[reeneebob]

I love my berry, I do, but seriously there seems to be a thinking that it's okay to become completely locked on the darn thing all day at the expense of all else. People thinking it's funny or normal to ignore spouses over a phone, making beds for it etc. Another forum features people saying providers are raping subscribers - something completely offensive to me as a close friend was a victim of rape and using it in description of a damn cell phone data plan rate is NOT okay.

When did it become okay to become a slave to a cell phone, and think it's okay because it's an 'addiction'? I can't be the only one who uses it throughout the day and puts it in my purse, shut off totally at night. **** there are days I don't turn it on at all if I am at home and not going out.

Does anyone think it's gone too far? When marriages or relationships are in trouble because of it, or cavalierly throwing around the term rape to describe a price plan?

[BBIronMan]

To each their own. They can seek counseling or even find local twelve-step programs. Or their families can have wireless intervention by flooding them with SMS and email while they simultaneously physically isolate them to a Faraday cage.

[bmcclure937]

Yeah, I do agree

Sometimes people use overly strong terms or exaggeration to get points across, and sometimes the terms used can be offensive.

And the addiction thing can be taken way too far... sometimes I do not understand how people can be so attached that it interferes with their personal life and relationships in real life. haha

[V3NZ3L]

I can relate to this post completely. I don't take offense to others addiction, but I, myself, do not consider myself addicted to my blackberry. I use it a lot throughout the day but don't lose sleep over it or anything. I am still perfectly capable of functioning without it!

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[Username5300]

I notice that you have 571 posts in here you must have a pretty good addiction. I also think that it is good that you put it away.

[bmcclure937]

I notice that you have 571 posts in here you must have a pretty good addiction. I also think that it is good that you put it away.

Understandable. I enjoy relating to other Berry users and abusers on the forums, and these things do not offend me

I agree with the OP on the fact that people throw around words like "rape", "******", etc and those things can easily offend people. Also, there is a point where people become waaay to addicted to their Berry and sleep with it, etc.

haha. Anytime the device causes you to make a decision between real life and it... is a bad thing! haha

[amazinglygraceless]

God bless you girl!

I have railed against this insanity for like, forever.

I too am tired of the "I can't put it down", It's always with me".
"I'm addicted to it", "My, insert relationship, is jealous of my BB"

Sleeping with your phone? Creepy.
Ignoring people because you'd rather check some stupid text? Just plain sad.
Separation Anxiety over a phone? Seek professional help. NOW!

People, it is a ****ing phone. And as I said before, it will not make you smart, pretty, taller, thinner, sexier, funny, or anything else. You just have a phone. Get over it and yourselves.

And yeah, stop bandying about words like "addiction" and "rape".
You do a disservice to anyone who experienced either.

[reeneebob]

What bmcclure said - helping others and learning to use it when I first got it comprised most of those posts - and I have always turned it off and put it away every night - this is nothing new.

However, the level of devotion I see with making beds for a CELL PHONE is not something I can relate to, hence the thread - to discuss.

If 571 posts were made from my berry, absolutely I could see the correlation.

[Msmari]

This man right here always make good strong valid points!!! Thank you Graceless!!

God bless you girl!

I have railed against this insanity for like, forever.

I too am tired of the "I can't put it down", It's always with me".
"I'm addicted to it", "My, insert relationship, is jealous of my BB"

Sleeping with your phone? Creepy.
Ignoring people because you'd rather check some stupid text? Just plain sad.
Separation Anxiety over a phone? Seek professional help. NOW!

People, it is a ****ing phone. And as I said before, it will not make you smart, pretty, taller, thinner, sexier, funny, or anything else. You just have a phone. Get over it and yourselves.

And yeah, stop bandying about words like "addiction" and "rape".
You do a disservice to anyone who experienced either.

[Kathryn]

I work in a casino (table games dealer), and I am often asked, "isn't gambling a sin?"

My response is invariably that while I accept that there are some absolute evils, most things in life are simply there, as in "there is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so"; and for most of those things, the sin comes in excess.

In other words; being fond of messing around with one's BB is not a sin, UNLESS said messing around cuts into the time and /or money that should properly be spent with something or someone else.

Now, if someone is in the grip of a bona-fide addiction, then that someone is by definition powerless to help themselves, and intervention or a 12-step program is the proper course.

I think that about 80% of those who say in these forums that they are 'addicted' really aren't, and that they should tone down the hyperbole.

[Username5300]

What bmcclure said - helping others and learning to use it when I first got it comprised most of those posts - and I have always turned it off and put it away every night - this is nothing new.

However, the level of devotion I see with making beds for a CELL PHONE is not something I can relate to, hence the thread - to discuss.

If 571 posts were made from my berry, absolutely I could see the correlation.

I know, I have 900+ post also but most of mine are from the PC killing time at work (lunch) or at home when I am bored. I agree about the words that people use are very harsh, sometimes people just don't understand what people have been through. I personally think those words should be considered words that should be blocked. My wife and I have been married 14 years and are a great team. Two boys one a teen (lord help us) and the other is 11, I am trying to teach us that their cell phones and video games are not as important as some of the other things in life. I learned the hard way always checking the BB over everything else was not a good thing. I am glad she straintened me out.

[Miss.Horrible]

Well unless you have a real life, then you can't get any texts or emails.
So there has to be time away from the Berry.
It's a tool. Nothing more.
Although, a very nice tool...

[reeneebob]

LOL true that - if I came to bed and my fiance had a blackberry on - well.....

How hard would it be to scroll from your rectum?

[ginya-san]

To each their own. They can seek counseling or even find local twelve-step programs. Or their families can have wireless intervention by flooding them with SMS and email while they simultaneously physically isolate them to a Faraday cage.

Lol that seems like cruelty to me. But as he said to each their own. Everyone has their definitions of offensive and everyone has their view about how important their phone is to them. Graceless seems to be our sounding trumpet on it's just a phone. However others like myself use our phones for everything and while we joke around about it being an addiction, they are very important to us and are a necessity.

It's understandable why you would feel uncomfortable with the term rape, but censorship today is fairly extensive. While I see a lot of people jumping on board with you I can't condone censoring people more so than they are currently. Political correctness seems to have gone too far today. Maybe the threads about addiction have gone to far (and making a bed for your phone is ridiculous) but you are on a site named Crackberry.

[avmsam]

Lol that seems like cruelty to me. But as he said to each their own. Everyone has their definitions of offensive and everyone has their view about how important their phone is to them. Graceless seems to be our sounding trumpet on it's just a phone. However others like myself use our phones for everything and while we joke around about it being an addiction, they are very important to us and are a necessity.

It's understandable why you would feel uncomfortable with the term rape, but censorship today is fairly extensive. While I see a lot of people jumping on board with you I can't condone censoring people more so than they are currently. Political correctness seems to have gone too far today. Maybe the threads about addiction have gone to far (and making a bed for your phone is ridiculous) but you are on a site named Crackberry.

DAM STRAIGHT. well put.

[tyroni]

There are those that may be addicted to their BlackBerry.

There are those that may be addicted to CrackBerry.

[V3NZ3L]

DAM STRAIGHT. well put.

I think you hit the nail on the head sir!

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[amazinglygraceless]

Lol that seems like cruelty to me. But as he said to each their own. Everyone has their definitions of offensive and everyone has their view about how important their phone is to them. Graceless seems to be our sounding trumpet on it's just a phone. However others like myself use our phones for everything and while we joke around about it being an addiction, they are very important to us and are a necessity.

It's understandable why you would feel uncomfortable with the term rape, but censorship today is fairly extensive. While I see a lot of people jumping on board with you I can't condone censoring people more so than they are currently. Political correctness seems to have gone too far today. Maybe the threads about addiction have gone to far (and making a bed for your phone is ridiculous) but you are on a site named Crackberry.

Ginya, first you are correct in everything you said.

With that out of the way, I do not advocate censorship in any form, and anyone who knows me, knows I am the least politically correct person on the planet.

I use my phone extensively, for everything from work to personal life. I like it a lot. But it will never come between me, my wife, my family, the children, my friends, or a person I just met for that matter.

And yeah, I regularly turn it off, walk away from it, ignore it's alerts, etc...

I'm just tired of the silliness of the whole thing.

[shorynot]

I think you guys are takin this a bit far. Sure people take their "addiction" over the top. But its no different than someone who's hooked on a particular video game console. Or a new computer, anything really.

I live a happy life, have a wonderful girlfriend. And I'm the manager at a clear channel call center. But when it comes to my gadgets and hobbies I go a bit over the top. Just bought seidio hard case, and battery door. Also got a new cradle and invisible shield. I've had my curve for a bit over a month now. And (as much as you guys hate it) I can't put it down. Constantly checking my email, and tweaking settings. Checking my free memory at an almost compulsive level.

But my question is this, is it that much different than any other hobby? I also cannot put down my guitar when I'm at home. Constantly polishing, tuning and writing music. But I don't see any of the music forums I go to saying "I think these people playing guitar day in day out is over the top".

In a world with 4 dollar plus gas prices, war and poverty. Is it really that bad for us to enjoy our freedoms and become addicted to devices and hobbies? Everyones got something...we got our blackberrys. At least its not literally the same as hitting the pipe.

Just my thoughts

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[Baroness110902]

I'm in 100 percent total agreement with Ginya-San!


I'm here because I ENJOY my 'berry. It supports my way of life.

While I'm sorry about someone taking offense to the word "addicted" or "being raped" I also take into account the CONTEXT considering I'm on a on a "Crack"berry website.

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[ginya-san]

Ginya, first you are correct in everything you said.

With that out of the way, I do not advocate censorship in any form, and anyone who knows me, knows I am the least politically correct person on the planet.

I use my phone extensively, for everything from work to personal life. I like it a lot. But it will never come between me, my wife, my family, the children, my friends, or a person I just met for that matter.

And yeah, I regularly turn it off, walk away from it, ignore it's alerts, etc...

I'm just tired of the silliness of the whole thing.

That's understandable and reasonable. I think there's a line to be drawn too, but for every person it's different. Though I think a divorce or break up occurring because you couldn't put down your BB would be where mine is.

[05RavenR6]

my phone is just that, a freakin phone...I use it for personal and business reasons but at the end of the day, its no more important than the shoes on my feet, or the remote to my TV...my phone isnt gonna go out to dinner and a movie with me, or go out shopping for me and surprise me with gifts, or be my date to a wedding, and its damn for sure not gonna get on its knees and blow me at the end of a hard day of work...thats part of what a girlfriend is for(notice I said PART ladies ). I see a lot of kids on this site that probly havent gotten laid in a really long time, if they have gotten any at all in their life...im guessing these are the same ones making beds for their phone at night lol, thats just ridiculous in my mind. I think people take this waaaaaaaaaaay to far but you know what, they arent gonna effect my life in anyway so I could care less what they do. I love my blackberry dont get me wrong, but I love women and life a whole lot more

[reeneebob]

I'm in 100 percent total agreement with Ginya-San!


I'm here because I ENJOY my 'berry. It supports my way of life.

While I'm sorry about someone taking offense to the word "addicted" or "being raped" I also take into account the CONTEXT considering I'm on a on a "Crack"berry website.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

That's the thing - the context of using the word rape in relation to a phone...

Look, my friend had a bruise across her throat for a week from the knife blade that was held there. Using the term to describe cell phone pricing is an insult to anyone who actually was the victim of the crime. There is no context.

I am not for censorship - it's just that for the last few weeks I have seen it more and more, and I cringe.

I think people need to step back and think about their BlackBerry and it's importance - I am sure others would have the same reaction of people used terms like 'lynch' or INSERT ANY DEROGATORY OR VIOLENT TERM HERE when describing data plan pricing.

Addictions destroy lives and families. Rape destroys lives. It's a damn cell phone. Now don't get me wrong, I can see the humourous side of the term addiction in this context - it's the use of rape that really gets me.

That's all I'm saying.

[05RavenR6]

It's a damn cell phone. Now don't get me wrong, I can see the humourous side of the term addiction in this context - it's the use of rape that really gets me.

That's all I'm saying.

Im actually agreeing with you on the whole getting carried away thing with the phone taking a control of your life, but dont you think thats pretty hypocritical to say you can see the humorous side of addiction but not rape? Have you ever been addicted to anything, have you ever destroyed your family or friends lives due to an addiction? I think thats an ignorant statement, but again, not here to cause conflict with you, just stating the obvious here

[ginya-san]

That's the thing - the context of using the word rape in relation to a phone...

Look, my friend had a bruise across her throat for a week from the knife blade that was held there. Using the term to describe cell phone pricing is an insult to anyone who actually was the victim of the crime. There is no context.

I am not for censorship - it's just that for the last few weeks I have seen it more and more, and I cringe.

I think people need to step back and think about their BlackBerry and it's importance - I am sure others would have the same reaction of people used terms like 'lynch' or INSERT ANY DEROGATORY OR VIOLENT TERM HERE when describing data plan pricing.

Addictions destroy lives and families. Rape destroys lives. It's a damn cell phone. Now don't get me wrong, I can see the humourous side of the term addiction in this context - it's the use of rape that really gets me.

That's all I'm saying.

Ok we're back to what people as individuals view as offensive. You have a close friend who was a victim and as such now see the term in a way that people with this lack of experience does not. If you find this offensive try and avoid it, but in all reality realize that your situation is different and while you only see one context for the word that does not make it the world over.