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dogbert10
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:23 pm Posts: 638 Location: 3959 miles from the centre of the Earth - give or take a bit
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Some people obviously have a strange view on what's important - try getting to work on an iPhone: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... ravel.html
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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Apparently the iPhone is more important than WD40. 
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Wed May 19, 2010 7:48 am |
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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Retarded
(I was going to write about how this reflects society and the importance it places on brands and goods but I think the one word somehow summed it up better)
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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The order is strange in that the WWW is higher than computers yet without computers the WWW would not even be needed or invented.
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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It's items like that that make you think drastic thoughts about the general population 
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Wed May 19, 2010 9:22 am |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Computers wouldn't make it into the top 20 for me, the WWW much further down and the iPhone? It isn't that important, in the bigger scheme of things. They are all useful, but we could easily live fruitful lives without them - we could probably live more productive lives without them! 
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Wed May 19, 2010 10:58 am |
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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I honestly think the t'internets is a game changer. The way we can now readily access information is astonishing IMO.
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Wed May 19, 2010 1:35 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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Hyperbole alert! Face of the planet is one thing, but the combustion engine has yet to "change the face" of our solar system, let alone our galaxy, or the universe. Also, it's a vacuum cleaner - Hoover is a brand! 
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Wed May 19, 2010 1:53 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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I have a car. I have two in fact. But I don't own an iPhone. Which is more important to me, d'ya reckon?
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Wed May 19, 2010 2:53 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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Why isn't the tractor mentioned?
Or the combine?
Morons.
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Wed May 19, 2010 3:28 pm |
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F_A_F
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:52 pm Posts: 266 Location: Truro
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It says they surveyed 4,000 Britons.....which 4,000? By the look of it, the 4,000 residents of Hoxton Square and Soho...
I have known 1 person in two years that owns an iPhone. I've never even seen one working.
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Wed May 19, 2010 4:22 pm |
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Nick
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:36 pm Posts: 3527 Location: Portsmouth
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I don't think this shows that the people questioned are "retarded" or anything like that - it just shows what we take for granted.
It just shows that we take flushing toilets, washing machines, and light bulbs for granted.
I think it's unfair to brand the 4,000 people who voted in this poll idiots just because they considered the iPhone/WWW/Computers etc before other devices that fulfill our more basic needs.
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Yes but they had the wheel at #1!
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Wed May 19, 2010 6:11 pm |
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timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm Posts: 12143 Location: Belfast
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It just shows how many people actually need their car.
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Wed May 19, 2010 6:14 pm |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Halfwits, nobody even mentioned probably the most world changing drug ever made, aspirin.
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