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WCDT: 2343-2347 (17-21 December 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Carl-E:
The "all seeing eye" is more in the mind of the beholder than it is in the ... purveyor.
Then again, there are some people who, out of respect, you just can't lie to. I like to think Faye is one of those for Sam.
DSL:
I know I'm late to the party on a lot of things, but ... are flip phones already part of technological prehistory? I had one as recently as four years ago. I have a Droid smart-ass phone now and I even use it for phone calls.
And, yeah, Sam could show Dora a little more respect, though I think it's just a tween's way of calling her out on her need to control. "You're not my mom," and all that. I wonder if this is meant to reveal a *deeper meaning* in that Dora feels proprietary and protective and Sam, perhaps picking up on cues from Dad, sees her as just some girl Dad dated once, coupled with "Not My Mom."
Mr_Rose:
Flip phones still exist though they are exclusively "dumb" as the form factor is not conducive to at-a-glance notification—Motorola tred to fix tat by adding a second, mono screen on the outside of the clamshell, which went about as well as could be expected—but they don't have to be calls-only; most of them have cameras and music players all the usual bells and whistles too, just no ability to add software features on a whim.
Zebediah:
I was using an old dumb flip-phone until a couple of months ago, so yes, people still use them. And Sam's dad may have given her his old phone when he upgraded. If it still works, why not use it?
celticgeek:
I am still using a "dumb" flip phone. At my age I don't want a phone that is smarter than I am.
I still can't use most of the features on my "dumb" phone, even though I have been through the instructions for all of those features.
One of my objectives when I retired (nine years ago) was to learn how to use those features - massive fail.
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