[osiris]

Engadget has this story - Padded lampposts for distracted texters being tested in London - Engadget

Apparently the Brits are trying to save themselves a few headaches.
I think it's just sad that people no longer look where they're going.

edit - natural selection comes to mind. those able-bodied texters - capable of foreseeing objects and texting.

[starman]

Only in Ameri....oh, wait.

[Dakar the Fourth]

That is sad.

[LegendaryPinkOx]

I never understood this whole texting and walking thing. Then again I never understood texting all that well either. But it seems that everytime I give a lady my number their more interested in contacting me with their thumbs when it comes to going out.

[osiris]

In the future, we will never leave the comfort of our hermetically sealed oblong boxes, not even for poopy. And human contact will be only for evacuations.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by osiris 

And human contact will be only for evacuations.

Not even hand jobs?

[osiris]

Well, ok. That and the oral sex.

[Oisín]

That is idiotic. How about teaching people to look where they’re going instead?

I text while walking quite often, but I take it for granted that of course you look up and make sure you’re not about to walk into anything (like lamp posts or oncoming traffic, for instance) every three or four steps. Doesn’t take more than a split second, surely no one is in that much of a hurry?

[Mastrap]

People need to recognize satire when they see it.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Mastrap 

People need to recognize satire when they see it.

Satire is becoming harder to separate from reality in good old Blighty these days.

School's bizarre ploy to beat internet perverts - masking pupils with Acid House smileys | the Daily Mail

[Dakar the Fourth]

The mark of good satire is when its believable. I didn't read the article, but I wouldn't put it past someone, somewhere to try.

[Mastrap]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Satire is becoming harder to separate from reality in good old Blighty these days.

School's bizarre ploy to beat internet perverts - masking pupils with Acid House smileys | the Daily Mail

Excellent.

[Sherman Homan]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Satire is becoming harder to separate from reality in good old Blighty these days.

School's bizarre ploy to beat internet perverts - masking pupils with Acid House smileys | the Daily Mail

Really weird how they all look alike...

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by LegendaryPinkOx 

But it seems that everytime I give a lady my number their they're more interested in contacting me with their thumbs when it comes to going out.

Fixed.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by olePigeon 

Fixed.

You can't go all grammar-nazi and miss an obvious one.

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

The mark of good satire is when it's believable. I didn't read the article, but I wouldn't put it past someone, somewhere to try.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Go back to work.

[osiris]

Now that I had time to get thoroughly inebriated, isn't the spelling of lamposts incorrect - shouldn't it be lamp-posts, or at least lampposts? And are the spelling nazis the same group responsible for the padding of the lamposts/lamp-posts/lampposts?

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

You can't go all grammar-nazi and miss an obvious one.

I mostly target their, there, they're, to, too, its, it's, where, were, we're, and plural words with apostrophes.

[Dakar the Fourth]

And coincidentally enough, the one he pointed out is covered in your Grammar Nazi Health Plan.

[subego]

Originally Posted by osiris 

not even for poopy... only for evacuations.

Aren't these the same thing?

[ShortcutToMoncton]

A couple months ago, I was walking downtown with a group of people, and as I was turned sideways talking to them I ran chest-first into a parking meter.

Fail?

[Oisín]

^ Yes, very fail. Bad Shortcut.

Now that I had time to get thoroughly inebriated, isn't the spelling of lamposts incorrect - shouldn't it be lamp-posts, or at least lampposts? And are the spelling nazis the same group responsible for the padding of the lamposts/lamp-posts/lampposts?

Yes (lamppost or lamp post) and no, respectively.