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The New Religion

Technology is the new religion
Raised up to a lofty high
Bow down to the gods of our time
Anything that starts with 'i'.

Pilgrims to the holy temples
Selling tablets, gadgets, phones
Icons of a twisted worship
Somehow helps our sins atone

See their fervour, hear their chatter
Rapture at each new release
Forgetting that the gods' enticements
Will not fail and will not cease

The gods don't care for you or I
Money is their only prize
Wake up world; you're all fanatics
Free yourself; open your eyes.

All rights reserved. Nom 9th September 2012.

Nom

@Nom

Life's a mystery.

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Comments & Feedback (45)

Oooo I LOVE this! πŸ’™πŸ“²

Very good sir. Have some i🍻 and an i❀

@leelee101 I can't accept anything that starts with an 'i'. Sorry. 😜

@MrAlex thank you ☺

iLove this. Lol good job πŸ‘πŸ‘

@Nom depressingly true. Very well written.

Very good πŸ‘»

Great poem, but you're a lovely little hypocrite.

XD

@Nom except the i you wrote it on? πŸ˜‚πŸ‘

@Jamtots I see what you did there... Thank you :)

@overskill thank you ☺

@glen thanks! 😊

@Earthbound well you see, I wrote this on a 2nd gen iPod touch. And since I've bought it I've had my 'eyes opened'. so maybe kind of a hypocrite 😜, but certainly not a fanatic 😺

@leelee101 see above :)

i really like this and i think i will repost it represents the new ireligion very well. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ’š

@Nom Haha. I only got my iPod for music and Internet. I think everyone's a slave to their phones.

@eddie12309 thank you for your irepost :)

@Earthbound agreed :)

Good one! πŸŒŸπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸŒŸ

Do not get me started on all the things that annoy me about apple.... 😑

@Nom you've had your "i"s opened I see!

@ckahn thank you :)

@naaviie this isn't just aimed at apple; Samsung etc too

@overskill indeed I have!

Just technology in general then? I can't complain about Samsung... I don't have one. I can complain about apple though 😝

@naaviie sort of, mainly the way people seem to he addicted to smartphones and tablets. But also the way in which people treat the new releases of apple especially as this almost religious occasion.

Yeh it is ridiculous. My cousin annoys the heck out if me always going on about how apple is "supreme" and everything else is just rubbish 😠😠 plus he's far to excited about the iPhone 5 πŸ˜’πŸ˜“

P.s he says that without ever using anything else

@naaviie he's been suckered by their advertising! Does he realise that most of the insides of an iPhone are made by Samsung anyway?!

Probably not he's only 13! Not surprised he's been brainwashed 😱😝

@naaviie I think it's totally mind boggling that kids have smartphones! Back in my day 😜, I didn't get a mobile til I was 16!

I know! I'm horrified! My 13yo cousin and his little sister (9) have iPhones 😱😱😱 I couldn't even get a Nokia 3310 till 15 or something!

@naaviie 😱 9! That's so dangerous....the Internet is a scary place 😱

I know, it's mental! There is an 8yo on here that is being a little nuisance (in the kind of attention seeking kiddie way) but just think if there was a creepy ***** on here to take advantage, I dread to think! πŸ˜“πŸ˜“

@naaviie who on here is the 8 yo?? What on earth are their parent(s) thinking?

Would you repost it if I did an Opuss suggesting to all people say under the age of 16, to remove their age from their profile information? Or do you think that would be a bit presumptuous for me to suggest it?

Perhaps we should both email support instead? The app is for 13+ but this isn't enforced. 😣 the 8yo is sweetcandypops - she wrote load on Heather's post yesterday πŸ˜–πŸ˜– but she tells people her age, it isn't on her profile, but you can tell by her pic. Don't know what to do - I would RP if you thought a post was the best way to do it.

Email is probably the first step. Then Seamonster could do an 'official post'. That would carry more weight anyway. I'll email now...

@naaviie good news; I emailed support and they thought the official post was a good idea. There should be one within a week. They also mentioned how Opuss doesn't have a private messaging option, everything is public which makes things a little safer.

@naaviie did you email them too?

Oh I'm so glad you did, i've been busy and never got around to it πŸ˜“ sounds good about the official post. And yeh, I agree that it is safer with everything being public viewing. πŸ’š nice tree mr Nom

@naaviie thanks.

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