Playing with things too much
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I am intrigued by the behaviour we all exhibit when something new comes along that perhaps we will have for an extended period. Phone, camera, book or perhaps a new partner, right away we all sit happily in the corner reading about it, changing settings, twiddling knobs, investigating every different option we can find until there is nothing new to be discovered.
We may have this item for years but we cram every bit of effort into the first few days or weeks. Thereafter it's just another gadget, put in a drawer or regarded as as boring as a curtain rail; we've spoiled it in a way because it can no longer offer up little rewards of discovery over its lifetime.
I've just got a new phone and I keep picking it up, looking at pictures, moving files and altering the themes and ringtones. I've got 24 months left of a new contract but I'm unable to put it down. I'll even pick it up just to look at the time, despite the fact I have two computers in front of me that are perfectly able to give me that information.
And, no, the thread title isn't about my cock
We may have this item for years but we cram every bit of effort into the first few days or weeks. Thereafter it's just another gadget, put in a drawer or regarded as as boring as a curtain rail; we've spoiled it in a way because it can no longer offer up little rewards of discovery over its lifetime.
I've just got a new phone and I keep picking it up, looking at pictures, moving files and altering the themes and ringtones. I've got 24 months left of a new contract but I'm unable to put it down. I'll even pick it up just to look at the time, despite the fact I have two computers in front of me that are perfectly able to give me that information.
And, no, the thread title isn't about my cock
There is one toy that this obviously doesn't apply to.
From your profile:
"My interests include driving the Tiv, washing the Tiv, polishing the Tiv, driving the Tiv, getting into the Tiv, driving the Tiv and buying petrol. Buying petrol is a major hobby of mine."
Personally I think you just have OCD
From your profile:
"My interests include driving the Tiv, washing the Tiv, polishing the Tiv, driving the Tiv, getting into the Tiv, driving the Tiv and buying petrol. Buying petrol is a major hobby of mine."
Personally I think you just have OCD
blindswelledrat said:
I am going to guess you are younger than me or a gay lesbian.
A real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
A real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
I know how everything works, except washing machines.
Yertis said:
blindswelledrat said:
I am going to guess you are younger than me or a gay lesbian.
A real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
A real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
I know how everything works, except washing machines.
k out of me and i don't want that to change!blindswelledrat said:
I am going to guess you are younger than me or a gay lesbian.
A real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
Thsi is true. It actually makes the ownership experience more fun, as you find some whizzo feature a year later that makes you think "cool". Had you read the instructions you'd have found it out right away and been bored for the last 12 months.A real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
blindswelledrat said:
I am going to guess you are younger than me or a gay lesbian.
A real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
The only exception to this rule I've found was a DSLR camera I bought, since I fiddled and royally fA real man does not read instructions or 'learn' how to use the item but merely guesses at how it works.
I spend years with various electircal items before accidentally discovering one of its very basic features.
ked up the settings. Everything else I enjoy figuring out on my own which, if memory serves, started way back when I was a lil fella playing with transformers. 90% of the fun was working out how they transformed.Ordinarily I only read the instructions to things that definitely need them. Granted there are very few things in a bloke's world that can't be worked out with a dash of swearing and a sprinkling of A&E, baked for half an hour in a tool-spangled garage until you employ someone to sort it out. My thread is not so much about the reading of instructions but the incessant playing about with gadgets until they become boring when all the secrets have been divulged - perhaps I am alone in wanting to know how it all works.
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