Comments on: Couple Walking

By: Techhead

Techhead — Thu, 24 May 2012 02:18:05 +0000

The uncomprehension/incomprehension debate is silly, because the word is used in dialogue. The incorrectness therefore displays a mistake by the character, even if it is caused by a mistake by the author.

By: Elaborate

Elaborate — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:07:22 +0000

This is the funniest punchline in a good while
The mental image it conveys… perfection.

By: Get an avatar

Get an avatar — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:25:47 +0000

Interesting clip. Looks like a political cartoon possibly but I can’t figure out what the political point would be. America walking barefoot on the beach and holding a blanket around a blonde lady?

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:21:18 +0000

“What bugs me is people who could program old 80’s VCRs or fax machines … are terrified of a phone that all you do is touch the picture that is labeled with what you want to do.”

I’m not terrified of them, just confused. I *think* what gets me is that I spent decades internalizing the idiom of “phone” and cellphones simply don’t match it. Sure, I knew how to work early VCRs and FAX machines. They were introduced and that was how they worked. Over time, they’ve gotten simpler. Phones, on the other hand, have gotten more complex judged simply as phones. My learning curve is probably stretched out because as a friendless weirdo I don’t use telephones much anyway but, regardless of the reason, the simple fact is that I get lost when activating a phone involves more than “pick it up.” It takes unexpected effort and focus to find – on this particular design – the control I have to poke, prod, slide or tickle in order to actually be allowed to talk.

By: Joey

Joey — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:59:44 +0000

I have The IT Crowd theme song as my ring tone, which confuses people, since not many people here have ever seen or heard of it. I don’t think Also Sprach Zarathustra would be a good ring tone, though, since I would have answered the phone before most people would have known what it was. It would have played maybe a note or two, and this ain’t “Name That Tune!”

By: pakopako

pakopako — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:44:58 +0000

Dear gods, I had almost the exact same scenario play out last week. Thus Spake Zarathustra would have been fitting, but I would have been the only person in the building to get the reference.

-=PakoPako=-

By: Baywolfe

Baywolfe — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:22:56 +0000

I also thought about Thus Spake Zarathustra as a ringtone until I found a really cool Doctor Who remix theme.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:21:48 +0000

What bugs me is people who could program old 80′s VCRs or fax machines (which had no screen or instructions just press buttons in this order and things change) are terrified of a phone that all you do is touch the picture that is labeled with what you want to do.

By: dale

dale — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:29:51 +0000

I use the “old phone” ring tone on my iPhone, because invaribly, the funnier or more original the song or sound effect, the more embarrassed a person is when their phone rings during a meeting.

By: shoebox

shoebox — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:59:03 +0000

Fixed “incomprehension,” thanks.

Loving the comments on this.

-=ShoEboX=-