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The Telecom Digest for December 7, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 241 : "text" Format
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12 reasons why society is crumbling -- smartphones (Thad Floryan)

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Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 05:53:55 -0800
From: Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: 12 reasons why society is crumbling -- smartphones 
Message-ID: <52A1D6F3.7060608@thadlabs.com>

Regardless how one feels about the term "douchebag", the 12 photos at
the following URL are a photographic essay that must be seen to begin
to understand what's wrong with our society; I see similar situations
daily and it's a sad commentary about our times.

http://dbagging.com/12-smartphone-douchebags/

[Moderator snip]

Thad

***** Moderator's Note *****

The language may not be fit for young children, but the pictures are
worth 12,000 words, so I'm allowing this post.

Bill Horne
Moderator






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