Lincoln: My main problem is cell phones force one to be rude. And I don't mean they make people rude, I mean they force people to be rude. It's like saying amazing taskers force you to pay attention to them, it doesn't mean you will or you have to, but when you see the name Ink Tea or Lank or Charlie Fish under a task's praxis, you (meaning I) pay more attention and maybe open that one first. So cell phones force one to be rude. When a cell phone rings and you're with people, the owner of the phone, even if they don't answer it, still break the flow of the conversation just to look at who's calling. And more often than not they will take the call. Which almost always makes the other person feel that they aren't as important as whoever is on the other end of the phone (whether it's true or not). Either way, it's rude. It's rude to be with another human and then ignore them, or cast them aside even momentarily. The other way cell phones force you to be rude, is that they can make you lazy about missing appointments. If you're running late you can call and tell the person you're running late, which might sound like I got it backwards, because a call is a nice considerate thing to do, right? How about not being late in the first place? See, I make it a point to be where I say I'm going to be when I say I'm going to be there. Anything less is rude.