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I personally feel that the world started to go wrong with the invention of cell phones. I mean, what was wrong with calling someone at home, agreeing to meet somewhere, and then meeting there? And if they didn't show you'd wait for a bit, kick around, then roundly curse them as you made your way home. And sometimes when you walked in the door there'd be messages blinking on the answering machine and you'd feel loved. And sometimes there wouldn't be. But it made no difference in the end. Not really. But oh... to be able to once more disconnect. To not feel compelled to answer when someone calls. To let the answering machine pick it up, and say later, 'Terribly sorry I missed your call, I simply wasn't home.' That's where technology should have left us. This being connected thing is such a drag. It was better in my day. And look, I've suddenly become old.

Back when I was your age...