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As intrusive noises go, the car alarm is one of the worst offenders. But there are plenty of others, too (…).

How about the ringtone on a cell phone? I never thought I’d see the day when the opening bars of Beethoven’s Fur Elise would tick me off (…). Sublime music is not meant to be trivialized through reduction to electronic burps and gurgles. I thought about customizing my ringtone once, to have it sound like a woman moaning in ecstasy. (…) Bad taste, I was told. (Bad taste? This is America, the Fertile Crescent of bad taste.) Yeah, it probably is in bad taste. I think bastardizing Beethoven is worse, actually, but that’s just me.

But even butchered Beethoven is better than some of the other sounds these phones make. (…) They’re stupid and intrusive, especially when they go off at a public event (…) or anywhere human beings gather for social intercourse.

Put your phone on vibrate and stick it in your pocket. Don’t worry, you’ll feel it. Stick it in the right pocket, and it might feel pretty good.

in You Know What? Just Shut Up por Tony Long.

Uma passagem de um novo artigo do mesmo autor da crónica intitulada ‘Dark Underbelly of Technology’ sobre a qual escrevi há uns dias.

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