Letters to the Editor
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You are a Pod
Four things about the I-Pod, who I identify as mostly people with white cords going up into their ears.
1. I-Pod users never talk to anyone on the bus or train.
2. No one talks to them unles they are trying to get them to move.
3. I-Pod users don't read on the train or bus. They are part of the a-literate generation.
4. Listening to music while doing other things favors easily digestible music.
Etc. Nuff said.
I love music. I listen at homes or in clubs.
Listening all the time to music while walking around in the world seems very sad. It has been remarked upon by foreigners as one of the signs of American isolation. I don't think this is Luddite or "oldster" - descriptions themselves which are pejorative, of course. It is actually a broader sociological criticism that, and I am going to dish out my own pejorative as retribution, perhaps somewhat more shallow people are probably too busy listening to some single to even think about. Contemplation is made more difficult when you are always listening to a pre-programmed "sound track of your dull life."
The I-Pod is a symbol of American escapism and inwardness, or at least that is the way it looks to us folks on the outside, who haven't drunk the kool aid.