View Full Version : People Who Wear Bluetooth Ear "Dongles"...
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 12:47 PM
..in the street.
Well done. You look like a complete fucking idiot.
Dongle makes me think of Dingle Berries.
fucktopgirl
10-03-2006, 12:53 PM
what the fuck is a dongles?
steve-onpoint
10-03-2006, 12:54 PM
...are on big calls with heavy hitters.
Echewta
10-03-2006, 12:58 PM
I agree.
Nothing worse than talking to these robots and suddenly they get a call without saying anything to you and take it in mid convo.
fucktopgirl
10-03-2006, 12:58 PM
i still dont get it
Helvete
10-03-2006, 01:00 PM
i still dont get it
You never got it.
http://www.bluetooth.com/NR/rdonlyres/AA9833A0-1788-425C-930E-CCD38B6122A5/0/BLUE_78v2.jpg
Echewta
10-03-2006, 01:02 PM
helvete, thats what i meant, not helveca.
i have no idea wtf bluetooth is :( it's been explained to me like a million times and i dont know what it is still :(
fucktopgirl
10-03-2006, 01:06 PM
^ i do get it sometime..freaking alias!(helvete)
oh thoses things, indeed they look really insane.
Wander if they take their shower with it, have sex with it, ya know!
Helvete
10-03-2006, 01:06 PM
i have no idea wtf bluetooth is :( it's been explained to me like a million times and i dont know what it is still :(
Wireless short range digital connection between electronic devices.
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 01:10 PM
It's one thing using one if you are in a business suit, with a briefcase in one hand and a laptop in the other doing big business and sending information around the superhighways...
...everyone I see wearing one looks like an unemployed/unemployable twat.
Just take your phone out your pocket and answer the fucking thing. No one will mug you for your phone, even 10 year olds carry £250 mobiles now....
Although I heard a good comment along the lines of "Bluetooth stopped people looking at me funny when I was walking down the road talking to myself..."
But, nah, they can fuck right off - if you are driving then fair enough, walking down the street? You deserve some sort of serious facial injury...
oh, so all it is is a wireless earpiece? why was it so hard for someone to tell me that? that's stupid! i thought there was something to do with mp3s and games and other gay stuff for phones. god that's all it is?! why do people make such a big deal about it
Echewta
10-03-2006, 01:14 PM
helvete, are you a girl or a boy?
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 01:15 PM
Generally they'll give you one free with any halff decent phone.
I mean, for driving safely, yes, they are a valuable aid if you are taking lotrs of calls...
Walking down the street? You look like a shit extra from Star Trek Deep Space Whatever.
QueenAdrock
10-03-2006, 01:45 PM
Handsfree devices don't make for safe driving though. It's only *slightly* better than having one hand off the wheel, talking on a cell phone. People are still distracted and have their heads up their asses.
Bluetooth is kinda gay. Just because I've accidentally wandered into businessmen's fields of vision when they're off staring into space and then they'll start talking as they're staring at me and it kinda confuses/scares me till I realize wtf is going on.
Handsfree devices don't make for safe driving though. It's only *slightly* better than having one hand off the wheel, talking on a cell phone. People are still distracted and have their heads up their asses.
are you fucking joking?
so are you saying that people shouldn't even talk to someone either in the car or on a hands free device while driving because they may get distracted?
maybe the sarcasm isn't coming across in your text.
Someone was telling me about these snowboard jackets that have USB ports all over them so you can plug in all of your devices and hook a blue tooth up to all them shits (phone, mp3 player, etc.) What a bunch of nerds.
QueenAdrock
10-03-2006, 02:02 PM
I just stated a fact, that it is not much better than talking on a cell phone. Talking on a cell phone while driving is about the equivelent of drunk driving, and hands free fared only slightly better in road testing. Those are facts, which I posted, and made no comment on them.
Based on those facts, you can decide for yourself whether you want them on the road or not. I'm courteous and do not use either. I wait until I can pull off onto a side road if it's THAT urgent, or I wait until I get home to call them back.
steve-onpoint
10-03-2006, 02:02 PM
Star Trek Deep Space Whatever.
9.
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 02:13 PM
Nah I agree with QueenAdrock you are distracted anyway. They are talking about banning smoking behind the wheel over in the UK cause it distracts you too..
So what is the difference between having a headset and both hands on the wheel and talking to someone in the car? How are they not both as equally dangerous? I'm not talking about dialing and such..which can be compared to changing radio stations but just talking while driving with both hands on the wheel.
I personally think its probably more hazardous to talk to someone in the car than on a headset. At least with a headset you aren't making the occasional eye contact like people tend to do when talking to you in a car.
steve-onpoint
10-03-2006, 02:24 PM
So what is the difference between having a headset and both hands on the wheel and talking to someone in the car? How are they not both as equally dangerous? I'm not talking about dialing and such..which can be compared to changing radio stations but just talking while driving with both hands on the wheel.
I personally think its probably more hazardous to talk to someone in the car than on a headset. At least with a headset you aren't making the occasional eye contact like people tend to do when talking to you in a car.
They're banning passengers next time. Starting with passengers who ain't got snaps on the petro.
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 02:25 PM
*Nods head* Good points all well put there I can only agree.
Though people tend to phone me up and annoy me about shit wheras they dont when I'm within "slap" distance...
yeahwho
10-03-2006, 02:26 PM
The Bluetooth Ear Dongle is a giant step backwards in cell phone technology.
It is so dorky it makes me laugh when I see it.
bigblu89
10-03-2006, 02:26 PM
You're all a bunch of hippie retards that just love to bash whatever is popular.
QueenAdrock
10-03-2006, 02:30 PM
So what is the difference between having a headset and both hands on the wheel and talking to someone in the car? How are they not both as equally dangerous? I'm not talking about dialing and such..which can be compared to changing radio stations but just talking while driving with both hands on the wheel.
I personally think its probably more hazardous to talk to someone in the car than on a headset. At least with a headset you aren't making the occasional eye contact like people tend to do when talking to you in a car.
True, I've thought about that too. I don't know if they've done studies to see how hazardous it is to have passengers you constantly talk to. But for me, if I have a passenger I'm able to say "Hold on a sec" if I'm doing things like watching for a break in traffic/making a risky turn, etc. They can see what I'm doing and why I need my concentration, whereas it can come off somewhat rude if you say it to someone on the phone and offer no explanation, which is why I think more people won't do that (especially if it's a casual acquaintance/coworker/boss on the phone).
That and I don't pay a lot of attention to my passengers anyways. They know I'm in my own little driving world, and I'll often miss a lot of the convo anyways. :-/
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 02:30 PM
You're all a bunch of hippie retards that just love to bash whatever is popular.
...if popular is defined as seeing about 1 complete tit a day wearing one walking down my high street packed with hundreds and hundreds of people....
...then yes, they are popular.
Guy Incognito
10-03-2006, 02:36 PM
Funny advert here (http://www.johnsmiths.co.uk/adverts/index.htm) - DL no bleeping gadgets and you might laugh or you might not.
bigblu89
10-03-2006, 02:54 PM
...if popular is defined as seeing about 1 complete tit a day wearing one walking down my high street packed with hundreds and hundreds of people....
...then yes, they are popular.
They're all over the place here in New York.
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 02:56 PM
What more people wear bluetooth "dongles" on their ear than dont in New York?
yeahwho
10-03-2006, 03:07 PM
iPod headphones with wires attached are smoother than the Bluetooth dongle.
It is ridiculous and a very akward moment in cell technology.
I like the cordless idea and the earpiece idea is fine, but a big old plastic thing hanging out of ear while your at the grocery store? Are these people so insecure they must talk at all time?
It's even more embarassing if they're with somebody, how insignificant does that person feel while their buddy is chatting away to someone else on a cordless device?
It's Dork to the tenth power.
venusvenus123
10-03-2006, 03:18 PM
True, I've thought about that too. I don't know if they've done studies to see how hazardous it is to have passengers you constantly talk to. But for me, if I have a passenger I'm able to say "Hold on a sec" if I'm doing things like watching for a break in traffic/making a risky turn, etc. They can see what I'm doing and why I need my concentration, whereas it can come off somewhat rude if you say it to someone on the phone and offer no explanation, which is why I think more people won't do that (especially if it's a casual acquaintance/coworker/boss on the phone).
That and I don't pay a lot of attention to my passengers anyways. They know I'm in my own little driving world, and I'll often miss a lot of the convo anyways. :-/
kids in the back arguing and you trying to break it up or, just having a kid in the back that keeps distracting you has to be dangerous too. what to do?:confused:
i usually just tell mine to be quiet and let me focus on the road.
i guess the difference with passengers is that they can see what's happening on the road, and therefore won't talk to you when the road's busy, or you're at an area which needs your complete attention. so yeah, maybe no more handsfree for me. i usually end up pissing off the person on the other end anyway as i can't/don't concentrate on what they're saying.
bluetooth is awful. i refuse to look like an extra from a cheap SF movie.
if i see people talking on their mobiles in the car, i am so tempted to make the phone sign at them and take the piss. i haven't had the courage to do it yet tho :(
bigblu89
10-03-2006, 03:19 PM
What more people wear bluetooth "dongles" on their ear than dont in New York?
No, but less than 50% of the people in NY listen to James Blunt, and he's still considered popular.
QueenAdrock
10-03-2006, 03:31 PM
Yeah, we've got all the busy government types around here so bluetooth is everywhere. Some dude was using it when he was at my dentist's office. He was in the back, getting work done, phone rings and he presses the button. "HEY! Nah. Nah. Oh wait, hold on. *spits* Yeah. *laugh* Yeah, I did just spit. I'm at the dentist now. ...well, it's not a terrible time, but I probably should call you back."
What a douchebag.
Big Gus
10-03-2006, 03:32 PM
Why dont people, should it be a suitable time and place, just take their fucking phone out of their pocket and answer???
QueenAdrock
10-03-2006, 03:34 PM
Why's there a remote control for Ipod? I mean, sure, it could be because you don't want to take it out of your pocket for fear it might be stolen...but more often than not, people are lazy buttholes. I think so, at least.
Pres Zount
10-03-2006, 03:40 PM
I concur with big gus, the only people that I have seen wearig one are unemployable bogan scum, who have them poking out from underneath their woolen beanies.
bigblu89
10-03-2006, 03:49 PM
Why dont people, should it be a suitable time and place, just take their fucking phone out of their pocket and answer???
You have a cell phone? Do you have a TV with a remote?
It is that tough to drop a quarter into a payphone? Is it that tough to get up to change the channel?
It's a matter of convenience.
I don't know why I'm arguing so much about it, I don't even ahve a bluetooth thing.
cosmo105
10-03-2006, 04:15 PM
i saw a guy a few nights ago wearing one of those on one ear (not even talking to anyone, wearing it like an accessory), and in the other, one of those stupid flashing button things - and its battery was dying. and in the earlobe, a ridiculous ass earring with a giant treble clef. he also had one of those giant silk shirts for losers with no style that had flames on the bottom. i wished he really was on fire.
Planetary
10-03-2006, 04:30 PM
YA BARRED!!!!!!!
roosta
10-03-2006, 04:35 PM
It's like the movie "Minority Report" became real...now if only my cereal box would talk to me.
K-Rock
10-03-2006, 05:22 PM
I have a bluetooth ear piece. its a matter of convience, but i only use it in the car and at work occasionaly, so i can still use both my hands with out straining my neck. i dont see any thing wrong with it.why not use technology to your advantage?(lb)
Helvete
10-03-2006, 05:39 PM
I tried to put my dongle in someone's ear once, they didn't really take to it.
QueenAdrock
10-03-2006, 06:03 PM
You have a cell phone? Do you have a TV with a remote?
It is that tough to drop a quarter into a payphone? Is it that tough to get up to change the channel?
Both of those examples are about saving you from inconvenience. It's a pain in the butt to find a pay phone and fish around for change (not to mention how unsanitary the phones in the city are, blech), and it's also a pain in the butt to get up and walk to the TV and press that damn "channel ^" button 40 times to get to where you want. I just don't see how anyone can consider it an inconvenience hold a phone up to their ear to talk. I mean, I've never said "GODDAMMIT, another phone call I gotta reach all the way up for." But lord knows I've said "Fuck changing the channel" or "I'll call later" if I haven't had a remote or cell phone.
Bitchamachacha
10-03-2006, 08:36 PM
Try waiting on one of those fuckheads.
I can never tell if they are on the phone, so I go to take their order, and they are talking to themselves, so I leave, come back, they are STILL talking, so I leave, come back..you get the point.
paul jones
10-03-2006, 08:37 PM
Try waiting on one of those fuckheads.
I can never tell if they are on the phone, so I go to take their order, and they are talking to themselves, so I leave, come back, they are STILL talking, so I leave, come back..you get the point.
that's so rude!,you should ban people wearing them or piss in their coffee or something
TimDoolan
10-03-2006, 08:38 PM
I for one am really hoping this catches on. I actually invest in a company called Plantronics, which produces alot of those thingys. They don't look that bad. They are alot better looking than those retarded fast food microphone headsets.
TimDoolan
10-03-2006, 08:42 PM
I wouldn't wear one, though.
paul jones
10-03-2006, 08:44 PM
I miss the old days when when you had to call someone you walked for miles trying to find a phone box that hadn't been vandalised
one of the most annoying things in this new century is having to listen to fuckin monotonous one sided conversations by complete dickheads ,like when you're on the train or something or even worse when you're talking to someone then their phone goes off and they answer it .
I fucking don't do that.If the call is that fucking important the caller will leave a voice mail or text
WANKSTERS!(n)
HOTWIFE
10-03-2006, 09:03 PM
I love it when i'm driving down the street and see someone walking along...talking to themselves...and I assume that they are wearing a bluetooth, then I realize that they're just talking to themselves. With hand gestures and everything. I am absolutely amazed by how many people I see do this.
icy manipulator
10-03-2006, 09:54 PM
watch some new Dr Who, you wont wanna wear them after that :cool: :o
TurdBerglar
10-03-2006, 09:55 PM
i hate cellphones in general. well maybe the reliance people seem to have for cell phones
steve-onpoint
10-04-2006, 06:26 AM
watch some new Dr Who, you wont wanna wear them after that :cool: :o
can you offer any comfort? (http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=1315616&postcount=5)
icy manipulator
10-04-2006, 06:32 AM
dont know when the 2nd series starts in the US but the 2nd series is finished. i like David Tennant more than Chris Eccelstone. plus there should be a 3rd series too(y)
Tone Capone
10-04-2006, 06:35 AM
I agree, I can't think of any reason they would be acceptable (unless you had no hands). Another thing I hate is how much some people texted. I mean like in public, that gets on my nerves. Or when a girl keeps on texting whole conversations so you call because texting like that ain't cool and after you talk for awhile and get off the phone, she keeps texting you... WTF?!?!?
ps. but yeah, blue tooth head phones = (n)
Pres Zount
10-04-2006, 06:39 AM
Why do you need to take a remote control out of your pocket for your phone, when you could take the phone out of your pocket, for your phone?
Tone Capone
10-04-2006, 06:42 AM
Why do you need to take a remote control out of your pocket for your phone, when you could take the phone out of your pocket, for your phone?
(!)
Big Gus
10-04-2006, 11:09 AM
You have a cell phone? Do you have a TV with a remote?
It is that tough to drop a quarter into a payphone? Is it that tough to get up to change the channel?
It's a matter of convenience.
I don't know why I'm arguing so much about it, I don't even ahve a bluetooth thing.
Would you strap your TV/Hi Fi/DVD remote control to your head/other part of your anatomy to make using it easier?? No, you pick it up... Probably after getting up off your arse and looking for it for about 3 minutes.
The subject I'm raising with the bluetooth headsets is that they look inherently stupid on the wearer who is - 90% of the time - just showing off.
I'm not "down" on Bluetooth, it's allowed my phone to be crammed with nice porn I get from friends for free. Nothing wrong with that at all...
Also, these headset androids, if they have a £300 mobile phone, wouldnt it be more impressive to take it out your pocket and show it to people instead of shouting into a headset that looks stupid anyway???
I'm all for convenience, I'm not technophobe - technology is often my friend. :)
I'd use a callbox if British Telecom hadnt removed over 70% of them in the past few years leaving the nearest one to me about 3 miles away...
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