Comments on: Pluggers Got Cell Phones??

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:38:44 +0000

A few years ago on South Park, a rich kid brought a DVD of a movie to the kids, and the kids were all “DVD? Only rich people have DVD players!” Most people still had VHS tapes. It wasn’t all that long ago, and now only poor people have DVD players without Blu-Ray.

You’re a plugger if you watch your shows on Ampex four-inch video tape and mix your music down to a Presto disc.

By: mitch4

mitch4 — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:50:12 +0000

And here I thought my insistence on a QWERTY keyboard was a sign of my geezerhood.

By: George

George — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:32:54 +0000

Or more appropriate for this thread:

“A Plugger only uses a cell phone for phone calls.”

By: George

George — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:30:25 +0000

Today’s “Zits” made me think of this one:

“A Plugger only watches TV on a television.”

By: Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:42:13 +0000

@ Powers - you’re right there is a spectrum to being a Plugger. I’ve been thinking of the activities I’ve done; I guess I fall into that spectrum. When cell phones transitioned from the briefcase size to the brick size, I was required to carry the white brick (the phone) a week a month while I was on-call. This is where the Plugger comes in; we protected the phone by putting it inside a thick woolen sock. Even with the pragmatic but, unrefined protective cover, people would ask to see the phone and ooh and ah over it.

By: Father Bruno Di Frocco

Father Bruno Di Frocco — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:46:15 +0000

You ‘n’ me, Morris 22. I do have a sticker on my cell ‘phone with those important but seldom dialed numbers. I keep my cell for emergencies only. No keyboard; no camera function. (My Leica takes care of photos.) And I’ve had a cell ‘phone since the days when they came in bags and didn’t look at all like Starfleet communicators.

By: Powers

Powers — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:54:23 +0000

Gilgamesh, not all Pluggers are ignorant or Luddites. They are supposed to be reg’lar folks who just keep plugging along at life, maybe not keeping up with everything but doing enough to get by.

By: Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:13:59 +0000

I understand ideas for Pluggers comics are sent in to the artist by people who believe they are part of the group. I have always been mystified how people could be proud of ignorance. Pluggers are a pretty big deal now with an ex-governor leader and their own news station.

Pluggers enjoy the advancements in science and technology while professing to being Luddites.

By: Keera

Keera — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:04:11 +0000

OK, I admit it: I’m already a plugger. My latest cell phone does fancy schmancy things (like cycle comments from friends on Facebook as a screensaver), but when wanting to write down my next appointment with, say, my hairdresser’s, I write in my printed and bound A5-calendar. The cell phone, with all its menus and requests for confirmation, simply takes too long.

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:52:17 +0000

mkilby #13, I would find that card very useful. I’ve actually been thinking recently of sticking a label onto my phone to write my “speed-dial” numbers on. I hardly ever use my phone, but I put the 3 numbers I’m most likely to call (home, my wife’s cellphone, and my wife’s work #) on speed-dial, thinking it would save a little time on the rare occasions when I make a call. But I use the phone so infrequently that I can never remember which speed-dial number is which, and end up cycling through all of them, which probably takes longer than just dialing the number directly.