Comments on: Unicycle-Riding Clown Finds Cell Phone Users Inattentive http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BamaChris http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1874610 BamaChris Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:34:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1874610 Haha, well go figure. It's just sad.....clearly this clown is attention starved. Haha, well go figure. It’s just sad…..clearly this clown is attention starved.

]]> By: Briannana http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873905 Briannana Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:36:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873905 You know, I went to WWU, and with all the crazy protests and hippies running around, you're bound to just kind of become numb to weirdness like this. I remember seeing a giant Bush effigy made up like a marionette towering above me with some dread-locked dude spitting in my face that I had to go vegan to save the world. After that point, I just kind of checked out. You know, I went to WWU, and with all the crazy protests and hippies running around, you’re bound to just kind of become numb to weirdness like this. I remember seeing a giant Bush effigy made up like a marionette towering above me with some dread-locked dude spitting in my face that I had to go vegan to save the world. After that point, I just kind of checked out.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873857 Gauldar Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:29:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873857 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873834 Johnny Cat Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:04:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873834 Wow, when I read this earlier, I had something to say, but couldn't quite think of how to say it. I come back and Video Game Dork has said it for me! ;) Yeah, that nails it. Also totally agree with narwhal. Wow, when I read this earlier, I had something to say, but couldn’t quite think of how to say it. I come back and Video Game Dork has said it for me! ;) Yeah, that nails it.

Also totally agree with narwhal.

]]> By: Church http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873779 Church Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:51:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873779 People studiously ignore the crazy guy. News at Eleven. People studiously ignore the crazy guy. News at Eleven.

]]> By: Video Game Dork http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873770 Video Game Dork Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:30:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873770 Even before cellphones, as a kid, I sort of had this concept in my head that... when talking on the phone, both people's minds kind of meet in a mental place, detached from their physical place. Kind of like how when you read a book and get into it, you stop really noticing that you are reading words and flipping pages, etc, but are visualing it play out in your mind. Talking on the phone, I think, puts our minds in a similar state where we lose focus on our surroundings. Like the book thing above, i don't think an electronic device is necessary at all, or even oa conversation. So I think they are on the wrong track there... It's more like.. its an object that can occupy a person's mind/attention strongly. I don't think a music player is sufficient for that for most people. But a conversation with a disembodied voice... engages their mind to fill in the context that lacks when they are not present (expressions, body language, imagining things talked about, etc.) Even before cellphones, as a kid, I sort of had this concept in my head that… when talking on the phone, both people’s minds kind of meet in a mental place, detached from their physical place. Kind of like how when you read a book and get into it, you stop really noticing that you are reading words and flipping pages, etc, but are visualing it play out in your mind.

Talking on the phone, I think, puts our minds in a similar state where we lose focus on our surroundings. Like the book thing above, i don’t think an electronic device is necessary at all, or even oa conversation. So I think they are on the wrong track there… It’s more like.. its an object that can occupy a person’s mind/attention strongly. I don’t think a music player is sufficient for that for most people. But a conversation with a disembodied voice… engages their mind to fill in the context that lacks when they are not present (expressions, body language, imagining things talked about, etc.)

]]> By: narwhal http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873754 narwhal Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:04:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873754 I think this is my favorite title of this year on Neatorama. I think this is my favorite title of this year on Neatorama.

]]> By: vvyrda http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873680 vvyrda Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:39:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873680 ...does something so obvious really need a test like this? …does something so obvious really need a test like this?

]]> By: A http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/unicycle-riding-clown-finds-cell-phone-users-inattentive/comment-page-1/#comment-1873647 A Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:00:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26973#comment-1873647 I think all he observed was the conceited douchebagginess of iphone owning university students. I think all he observed was the conceited douchebagginess of iphone owning university students.

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