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Photo: Is This Master Multitasker The Most Connected Man On The 3 Train?
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Lauren Evans
Published Apr 3, 2014
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Published Apr 3, 2014
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There comes a moment in every gadget-owning person's life when they find themselves physically holding several devices at once. It starts innocently—hold on, pause the Girls episode on the iPad to answer the text, that sort of thing. We all suffer the occasional humiliating SNAFU, we all make mistakes, and when one finds oneself palming a bushel of variously shaped Apple products, the appropriate move is to acknowledge the faux pas, chuckle apologetically and make a joke about them mating. It's just good manners.
When riding public transit, it's important to be self-aware. Hey man, your excessive connectivity is making everyone uncomfortable. Are you playing the iPad game or are you networking on your phone? Also, why is your phone so weird looking? I've zoomed in, and I still can't tell whether we've got two phones barebacking one another, or if that's just one of them phone cover-cum-wallet things, because carrying a wallet would mean displacing your second favorite Android, and it already has jealousy issues.
The laptop case implies that there's more that we don't even know about. My guess is "Atari 2600" or "pork shoulder."
Over-under odds the headphones aren't actually plugged in to anything?
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