to experience those days. now its all a bunch of filthy skanks that think they all that. grrrr... sry ladies, nothing personal, but you have to have noticed those girls that tarnish the grace and beauty of womankind are just revolting human beings.
to all the girls UNLIKE the skanks i have describe all i gotta say is- YOU GO GIRL(S)
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Joe, having problems getting attention from the ladies, are we?
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Re: And???
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So, why not...
Besides, what does a cell phone have to do with impressions? Most model cell phones are so affordable; it would not be much of an impression!
What an impression rip off...!
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Phones to impress women?
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Look More Important!
I get such a kick out of people that show off their phones, have loud, very important-sounding phone calls in public, and wear their wireless headset even when not on a call.
Besides looking and sounding like a tool, they are all really saying how unimportant and needy they all are. Really important people have other people to take the calls for them.
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Re: And???
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Re: Look More Important!
and if you have more than one phone, you need to get a better phone! even if you have to have one for work and then one for personal use, why on earth would you have them both clipped to your belt next to your pda.again get a better phone, you can have more than one number on a cell phone and most cell phones are PDAs these days.
and dont get me started on how crazy someone looks talking to them selves in a resturant at the top of thier lungs.... oh no wait she is not crazy and rude, she is on a super important phone call about her babbies daddies cousin tyreese that just got put in jail for stabbing his mother for not selling enough crack. and that is not a strange growth on her ear, its her rinestone studded bluetoof headset tangled in her weave.
and no it is not just guys that show off thier phones, women do it too!
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p.s. - the dizzle aint fo' rizzle.
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Cell Phones
1) It makes the chick think I'm really cool and important cuz it looks like I'm texting a really important message
2) It makes me look like a chick magnet to my pathetic friends.
DAMN I'M SMOOTH!!!!
LMAO...
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The BlueTooth Fairies at work.
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Vanity & Misandry
If you need to impress a woman it means she wasn't interested in you to start with.
I no longer carry a cell phone because I realized that there are good reasons that I should not be reached when I am not answering the phone. :-)
For all you self-centered, self-important, misandrists (Man-Haters). I only have one thing to say to you...
May nature take away all that allows you to derive your feeling of importance from taking advantage of a primary weakness in men... our insanity for women.
So mote it be...
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Re: The BlueTooth Fairies at work.
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Re: Vanity & Misandry
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Ouch. Guy now has a large but inadequate penis :(
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interesting though that the phones get smaller and the big ones are now nothing to be proud of, if i whupped out a 9" black brick would you be more interested in coming home with me ladies?
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Re: smellygrrl
In short, I (however unfortunately) have to carry one phone because my job requires I always be reachable, and I carry another phone so that I can be reachable by my friends and family. It's not always a my penis is bigger than your penis battle.
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What next?
I believe this article came from the "no fucking shit" department.
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Re: What next?
so true ...
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Keep it in your pants
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it seems to reason, if you can't give your full attention for 3 minutes to place an order/talk to workers...you don't need the service. If you come ask a question, and have a headset on, it shows you have no ture interest in the product. I see no harm in asking for full attention. and if you feel you are too superior to remove your headset, your business isn't welcome. onlybecause you would be a selfish prick.
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Gadgets
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Priceless
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Another reason
Not all men are A-holes always wanting a booty call.
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Re: The BlueTooth Fairies at work.
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Anonymous Coward
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Re: Vanity & Misandry
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(Hey, it worked in the '80s.)
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Geek Gear.
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my friend is a LAN/Admin who's at the beck and call of the mainframe and somehow he manages with only one cell phone.
and the bluetooth headset is the most obnoxious tool that i have seen. it was meant for work and driving - leave it in the car or at work where it belongs. No one wants to hear you talking to yourself and we don't think you're cool cause you've got a blob hanging off your ear...it's probably giving you cancer anyway.
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next, sub a pager for a phone? well, how am i supposed to call my company with a pager? use my phone minutes? bum a quarter (or what is it now 75 cents) for a payphone? call collect? i don't think so. that leaves the 2 phone option the only reliable option.
but i think society has vastly changed over time. we have this false sense of public privacy. you shouldn't be listening me talk to my obgyn about my latest outbreak of yeast infections, although i'm screaming at the top of my lungs in a crowded mall (i seriously glanced at a girl talkinga bout hers, and gave me a dirty look because i happened to look at her. if i didn't i woulda run her over. wish i had)
back in the day, such conversations were ment for the dr.s office and hiding in a locked room with the only tele in the house.
however, when ppc (portable personal communication) was introduced, there was a sudden rush to show how advanced you were, by displaying it. then when ppc became affordable, more people tried to do the same thing. since more people did it, it moved to a "trend" i.e. all cool ppl are like that, and i must fit in. hell it's not just cool it's group/herd mentality.
so, yeah, technology at first was a way of showing off, and it still is. as the article points out. however, we must look deeper into the actions of society.
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Enjoy your smallness.
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Re: "Duh?"
Look! It's a genius! I bet his penis is small too (cause all the extra went to that apparently above-average brain...
I'm so glad there are smart people like you to point out the meaninglessness of these things. Thanks for making the world a better place.
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Re: Re: Re: smellygrrl
Ever think that his company GAVE him a phone instead of a pager. Apparently your one of those who KNOWS the dude is more important than you. That sucks man.
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Done
...and btw anonymous, I enjoy your input. It's fun to read! I justr wonder what you do for a living that you can be on so many threads...all day.
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the reason AC is all over the threads, is because many people use that name to post. it saves time and lets us not be faced with the truth of being blasted. we can say it was someone else.
but that's what you get with a non-registered board
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HELLO
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Please contact me direct to my box for me to give you my picture and further communications.
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in name of ..
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