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Smarter Than You

September 25, 2011
By LizzzardGirl GOLD, Naperville, Illinois
LizzzardGirl GOLD, Naperville, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
– Mark Twain


Sometimes, I look at my phone as if it’s taunting me. As if it is saying, ‘ha-ha I am smarter than you! I have the internet, and so much more!’
But how smart is a smart phone really?
Is it really as sleek, as slender, as good
As we believe it to be?
Is it really as smart, as fast, as amazing
As we wish it is?
Or is just a computer,
Com…
Com…
Compu…
Comput…
Comput-ting…
All its merry day?
Maybe they know more,
Maybe they don’t.
It is us, us humans,
Who created
Such devices.
So why are we not better, smarter?
Because it has internet.
Not as cool?
Because it is expensive.
Not as awesome?
Because we can’t run three different versions of Angry Birds, play Bakery Story, have all our songs, and much, much more.
So yes, my phone is taunting me.
I have the internet and so much more.


The author's comments:
i just stared at my phone one day, and it was propped up, so i thought it was taunting me.

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on Mar. 16 2014 at 7:39 pm
CelebrateDifferences, Long Island, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“Gods of Olympus.” Piper stared at Leo. “What happened to you?”
His hair was greased back. He had welding goggles on his forehead, a lipstick mark on his cheek, tattoos all over his arms, and a T-shirt that read HOT STUFF, BAD BOY, and TEAM LEO.
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This is an insightful perspective!

on Sep. 27 2011 at 8:42 pm
bpjrobert SILVER, Wakefield, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"Veni Vidi Vici"-Julius Caesar

Cool! Very good.

on Sep. 27 2011 at 4:05 pm
AshKat98 BRONZE, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
Stephen Hawking

So true! I have the IPhone, and I feel like that ALL the time!

HahlehAnn said...
on Sep. 27 2011 at 1:04 pm
HahlehAnn, Cameron, Louisiana
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Favorite Quote:
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But i can't accept not trying." -Micheal Jordan
"Life is what happens when your to busy making other plans." -John Lennon

very real boo(:

love it.

 


zone7294 GOLD said...
on Sep. 26 2011 at 4:26 pm
zone7294 GOLD, Newport News, Virginia
18 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
If im good for nothing, then your bad for everything

this is really interesting and funny at the same time