iDon'tcare

So yesterday was the big iPhone release day. I did not get one. I'm okay with that. I actually have nothing against it, for what it is. It's fun technology, gadget, all that stuff. But, it's 600 bucks. That part is what's so ridiculous to me. It's like when plasma televisions came out. People spent so much money on them, and now, you can get better quality for about a third of what was spent.. and with the rapid decay of a plasma, those people are now buying new ones.. so they're spending even more. Don't all the people in line for days for the iPhone realize that in probably less than a year, Apple will come out with a new, better, larger storage version for probably less? Do they just not mind that they'll be spending extra? I've thought about whether or not my feelings are from jealousy, and I'm pretty sure they're not. I still don't own an iPod, I don't need texting because I don't see the use in it. I think I'm just upset that people would be willing to spend that much. On the other hand, I would easily be happy to shell out 300 for a 10,000 piece Lego Star Wars Star Destroyer set. So I guess we all have our things.

A side note about texting... I was getting ready to do a couple things for the concert on Thursday night at the worship conference, talking to some of the other people. There were three girls, all 14 or 15 years old, so I decided to get to the bottom of why they were able to have thousands of text messages in a month. Here were their reasons for why they like texting:
they liked being able to express something to someone that they "didn't feel like talking to"
it was good for talking to people when you can't speak out loud, like in class or church

When I was a teenager, I decided that I was going to be one of those adults that understood teens, and thought their stuff was cool.
Now I'm not a teenager, and I realize I was wrong, I don't get teens.