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Does my Bluetooth headset make me look stupid?

Posted by ZinggniZ • 2/21/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bluetooth, Driving, headset, stupid

That is, when I'm not driving and just walking around with it...

~jw (geeilovelavalamps.blogspot.com)

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2/21/08

xtremer

one looks like an alien, if he wears it, especially in public places!

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2/21/08

TreasureHunting

Good question... i was wondering the same thing. I use Bluetooth Headphones with my metal detector and people *still* get confused at the lack of cord.

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2/21/08

DOUGGOFFdotCOM

I use mine and sometimes I forget to take it off my ear when not in use. I'm kind of 50/50 on this one as I think it looks dumb but I do it anyway.

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2/21/08

ranjith143

not like that

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2/21/08

ZinggniZ

For the record, yes. I wear it in class. (It lets me listen to music, but softly!)

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2/21/08

FLOOG

These are a pet hate of mine, working as a shop assistant.
We get countless coustomers strolling around the store chatting away on these damn things, and half the time they start conducting a conversation with me whilst continuing with the one on the phone.... Bad manners guy's!

If it's not that, then you turn round to do the subserviant smiling and answering their questions that is drilled into us at the cheesey seminars... only to find they're not even talking to you as they stand next to the 'Two for one' Pineapples, they're on the phone.....

AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!

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2/21/08

Scout

Yes. I don't even have to see a picture of you wearing yours, and I can be that emphatic. I'm sure you are lovely otherwise, but those contraptions really do make us all look desperate for communication.

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2/21/08

Sylvia

I think anyone with a bluetooth might look a little stupid.

.....oh sorry you meant the thing around your ear...nevermind...lol

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2/21/08

Tanya823

yes, I think it does

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2/21/08

offendedblogger

No offense, but it makes you look like a cyborg. It is so not a good look for you.

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1. 2/21/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Wasn't that a Dr. Who episode?
2/21/08

globalgirl

Well, we all know that the UFO's have landed and that "they" walk amongst us. You call yourself bluetooth, we call you bluebrain.

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2/21/08

ZinggniZ

I should get two so I can wear one on both sides!

No, I actually only wear mine when I'm on my bike on the way to class or when I'm driving long distances.

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2/21/08

soupnumber5

Unfortunately yes. That reminds me. I must go get one. I really need it.

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2/21/08

WT

I just wrote a post about the latest research supporting the danger of holding a cell phone to your ear for long periods of time. So my next phone will definitely have Bluetooth and I won't care if I look like an alien.

I wonder how long it will be before the first research study is released showing that people who spend long periods of time using Bluetooth have a higher risk of some sort of health problem?

-Will

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1. 2/21/08
  
  globalgirl
  
  Like brain cancer?
  
  My cell phone gets HOT if I talk too long. This can not be good. I try to stay off the cell and when I do use it I press the speaker feature.
2. 2/22/08
  
  WT
  
  That was an earlier study. The one I wrote about a few days ago was cancer of glands in the mouth and throat. All scary, but the main BBC report was typically short on details. There is a link to the abstract from a commentator, but that is vague also. You can sign up from the abstract page and pay 39.00 to get the entire peer reviewed article, but I did not want to do that.
  
  -Will
2/21/08

b123morgan

I do think they look silly. The worst part is if you happen to see someone with longer hair and they look like that are talking to themselves - you can't see their phone. Anyway- with that technology you are probably hardwiring your Brain to tons of radio/cell/energy waves. Ouch- Brian Morgan

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2/21/08

ender

if you have to ask ... you already know the answer

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2/21/08

Anok

Yes.

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2/21/08

TheMrs

I hate those things. They don't make YOU look stupid, they make ME look stupid.

I don't know how many times I'll be out somewhere and there will be me and one other person say... in the dairy section at the grocery store. I'll hear this other person say something, I'll turn around and say, "I'm sorry.. what?"

Then I get the "Yeah, this old lady just thought I was talking to her. Moron. Anyway, as I was saying....."

Duh. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

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1. 2/21/08
  
  suburbqueen
  
  I do that quite a bit too...I despise the bluetooth.
2. 2/21/08
  
  Anok
  
  I do that all the time too LOL. It's funny, but annoying.
3. 2/22/08
  
  Tanya823
  
  ROFL, that happened to me in the bread isle,lol...I felt like such a dork,lol
2/21/08

Banjo3

Ugly people don,t have to ask if they are ugly but for some reason they do. Now we got bluetoothers wondering if they look stupid while bluetoothing. Yes, of course you look stupid with that thing.

Nothing against you though. Somebody might think I look stupid sometimes too. But I don't even have a bluetooth! (:

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2/21/08

MadameX

Yes.

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2/21/08

TonyB

Absolutely

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2/21/08

Getty72

Yup!

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2/21/08

AllynPaul

I actually wrote about this not long ago.
I have nearly gotten in fights with people wearing those things... but not because of the way they look.
lifeandlawns.com/2007/11/28/bag-phone-brick-phone-bluetooth-couth/

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1. 2/21/08
  
  Anok
  
  What a great story!
2/21/08

riverstyxxx

Oh god. Is that one of those things you stick in your ear and talk to yourself with? Does it blink and make you look sophisticated?

Yeah. I hate them. George Carlin hates them. The owner of one of my favorite companies hates them.

They do not look cool. At all. Throw it away or give it to someone you really hate.

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1. 2/21/08
  
  AngieA
  
  your so funny lol
  But I agree with you on that one.
2/21/08

clioandme

I dislike them, but they're really important for people driving.

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1. 2/21/08
  
  AngieA
  
  I think people who are driving shouldn't answer the phone, that's what voice mail is for.
  But whatever you do, don't put that stupid looking thing in your ear to listen to your voice mail.
2. 2/22/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  New York sorta fixed that problem a few years ago, due to all the accidents people have while holding the phone.
  
  Problem is that the brain doesn't function in a way that give us enough concentration to both listen and pay attention on the phone and drive with a full state of awareness. I would vote to ban all phones in cars if the bill ever came up, and this is why.
  
  Here's something to think about without even having to bring cellphone interference into the picture: If you're driving about 55 mph and you have to suddenly stop, on average it'll take around 280 feet just to do so, not even considering the fact that a cell phone can add almost .03 seconds to that.
  Reaction distance is around 1.5 seconds on average, or 120 feet, for someone not on their phone.
  
  It also alters your mental awareness, concentration, and perception of the road itself. If you're traveling 60mph and your cellphone causes a .45 second delay..
3. 2/22/08
  
  riverstyxxx
  
  Anyway, I think people should just hang up and drive. If it's important, they'll call back, leave a voicemail, or send you a text if it's an emergency.
  
  We were all doing just fine before these "Essentials" came along. You know who you are and you know what I'm talking about. Cell Phones, Myspace, and even those stupid things you stick in your ear and play make-believe that you're somebody important.
2/22/08

Anniepooh

Probably. :oP

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