I Know What You Did Last Chat Thread

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by reprise85

you can get smart phones for like $30. yeah they aren't great but for $30 they can do like 75% of what a $300 phone can do

Yeah, but then you go from a monthly bare-bones bill of $10 to $60, at minimum (in my experience, at least). Gotta have that data plan!

[FlamingGlobes]

I went to Verizon two years ago and stripped my smart phone to the most basic package and the lowest I could get it to was $55 a month. Anyone have a cheaper smart phone plan they care to share?

[redbreegull]

yeah I couldn't justify paying $60 a month for a plan when I just don't need it

[redbreegull]

people see my phone and they are always like oh you know smart phones aren't that expensive really and then I say my plan is ten bucks a month and they are like


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[redbreegull]

it kind of amazes me how much people feel that they NEED to replace their old shit because it isn't as nice or up-to-date as new shit. no I don't have a smart phone but I do have a garmin from 2011 in my car which still gets me to the right destination 60% of the time you know?

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

it kind of amazes me how much people feel that they NEED to replace their old shit because it isn't as nice or up-to-date as new shit. no I don't have a smart phone but I do have a garmin from 2011 in my car which still gets me to the right destination 60% of the time you know?

Yeah, it's just classic consumerism, maaaannnnn.

But seriously, the disposable nature of technology these days is fucking frightening. Gotta upgrade to the newest iPhone even though the iPhone from last year still works fine! I mean, what am I, a monster?!

[FlamingGlobes]

My smart phone is a four-year old Droid with a cracked screen that gets really warm when I fiddle with it for more than 15 minutes at a time. I am using that bitch until it bursts into flames.

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

you hate capitalism, but you're gonna lol at someone for having a flip phone.

i feel like lol'ing when people get worked up over phones, so i guess i get lol'ing at things you wouldn't do.

When you're just communist enough to scoff at consumerism but still throw shade at folks for having ghetto-ass phones 👌

[Disco King]

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[buzzard]

I feel like this is the third or fourth time we've discussed redbreegull's flip phone.

[FlamingGlobes]

And it won't be the last!

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

I went to Verizon two years ago and stripped my smart phone to the most basic package and the lowest I could get it to was $55 a month. Anyone have a cheaper smart phone plan they care to share?

cricket wireless, $35 a month, unlimited txt/phone and 3.5gb lte and then it goes to 3G i think, never hit the cap

[reprise85]

i use my phones until they break and refuse to pay more then $200 for a new phone. not that that's all that frugal but i don't get buying an $800 phone every year, fuck that shit. i use the fuck out of my phone though, really at this point i need it for instant access to email and dropbox for school, plus use it to record lectures for my hardest classes. professors expect you to get their email an hour before class now. i use it for directions/reddit/banking/university website/constantly googling shit... i don't spend a lot of time on it but i use it often

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by reprise85

cricket wireless, $35 a month, unlimited txt/phone and 3.5gb lte and then it goes to 3G i think, never hit the cap

What is a cricket wireless? I'm too stupid/lazy to Google and enjoy having things explained to me.

[qwerty sp]

Why you've got a cheap phone you gotta put SP mp3s on it

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

class morality volleyed from an unexpected trajectory, you almost hit me with your consumerism bro

its about utility, i'm sorry that you are still thinking they cost a fortune but they don't & there are job opportunities to be had with them & i can't overlook that

can you send someone a job resume while standing in front of them with a flip top? can you do the new gig apps with your flip top?

i mean its like having a computer in your pocket and you guys are still talking about "novelty" jesus christ sad shit indeed

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

What is a cricket wireless? I'm too stupid/lazy to Google and enjoy having things explained to me.

it's AT&Ts budget carrier

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

its about utility, i'm sorry that you are still thinking they cost a fortune but they don't & there are job opportunities to be had with them & i can't overlook that

can you send someone a job resume while standing in front of them with a flip top? can you do the new gig apps with your flip top?

i mean its like having a computer in your pocket and you guys are still talking about "novelty" jesus christ sad shit indeed

i think i had this convo with you about 3-4 years ago before you got one

[Trotskilicious]

apparently having a flip top is like being a liberal, its like you're interested in posturing like you're anti-consumer but you're not brave enough to just go sans phone

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

its about utility, i'm sorry that you are still thinking they cost a fortune but they don't & there are job opportunities to be had with them & i can't overlook that

can you send someone a job resume while standing in front of them with a flip top? can you do the new gig apps with your flip top?

i mean its like having a computer in your pocket and you guys are still talking about "novelty" jesus christ sad shit indeed

so I should buy this product because it will help me survive in the capitalist wasteland huh

[FlamingGlobes]

Originally Posted by reprise85

it's AT&Ts budget carrier

Ah, and so you buy the $300 phone and then sign the plan? I think I'm going to backtrack to a flip-phone with Verizon soon (I got a drawer full of them) if they can't get me into whatever rbg's got going on.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by reprise85

i think i had this convo with you about 3-4 years ago before you got one

i know, i was just as obstinate as these people & its even less of a moral high ground now

i mean rbg is over here just flaunting his total ignorance of the entire thing 300 dollar phones and 60 dollar plans like whatever dude are you on your family's plan and never have to think about it yeah you got communism points on me there

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

so I should buy this product because it will help me survive in the capitalist wasteland huh

a smart phone? yes.

[Trotskilicious]

its a fundamental leap in the way humans do things and you're talking about fucking capitalism

you know radicals use these things to socialize & network right? fuck

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

i have the oldest cheapest flip phone verizon still makes. it makes calls and texts

Originally Posted by redbreegull

The beetle then comes after us and in self-defense, I close my flip phone on it.

Originally Posted by redbreegull

She might be the first person I have ever encountered who didn't comment on my flip phone

Originally Posted by redbreegull

My flip phone calls and sends texts, what else do I need it for? I don't need a computer in my phone, I have a computer in my computer.

Originally Posted by redbreegull

I only have a flip phone, and he hasn't paid the bill on his smartphone in months.

Originally Posted by redbreegull

I operate by using the phone as little as possible. my little flip phone is mainly for texting

Originally Posted by redbreegull

I still have a flip phone even though it's not the most convenient because smart phones are so expensive

Well, I guess I was wrong about the three or four times thing.

[redbreegull]

I have literally never been in a situation where I had so send someone a résumé while they were standing in front of me but I'm sure preparing for that contingency is worth hundreds of dollars a year

[Trotskilicious]

like you have the internet in your pocket, the whole internet and you're like "seems like a fad" or "this is nothing more than consumer culture"

THERE'S A FUCKING COMPUTER
IN
YOUR
POCKET

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

i know, i was just as obstinate as these people & its even less of a moral high ground now

i mean rbg is over here just flaunting his total ignorance of the entire thing 300 dollar phones and 60 dollar plans like whatever dude are you on your family's plan and never have to think about it yeah you got communism points on me there

my family does not have a phone plan?

[FlamingGlobes]

rbg, you should write a song called "My Flip Phone" and post a video of you playing it to YouTube.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

I have literally never been in a situation where I had so send someone a résumé while they were standing in front of me but I'm sure preparing for that contingency is worth hundreds of dollars a year

i have virgin mobile and have paid $30 a month since i got on virgin mobile before we even had flip tops and we just had those tiny little puck phones which you probably don't remember

30 a month, dude. do some fucking research already jesus.