Oh, technology.

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Saw a girl walk straight into a pole this morning because she was too busy playing with her iPhone.

Ron Moore was right - technology is totally going to kill us all. Just not the way he expected.

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[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

*Gratuitous use of Cameron icon, just because you gave me the excuse*

I've done that thing too, although in my case it was a tree

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

I love the icon. IMO Summer Blau was the best part of The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

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Hee! Have I mentioned that one of my fears is that robots will eventually take over, and all of Hollywood will be like, "OMG we TOLD YOU!"

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

*g*

Though...I used to read while walking and would often run into things. I stopped that habit.

But I can still laugh at someone else's clumsiness. *nods*

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LOL! That's easy to solve - just read really big books. That way the book hits things first and there's a buffer.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I used to read while walking, too! Nerds FTW!

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

We can only be thankful that the girl in question was not driving while playing with her iPhone. The newspapers have been full of articles on people texting while driving. How stupid can you get? Answer: there is no end to stupidity.

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Word.

[mitashade.livejournal.com]

ROFL. I've seen that. Funny as hell.

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I know! I was right behind her, too, so I figured it'd be mean to laugh out loud... but hey, I saw the pole coming.

[kcarolj65.livejournal.com]

Had I heard that story when I was a little girl, I would've furrowed my brow, pouted sympathetically and felt that girl's embarrassment as if it had happened to me.

Now, I gigglesnort and roll my eyes at her obliviousness.

I was a better person then...

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Haha, I'd have been more sympathetic if she hadn't totally ignored me (because she was too busy playing with her iPhone) when I said "excuse me" because she was in my way.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

LOL

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:)

[beloved-77.livejournal.com]

This is not quite so funny when they do it while driving. :-P

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True... that's why I only mock people who do it on the Metro. :)

[urania-calliope.livejournal.com]

I was once on the phone to talking to a friend when I abruptly heard very, uh, colourful bathroom noises.

I hung up and refused to answer until I was sure he was done.

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I'm not even sure how to respond to that...

[silverusagi]

The funniest thing I saw like that was in middle school, when the assistant principal walked into a pole that was 2 feet in diameter. He wasn't even doing anything that would distract him. He had been standing in front of the school watching the buses leave, and just turned around and walked straight into it. :)

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LOL!

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

I've run into a store's glass door twice. I have no excuse but that I was excited to go in and the glass is too clean and invisible.

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My mom did that when we were on vacation. Walked into the sliding glass door to our balcony at least three times. My dad and I mocked her mercilessly. :)

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Yay, I have something in common with you mom!

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That's something of a dubious honor, lol. Don't get me wrong, my mom is awesome, but her absentmindedness is not the trait I'd have picked to have in common. (Nor, for the record, are the freckles, but I didn't have a choice there.)