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whoever it is, I can't help thinking how important the show is making that character look. He is so important that whatever is needed from him at the police station just can't wait. I wonder if people with cell phones in the real world are getting an ego boost every time their cell phone rings. Are cell phones creating a society of people with over inflated egos?

Have you been in a doctor's office lately? If you have, chances are whoever else was in the waiting room was doing what is called text messaging on their cell phone or was updating their electronic organizer. Hey, does anyone know how to read more than two sentences or even write those two sentences out anymore? Sometimes I seriously doubt it. With both the cell phone text-messaging feature and the electronic organizer, knowing how to abbreviate is the key to operating these devices effectively. Is society becoming non-conversant because of technology? Or maybe it's worse. Could the people of today have lost the ability to think without the use of gadgets?

Don't get me wrong. The computer, cell phone, electronic organizer, and any gadgets I haven't mentioned have purposes that can benefit society. But after watching how people act in everyday life these days, I have the opinion that most people misuse the gadgets to the point where they are missing out real life. I consider myself an easy person to know. I'm likely to talk to the person sitting next to me at the counter of a local diner just to make conversation, but anymore, there isn't anyone at the counter having a cup of coffee. Everyone is at home still in his or her pajamas seeing who's in a chat room online. In my opinion, we are slowly becoming a society of neurotics. The only thing that will save us is to go out and experience real life for at least few hours on a daily basis without any of the gadgets.

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