87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by autoexec on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:58PM (#33183049)

Generalizing here, but that sounds exactly like teenagers. No perspective, and under way too much pressure to conform.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by ceejayoz on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:00PM (#33183070)

And, on rare occasions, prone to hyperbole.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by etaioinshrdlu on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:06PM (#33183193)

I was a profoundly uncool teenager and enjoyed life quite a bit. Buck the trend.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by zimpenfish on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:12PM (#33183315)

As a contrapuntal anecdata, I was profoundly uncool from primary[1] through teenage years[2][3] and was miserable for almost all of it.

[1] Parental unit is a teacher at the same school? Yeah, your life will be miserable.

[2] Come from a different part of the area? You must be [insert various insults here] for 5 years.

[3] Scholarship kid at a private school? Good luck with that.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by collegeburner on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:42PM (#33184692)

it's not "pressure to conform" it's that you will end up gradually pushed out of friend gcs especially. it's not always intentional but there is 100% a certain amount of social isolation that usually results.

(p.s. this is actually a bit better than it used to be, everyone's a lot more comfortable doing a snap gc because it has most of the same features and the UX isn't dogshit like a mixed gc vs imessage.)

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