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Only a fool thinks stylish little white earbuds are benign. The tensions between those who still value social interaction and those who will be called, diplomatically, “pod-heads” are unsustainable. It’s time for a revolution...
...results of pod-headization are devastating. It is not uncommon for the afflicted to miss three or more potential conversations during the seven-minute interchange between courses. At this rate, if we assume a mere twelve potential conversational hours per day, pod-heads miss out on nearly 303 exchanges each day. Does this make those with unconstrained ears 303 times more social? You do the math...
...Pod People...
Because Light emphasized the importance of diversity in first-year living arrangements, I decided to reconvene my freshman year roommates to take advantage one more time of the idyllic mosaic of freshman year housing. Well, actually, roommates is not the technical term. I lived in the pod on the 3rd floor of Hurlbut my freshman year so technically the women I reconvened were my podmates. But that’s a word we like to use sparingly...
...These pod people tend to value mates who share their love of outdoor leisure sports. One bride issued the ultimatum: “For me, whoever I dated had to ski. No ski, no me.” Another said, “Growing up, my sister and I always said we'd never marry anyone who couldn’t beat us in tennis.” In the best part of the section, Lois Smith Brady’s “Vows” column, grooms’ polo-playing abilities are regularly vaunted beyond belief...