13-07-2003 03:31									#1
	My older brother needs to join civilization . . . Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

by getting a damn microwave.

I visited, and stayed over night at his apartment last night, and sold him my old computer system at a cheapo price, and now I'm getting a new computer system.

But really -- my older brother has a cell phone, extended television cable, but he does not have a microwave?

I asked him where his microwave was when I decided to make myself oatmeal for the next morning for breakfast. Get this -- becuase he doesn't have one, I actually had to cook the oatmeal on this thing called a stove -- in this thing called a pot.

Ok -- I'm just exaggerating really, since I do cook my dinners using a stove.

But who do you know that lives without something that is just plain common in most homes? Someone you know who lives without . . . .

touch-tone phone?
cable television?
or -- television, period?
or anything that I have not thought of?

	13-07-2003 03:32									#2
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Have him get Civ II MP Gold. 3 sucks.

	13-07-2003 03:33									#3
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Have him get Civ II MP Gold. 3 sucks.

He cares squat for nearly all PC games.
He's not a PC game freak like us Apolytoners.

	13-07-2003 03:33									#4
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I know somebody who doesn't have TV (Jesus freak). My parents don't have a touch-tone telephone. Its funny when on the automated headlines they shout "ONE" "EIGHT" and so on down the line, instead of forking out a tenner for a touch-tone

	13-07-2003 03:38									#5
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I consider the bare essentials of 'civilization' (within the context of this discussion) as:

1) microwave oven
2) PC/Mac
3) and either cable TV, a VCR, or a DVD player. A TV is a given.

	13-07-2003 03:39									#6
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I hate talking on the telephone. Just hate it. No cell phone.
No cable television.




I got indoor plumbing in the Spring.

	13-07-2003 03:42									#7
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I don't have cable

And I don't use my microwave anymore

Microwave food is terrible and usually very unhealthy

	13-07-2003 03:47									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker I don't have cable And I don't use my microwave anymore Microwave food is terrible and usually very unhealthy

You backward savage -- microwaves are excellent to pop popcorn with and quickly warm up a variety of other snacks.

Although you are right if we count meals -- make your meals with the stove and oven.

	13-07-2003 03:51									#9
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I don't think I know anyone my age who doesn't have a cell phone. My father says that if people really want to get him, they'll call back, so he doesn't need a cell phone

	13-07-2003 03:54									#10
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Though I provide the TV for the 4 of us who live in my college dorm appartment, I rarely if ever watch it myself. Heck, I can't really remember the last time I watched TV (except for a Bond movie over the July 4th break from work). Television to me is a largely obsolete form of entertainment.

	13-07-2003 04:09									#11
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I went ten years without buying a microwave, even though we had one at home and I used them at work. There were always more important things to spend my money on.

When I finally got one, it blew out the circuit breakers on my apartment.

So I have one, I just never use it.

	13-07-2003 04:12									#12
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Oh I just remembered, I haven't used, and am not missing, a microwave fort he last 3 years. But then I only eat pasta, pizza and take aways, so I am maybe not the best example

	13-07-2003 04:17									#13
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I am sitting four feet away from a TV. It works perfectly. It is the only one in my house. I live with two of my brothers and one sister. The TV has not been turned on in over a month.

	13-07-2003 04:24									#14
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Do you guys all have something for soggy pizza?

	13-07-2003 04:26									#15
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microwave popcorn is very tasty but is loaded with transfats

	13-07-2003 04:27									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker microwave popcorn is very tasty but is loaded with transfats

Which is why it tastes good.

	13-07-2003 04:41									#17
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which is why it'll make your arteries clogged

	13-07-2003 04:44									#18
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How do you NOT have a microwave? That's absurd! Especially if you can afford it (like it seems he can).

	13-07-2003 04:52									#19
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Microwaves are good for reheating leftovers, too.

	13-07-2003 04:59									#20
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Cell phones are evil. I do not have one, and I will resist getting one with every fiber of my being.

	13-07-2003 05:02									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker which is why it'll make your arteries clogged

I can always get back into my exercise routine, and I can also renounce microwave popcorn -- someday.

	13-07-2003 05:04									#22
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They expect us to live without ovens and freezers on campus...

	13-07-2003 05:07									#23
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quote: Originally posted by red_jon They expect us to live without ovens and freezers on campus...

Hey, I got some secrets to share with ya . . . . .

Microwaves and dorm fridges in dorms, and for heavier meals -- campus cafeteria.

also . . . . DELIVERY PIZZA!!!!!

	13-07-2003 05:10									#24
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun Microwaves and dorm fridges in dorms, and for heavier meals -- campus cafeteria.

Only sado masochists eat in the cafeteria. We clubbed together and bought our own freezer, sharing it between 20 people

	13-07-2003 05:47									#25
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micropwave sucvk!!!
noç microwave!!! only fgrench firends!

	13-07-2003 05:57									#26
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quote: Originally posted by red_jon Only sado masochists eat in the cafeteria. We clubbed together and bought our own freezer, sharing it between 20 people

	13-07-2003 07:08									#27
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You do NOT have to answer a phone just because it's ringing.

I hate phones, and I hate people calling me. Oh yeah, I hate TV too (except cartoons). I figure everyone I need to get in touch with knows where I am, and if it's that important, they'll come and find me.

	13-07-2003 07:28									#28
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I don't have cable TV, don't really want it.
I refuse to get a cell phone. I hate being a slave to the regular phone; I'm not going to pay good money every month so I can have a shackle to carry with me.
And August, in all seriousness, you probably ought to stop drinking now. You sound pretty plastered, man.

	13-07-2003 07:31									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Elok I don't have cable TV, don't really want it. I refuse to get a cell phone. I hate being a slave to the regular phone; I'm not going to pay good money every month so I can have a shackle to carry with me. And August, in all seriousness, you probably ought to stop drinking now. You sound pretty plastered, man.

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Killjoy.

	13-07-2003 07:35									#30
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I saw a thing on TV where this guy took drugs to impress people on the internet. They kept telling him to take more and he overdosed. Some dumb kid.

Last edited by Kidicious on 13-07-2003 at 07:43