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ShortNCuddlyAm · 08-05-2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i'm not agressively non-conformist (i mean i don't go out of my way to show it just on principle) but i don't make any effort to hide it either. i also have a real problem with authority (i like to question it... and i have a hard time with rigid hierarchies where someone is supposed to be "above" me), and i consider that respect should be earned and can be lost if you don't continue to deserve it. you can imagine how things went for me in corporate-land.

(it's part of why now i work freelance !

)

That's pretty much how I feel - and I find that it's the people in the middle of the corporate ladder and who feel insecure about their own prospects, who have the most problem with it. (I once had a manager tell me I couldn't tell the CEO he was wrong about something, purely because he was the CEO and I wasn't.

In my worldview, the CEO is just another work colleague) I've always treated hierarchical structures as basically being flat - I have no idea where that came from, but certainly I was doing it at school. OK - it means my career hasn't reached any giddy heights, but it also means I can look myself in the eye and feel I have retained a large degree of my integrity.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-05-2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

And don't forget the mysterious Apple iSlate.

Hey, you know this life. Find something that suits you and get it. Then later you can agonize with the rest of us about whether you made the right decision. But you'd be reading!

he's right you know. (get the 600. you know you want it !

)

zelda_pinwheel · 08-05-2009, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

That's pretty much how I feel - and I find that it's the people in the middle of the corporate ladder and who feel insecure about their own prospects, who have the most problem with it. (I once had a manager tell me I couldn't tell the CEO he was wrong about something, purely because he was the CEO and I wasn't.

In my worldview, the CEO is just another work colleague) I've always treated hierarchical structures as basically being flat - I have no idea where that came from, but certainly I was doing it at school. OK - it means my career hasn't reached any giddy heights, but it also means I can look myself in the eye and feel I have retained a large degree of my integrity.

exactly.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 08-05-2009, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I'm reading all this and I feel so proud of you lot, we're a family of anticonformists.

Why do you think I chose this name? It is a clear sign that if forced I will melt the mold in whatever situation I'll be backed up.

Is this why there are no fights in the lounge, that we know instinctively where not to step, that there are buttons not to depress?

It's only when non-conformists start becoming conformist about their non-comformity that fights break out

("You must be non-conformist like this, or else you're not being non-conformist!"

)

zelda_pinwheel · 08-05-2009, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

It's only when non-conformists start becoming conformist about their non-comformity that fights break out

("You must be non-conformist like this, or else you're not being non-conformist!"

)

(make me !)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 08-05-2009, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

he's right you know. (get the 600. you know you want it !

)

(or the 300, then you can feel partly smug about not having spent quite as much whilst agonising if you bought the right device

)

zelda_pinwheel · 08-05-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

(or the 300, then you can feel partly smug about not having spent quite as much whilst agonising if you bought the right device

)

but you'll be disappointed not to have the touchscreen !!!

Sweetpea · 08-05-2009, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Hey, you know this is life. Find something that suits you and get it. Then later you can agonize with the rest of us about whether you made the right decision. But you'd be reading!

Hey, who says I'm not reading now? I've my PDA, which I'm very happy with, and my JE100, which is awesome. But my gadget-bump is growing to alarming proportions. I managed to get it down a few cm by buying the JE100, but it's growing again...

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

(or the 300, then you can feel partly smug about not having spent quite as much whilst agonising if you bought the right device

)

Well, that 300 doesn't have the looks of that 600, otherwise I would have had an even greater dilemma...

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

but you'll be disappointed not to have the touchscreen !!!

And that too...

yvanleterrible · 08-05-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Hey, who says I'm not reading now? I've my PDA, which I'm very happy with, and my JE100, which is awesome. But my gadget-bump is growing to alarming proportions. I managed to get it down a few cm by buying the JE100, but it's growing again...

Well, that 300 doesn't have the looks of that 600, otherwise I would have had an even greater dilemma...

And that too...

The Opus is bugging me as much as the 600's been harassing you.

Sweetpea · 08-05-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

The Opus is bugging me as much as the 600's been harassing you.

Ohhh, that's a lovely device too! How could I forget that one?

vivaldirules · 08-05-2009, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Ohhh, that's a lovely device too! How could I forget that one?

Clearly you need someone to help make the decision for you, Sweetpea. (doggie reaches in pocket for a dirty old quarter) Heads it's a Sony 500 and tails it's a Kindle 1 with a slight screen problem - both from ebay. Okay? Call it!

Sweetpea · 08-05-2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Clearly you need someone to help make the decision for you, Sweetpea. (doggie reaches in pocket for a dirty old quarter) Heads it's a Sony 500 and tails it's a Kindle 1 with a slight screen problem - both from ebay. Okay? Call it!

I'll only pick from the devices in my signature... So, I'll pick a foot.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 08-05-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I'll only pick from the devices in my signature... So, I'll pick a foot.

(Psssst! Pick side

)

Sweetpea · 08-05-2009, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

(Psssst! Pick side

)

Nope, there's always a chance it will fall on its side. But never on its feet!

vivaldirules · 08-05-2009, 10:22 AM

Fine. How about we set up a poll for you, though it would be best if desertgrandma would do it. Then your friends at MR could vote for the device we think you should get and we could end your misery (for awhile). And there's always that possibility that a green fairie mod will come along and (ahem!) ensure the results are correct. Okay?

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vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Fine. How about we set up a poll for you, though it would be best if desertgrandma would do it. Then your friends at MR could vote for the device we think you should get and we could end your misery (for awhile). And there's always that possibility that a green fairie mod will come along and (ahem!) ensure the results are correct. Okay?