A:
Hey man, did you see the new iPhone screen?
B:
No, what's the deal?
A:
Well, it's just rumors, but it looks like it's going to stretch all the way to the very edge of the device.
B:
It's like that already, though, right?
A:
Well, it's pretty close. <Pulls out phone> But see how there's like an eighth of an inch of space on the sides? <Puts away phone> It looks like that's going away. Pretty neat, huh?
B:
Yeah, sounds cool. When is it out?
A:
September supposedly. Don't you follow this stuff? It was all over AppleInsider and DaringFireball today. HackerNews and TechMeme too.
B:
Yeah, I stopped following all that stuff. I realized that none of it matters.
A:
Woaaah. Deep.
B:
No, sorry, not like that. I mean, it doesn't matter if I know about it, you know? It's either going to come out or it's not. If it does, I'll probably buy it. If it doesn't, it's not like I'll miss it or anything.
A:
Well, what's the point of anything then? Not much requires your personal attention to occur.
B:
Well, it can still affect me. If I read a book, it changes me in some way. It can alter my internal life, or give me a new outlook, or something to think about or whatever. Even like crappy TV can pick up my mood. Reading Apple gossip has literally no effect on me.
A:
But you're interested in it. That's its own justification.
B:
I don't know if it is. I'm interested in ice cream, too, it doesn't mean I should eat it all the time.
A:
Ice cream is actively bad for you, though.
B:
Opportunity cost, brother. Reading Apple news is bad for me too, because it's time I could of spent doing something more valuable.
A:
Well, well, big time. What's this humanitarian mission you're going to be working on in your spare time?
B:
I'm still working on that part. Anything's better than iPhone rumors, though, seriously.