Word: bothered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Most first-generation gadgets aren't really worth the bother. They're overpriced, buggy, hard to figure out, and they break too easily. But the G1 is none of these things. Not only is it worth your while, the Google phone is easily the most exciting new tech product of the year...
...Wyche continues his efforts, independently. Several days ago, Wyche received an e-mail from an Obama supporter reporting that she'd registered 20 new voters. "Proud of you," he wrote back. But he points out that many people who register to vote late in the election season don't bother showing up at the polls. His suggested pitch to those folks: "The great thing about our country is, on Election Day, Donald Trump and you are equal. He gets one vote. You get one vote. He's going to use his. Are you going to use yours...
...While my roommates and I are quick to offer commentary on the conversations we overhear, none of us have bothered to walk down the stairs, climb up the next flight over and strike up some neighborly conversation face-to-face. It just isn’t done. Maybe most people decide that the source of all that ruckus couldn’t possibly be worth knowing, and don’t bother to find out. But I think there’s another explanation...
...Everyone knows that, deep down, they’re a messy tangle of faults and imperfections. Many of us—me included—spend boundless energy pretending we’re an exception to that rule. We put our best face forward, and hope no one will bother to probe underneath...
...first time all day. That’s why it’s so tempting to pause—because (at the risk of sounding creepy) what you hear when no one knows you’re listening is often as real as it gets. Why would we bother to introduce ourselves, when the self-censoring person who would answer the door couldn’t be half as human—or interesting—as that disembodied voice...