Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report – which says that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group chats is a key motivation.

The report also underlines the importance the iPhone plays in hooking
people into the Apple ecosystem, spurring sales of AirPods, iPads, and
Apple Watches …

While earlier generations are almost evenly split between iPhone and
Android phones, Gen Z is all about Apple – responsible for a full third of all iPhone sales in the US. In contrast, just 10% of Samsung sales are to
Gen Z.

Gen Z also spends more time on their phones than any other age group: up to
six hours per day.

Part of the reason for Apple’s grip on Gen Z consumers is social pressure,
in particular the visibility of not owning an iPhone when participating in group chats using iMessage. It’s not just the fact that the Android user’s messages will appear in green rather than blue, more that they cause the
entire chat to fallback to SMS, turning everyone’s messages green.

“A green message anyone with an Android throws off the entire chat, because now the whole thing has to be SMS,” said Annelise Hillman, the 24-year-old chief executive of Frontman, a men’s grooming business. “So the social pressure to get an iPhone is pretty insane” […]

“In the back of your mind it’s like, ‘Oh my God, have to explain to my friends why our group chat is green now,” said Anastasia Pelot, a manager
at YPulse, a Gen Z and Millennials researcher.

A viral TikTok video asked women to imagine a guy was a 10, then ask how
his rating would drop if messages from him were green. Many said that they wouldn’t reply, or that his rating would halve.

Apple at one point considered bringing iMessage to Android too, but within
two years of launching it had decided against this. The main reason? It discouraged parents from giving their kids iPhones.

Several executives, including software chief Craig Federighi and head of marketing Phil Schiller, spoke out in opposition to such an Android app existing.

“iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones,” said Federighi in a lawsuit deposition.

Today’s report suggests that Apple wouldn’t hold the Gen Z dominance it does had that decision not been made.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/21/gen-z-apple/

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On 2023-02-22, badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report – which
says that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group chats is a
key motivation.

That report is suspect right off the bat since it tries to minimize the
real reasons why people prefer iMessage over SMS messages with a false
claim of supposed "fear of bubbles". The fact is iMessage offers better security, reliability, and usability than SMS as well as much more
messaging functionality, and that is why most people prefer it. The fact
that it's built into every Apple device as a default app/service is also
a huge bonus for Apple's customers.

Apple at one point considered bringing iMessage to Android too, but
within two years of launching it had decided against this. The main
reason? It discouraged parents from giving their kids iPhones.

Several executives, including software chief Craig Federighi and head
of marketing Phil Schiller, spoke out in opposition to such an Android
app existing.

“iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to
iPhone families giving their kids Android phones,” said Federighi in a lawsuit deposition.

Today’s report suggests that Apple wouldn’t hold the Gen Z dominance
it does had that decision not been made.

Smart move then. Apple-only features and services are what sells Apple hardware, and Apple is naturally more aware of that than anyone.

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On 2/22/2023 1:55 PM, badgolferman wrote:

Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report – which says that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group chats is a key motivation

I have one Gen Z child and one Millenial. The Gen Z switched to iPhone
since his colleagues and his students primarily use iPhones, and as you mentioned, group chats between iPhone and Android users are a pain. The Millenial is still on Android.

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Am 22.02.23 um 22:55 schrieb badgolferman:

Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report – which says that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group chats is a key motivation.

Do you have an obsession with this issue?

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sms wrote:

On 2/22/2023 1:55 PM, badgolferman wrote:

Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report –
which says that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group
chats is a key motivation

I have one Gen Z child and one Millenial. The Gen Z switched to
iPhone since his colleagues and his students primarily use iPhones,
and as you mentioned, group chats between iPhone and Android users
are a pain. The Millenial is still on Android.

Same thing here. I have a 28-year-old who has an Android and doesn't
care a bit about group chats, and a 19-year-old social butterfly who
has told me about the pressure involved in keeping the iPhone blue
bubble among his peers.

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On 2023-02-22 16:55, badgolferman wrote:



Apple guilty of leveraging user experience to gain market share. Which
is their job.

Fiends. /s

I recall reading some years ago that blind dates could end up on the
rocks because one brings an Android to the table where the other has an
iPhone. That's all it takes.

Social pressures suck, but it's only been around for 10,000+ years.

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On 2/23/2023 4:09 AM, badgolferman wrote:

sms wrote:

On 2/22/2023 1:55 PM, badgolferman wrote:

Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report –
which says that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group
chats is a key motivation

I have one Gen Z child and one Millenial. The Gen Z switched to
iPhone since his colleagues and his students primarily use iPhones,
and as you mentioned, group chats between iPhone and Android users
are a pain. The Millenial is still on Android.

Same thing here. I have a 28-year-old who has an Android and doesn't
care a bit about group chats, and a 19-year-old social butterfly who
has told me about the pressure involved in keeping the iPhone blue
bubble among his peers.

For some users it may be about the color of the bubble but the reality
is that it's not really about the blue bubble versus the green bubble,
it's about how group chats function.

Google can solve the whole iMessage issue if they really want to. Look
at what Beeper is doing with their servers <https://www.beeper.com/>,
and what AirMessage and BlueBubbles does for users willing to have their
own Mac-based server. Not many people want to set up their own Mac
server, but a remote server handling it would be fine.

Google should just buy Beeper, or invest in them so they can expand
their service. The rollout of Beeper has been very slow with wait times
of over a year to get an account.

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In article <tt81u8$1te2o$1@dont-email.me>, sms
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

Google can solve the whole iMessage issue if they really want to.

not legally.

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sms wrote:

For some users it may be about the color of the bubble but the reality
is that it's not really about the blue bubble versus the green bubble,
it's about how group chats function.

While it's not possible to have an adult conversation with Steve (because
he's a political animal even as he's not actually stupid like the iKooks),
what would be interesting is for Steve to compare the _functionality_ of iMessage against the app that I think is the best one for Android.
*Pulse SMS* (Phone/Tablet/Web) by Maple Media, In-app purchases
free, adfree, reqgsf, 4.7star,78.5K reviews,1M+Downloads
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.klinker.messenger>
(Please see the sig description of features a _modern_ messenger can do.)

I listed all the functionality, e.g., scheduled messages, encryption, backup/archive, text from any device, private conversation passcodes, clean
up old messages, define web browser for message previews, blacklists,
folder management, swipe actions, sound effects, notification
customization, spam prevention such as settings for contacts versus people outside of contacts, smart replies, delayed sending, autoreply
configuration, signature configuration, quick compost in notifications,
active notifications, favorite contacts, pin conversations, search conversations, view all media in any given conversation, hide message
content, notification access, delivery reports, strip unicode, mms configuration such as using group MMS, auto-save media, max image size,
convert long messages to mms, etc., apn configuration such as override
system APNs, MMSC URL, MMS proxy, MMS Port, User Agent specification, etc., keyboard layout, emoji styles, mute conversations, customized notifications
per conversation, ignore/donotdisturb per conversation, seleted folders per conversation, clean up old messages per conversation, etc.

And, oh, I forgot... the _choice_ of what color a contact shows up as,
not only the primary color but the dark and accent colors too!

Google can solve the whole iMessage issue if they really want to. Look
at what Beeper is doing with their servers <https://www.beeper.com/>,
and what AirMessage and BlueBubbles does for users willing to have their
own Mac-based server. Not many people want to set up their own Mac
server, but a remote server handling it would be fine.

Google should just buy Beeper, or invest in them so they can expand
their service. The rollout of Beeper has been very slow with wait times
of over a year to get an account.

I don't know of a single Android owner complaining about their "group
chats", but I do know that Steve owns both platforms, and Steve complains
about group chats.

Why?

What's the _real_ problem with group chats if we remove the color issue?
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This is text messaging, done right.

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Pulse SMS is jam packed with features. On top of syncing between all of
your devices, here is a small taste of what makes it the ultimate text messaging experience:
- Unparalleled design and fluid animations
- Endless global and per-conversation customization options
- Suggested Smart Replies within conversations
- Password protected, private text conversations
- Share GIFs with your messages, from Giphy
- Powerful searching through messages and conversations
- Automatic message backup and restore with a Pulse SMS account
- Preview web links
- Blacklist pesky spammers
- Delayed sending to give you time to edit or cancel messages you send
- Automated replies based on contacts, keywords, and driving/vacation modes
- Dual-SIM support

Encryption Protocol
First and foremost, all of your conversations are stored in end-to-end encryption. You never have to worry about your data leaking out and no one
can see your messages except for you, not even the Pulse SMS Team! With
Pulse SMS, you get privacy and peace of mind, right out of the box.

Privacy Protection Proof
In technical terms, we use PBKDF2 to encrypt your password and use it as a
key to encrypt messages and conversations.

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1) When an account is created, we generate two salts. One to use with authentication and one for end-to-end encryption.

2) The one that we use with login is straight-forward and normal. We store
a version of your password, hashed against the first salt, and authenticate
you against this hash.

3) For the encryption, we hash your password against salt #2 and store it locally on your device (computer/tablet/phone). Having this key is the only
way that you can decrypt messages. Since no one else has the password that
was hashed against the second salt, no one else will be able to decrypt anything.

We share our privacy protocol publicly so our users have peace of mind
knowing their password is never stored anywhere and without that password, there is no way to create the secret key used for encrypting and decrypting
the content stored in the backend.

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tablets, MacOS, Windows, Google Chrome, Firefox, Linux, and even Android
TV. Check out all of our platforms, along with screenshots, here: https://home.pulsesms.app/overview/

Pulse SMS is the premier web, computer, and private texting application on Android. Everything is instant, setup is a breeze, and it's design is
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In article <ueOJL.308423$Lfzc.158700@fx36.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

There sure is a lot of lawyers her. Is that the consensus of all of
them?

lawyers rarely agree on everything, even when they're on the same team.

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nospam wrote:

In article <tt81u8$1te2o$1@dont-email.me>, sms
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

Google can solve the whole iMessage issue if they really want to.

not legally.

There sure is a lot of lawyers her. Is that the consensus of all of
them?

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nospam wrote:

There sure is a lot of lawyers her. Is that the consensus of all of
them?

lawyers rarely agree on everything, even when they're on the same team.

What we can all agree on is Google is _desperate_ to get "into" iMessage. Likewise, we can all agree that Apple isn't likely to easily provide that.
More so, we can all agree that impressionable kids _love_ iMessage.

But what about the adults?

I don't see anyone on the Android newsgroup, except Steve, care for
iMessage functionality over what they inherently already have.

Since I strive to _understand_ why people do what they do, I ask...

*Why would an adult, like Steve, pine for iMessage on Android?*

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Andy Burnelli wrote:

nospam wrote:

There sure is a lot of lawyers her. Is that the consensus of all
of them?

lawyers rarely agree on everything, even when they're on the same
team.

What we can all agree on is Google is _desperate_ to get "into"
iMessage.
Likewise, we can all agree that Apple isn't likely to easily
provide that.
More so, we can all agree that impressionable kids _love_ iMessage.

But what about the adults?

I don't see anyone on the Android newsgroup, except Steve, care for
iMessage functionality over what they inherently already have.

Since I strive to _understand_ why people do what they do, I ask...

Hey, ya got any neat pics of psychology books?

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On 2/23/2023 10:20 AM, badgolferman wrote:

<snip>

Also iMessages does some fancy animations and uses special emojis that
some people care about.

<snip>

That whole emoji thing is rather amusing. I guess for kids it's fun but
are adults really using them?

I doubt if my wife has ever sent or received an iMessage on her iPhone.
She uses Cortext secure messaging for work. The iPhone is strictly for
work only. IT decides when upgrades will be installed and which apps
will be installed. She has to carry a separate phone for personal use
since iOS doesn't yet support multiple accounts on a single iPhone (see
45a on page 38 of the document <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JznrWfGJDA8CYVfjSnPTwfVy8-gAC0kPyaApuJTcUNE/>).

With an eSIM and a physical SIM on her iPhone it would be ideal if she
could just pay for a separate line and have a separate Apple account,
but that is not yet possible. This capability is present on Android.
There is (or was) a jailbreak tweak that can get around this iOS
limitation but of course you can't really jailbreak a corporate phone.
The iUsers tweak is really intended for iPads (and iPads sold to the
education market already support multiple users).

In any case, we are using WhatsApp a lot more now because my wife and
daughter use Android phones while I and my son use iPhones.

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In article <tt8ut7$20fjq$1@dont-email.me>, sms
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

That whole emoji thing is rather amusing. I guess for kids it's fun but
are adults really using them?

some do, some don't. it's not required.

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nospam wrote:

That whole emoji thing is rather amusing. I guess for kids it's fun but
are adults really using them?

some do, some don't. it's not required.

The appeal, to kids, of emoji and bubble color gimmickry is understandable.

However, the fact remains modern Android messaging apps do useful things
that the iMessage app does not do, which I doubt the iKooks comprehend.

The real question, for me anyway, is whether there is anything useful that
the iMessage app does a modern Android messaging app doesn't already do?

For example:
*Pulse SMS* (Phone/Tablet/Web) by Maple Media, In-app purchases
free, adfree, reqgsf, 4.7star,78.5K reviews,1M+Downloads
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.klinker.messenger>

What can the iOS messaging app do that this app doesn't (already) do?

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On 2023-02-24, sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

On 2/23/2023 10:20 AM, badgolferman wrote:

<snip>

Also iMessages does some fancy animations and uses special emojis
that some people care about.

<snip>

That whole emoji thing is rather amusing. I guess for kids it's fun
but are adults really using them?

Adults have been using them (and emoticons) since the 1980s, and even as
far back as 1648 in literature:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon>

This hair-brained idea that they are supposedly only for children is a
weak and transparent troll.

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On 2023-02-24, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

In article <tt8ut7$20fjq$1@dont-email.me>, sms
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

That whole emoji thing is rather amusing. I guess for kids it's fun
but are adults really using them?

some do, some don't. it's not required.

Anyone claiming that they are only used by children or "little girls" is
gate keeping and can be ignored by adults for being childish trolls.

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Am 24.02.23 um 01:42 schrieb Andy Burnelli:

However, the fact remains modern Android messaging apps do useful things
that the iMessage app does not do, which I doubt the iKooks comprehend.

The real question, for me anyway, is whether there is anything useful that the iMessage app does a modern Android messaging app doesn't already do?

For example:
*Pulse SMS* (Phone/Tablet/Web) by Maple Media, In-app purchases
free, adfree, reqgsf, 4.7star,78.5K reviews,1M+Downloads
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.klinker.messenger>

That is a simple SMS-client. Absolutely no match to iMsg.
Your technical understanding is very underdevelopped.

What can the iOS messaging app do that this app doesn't (already) do?

Blue Bubbles. *SCNR*

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Am 24.02.23 um 11:31 schrieb Joerg Lorenz:

Am 23.02.23 um 17:14 schrieb Alan Browne:

On 2023-02-23 10:56, Joerg Lorenz wrote:

Am 23.02.23 um 01:23 schrieb Andy Burnelli:

HINT: Ask JollyRoger if he ever used a modern Android messaging app.

Something that is simply inexistent. No modern messaging app has a
connection to the Android-OS.

Eh? There are plenty third party apps that are quite modern and served
by strong systems (Signal, for example).

They have no connection to the OS. They are simply third party apps.

In addition to iMsg they exist also for iOS.

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Am 23.02.23 um 17:14 schrieb Alan Browne:

On 2023-02-23 10:56, Joerg Lorenz wrote:

Am 23.02.23 um 01:23 schrieb Andy Burnelli:

HINT: Ask JollyRoger if he ever used a modern Android messaging app.

Something that is simply inexistent. No modern messaging app has a
connection to the Android-OS.

Eh? There are plenty third party apps that are quite modern and served
by strong systems (Signal, for example).

They have no connection to the OS. They are simply third party apps.

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On 2023-02-24 05:31, Joerg Lorenz wrote:

Am 23.02.23 um 17:14 schrieb Alan Browne:

On 2023-02-23 10:56, Joerg Lorenz wrote:

Am 23.02.23 um 01:23 schrieb Andy Burnelli:

HINT: Ask JollyRoger if he ever used a modern Android messaging app.

Something that is simply inexistent. No modern messaging app has a
connection to the Android-OS.

Eh? There are plenty third party apps that are quite modern and served
by strong systems (Signal, for example).

They have no connection to the OS. They are simply third party apps.

Irrelevant - the platform supports them and that's all that counts.
Then there is the Google Messages, er, suite?, which is from the OS
maker, but also an app layer.

IAC, Apple Messages is also an app layer. It is distributed with the OS
and maintained along with it. Deeper 'hooks' into the OS as well - but
still an app.

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Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-02-22 16:55, badgolferman wrote:

Apple guilty of leveraging user experience to gain market share. Which
is their job.

Fiends. /s

I recall reading some years ago that blind dates could end up on the
rocks because one brings an Android to the table where the other has an iPhone. That's all it takes.

Social pressures suck, but it's only been around for 10,000+ years.

Friends shouldn’t let friends use Android garbage or if they do…disown them. It’s totally unacceptable. I’d rather go back to a flip phone.

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Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 22.02.23 um 22:55 schrieb badgolferman:

Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report – which says
that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group chats is a key
motivation.

Do you have an obsession with this issue?

Gen Z are the bogey along with Apple. Boomers!

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Am 25.02.23 um 11:31 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 22.02.23 um 22:55 schrieb badgolferman:

Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance, according to a new report – which says
that fear of being “the green bubble guy”‘ in group chats is a key >>> motivation.

Do you have an obsession with this issue?

Gen Z are the bogey along with Apple. Boomers!

Badgolferman is certainly not a GenZ.

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Am 25.02.23 um 11:30 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-02-22 16:55, badgolferman wrote:

<s>

Apple guilty of leveraging user experience to gain market share. Which
is their job.

Fiends. /s

I recall reading some years ago that blind dates could end up on the
rocks because one brings an Android to the table where the other has an
iPhone. That's all it takes.

Social pressures suck, but it's only been around for 10,000+ years.

Friends shouldn’t let friends use Android garbage or if they do…disown them. It’s totally unacceptable. I’d rather go back to a flip phone.

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

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Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:30 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-02-22 16:55, badgolferman wrote:

<s>

Apple guilty of leveraging user experience to gain market share. Which
is their job.

Fiends. /s

I recall reading some years ago that blind dates could end up on the
rocks because one brings an Android to the table where the other has an
iPhone. That's all it takes.

Social pressures suck, but it's only been around for 10,000+ years.

Friends shouldn’t let friends use Android garbage or if they do…disown >> them. It’s totally unacceptable. I’d rather go back to a flip phone.

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent? Green bubbles are indicative of incontinence. Threads such as
this deserve pun cascades.

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*Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> wrote:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:30 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-02-22 16:55, badgolferman wrote:

<s>

Apple guilty of leveraging user experience to gain market share. Which >>>> is their job.

Fiends. /s

I recall reading some years ago that blind dates could end up on the
rocks because one brings an Android to the table where the other has an >>>> iPhone. That's all it takes.

Social pressures suck, but it's only been around for 10,000+ years.

Friends shouldn’t let friends use Android garbage or if they do…disown >>> them. It’s totally unacceptable. I’d rather go back to a flip phone.

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent? Green bubbles are indicative of incontinence.

I'm insouciant.

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Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

I kant say, not being a haydigger. Perhaps a humeanist education instead.

Between Frankfurt and “Vienna” there was a continental divide though the former veered quite far from targeting the actual Circle: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism_dispute

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Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

--
Gutta cavat lapidem (Ovid)

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Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

TBF "The Continent" is a very European term.

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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

TBF "The Continent" is a very European term.

Is Europe even really a continent? Seems to be the same as Asia
geologically, only different socially and culturally.

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Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

TBF "The Continent" is a very European term.

Well if Mr Bean is Brit, is the Continent this?:

https://youtu.be/JmeoLzVGkYU

…or is Krautrock too regional and temporal? It would eventually become electro breakbeat (Detroit, Miami, and pre-NWA LA) then Chicago house then British trance/rave/dubstep. I don’t see Mr Bean smoking cloves and
twirling glowsticks.

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badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

TBF "The Continent" is a very European term.

Is Europe even really a continent? Seems to be the same as Asia
geologically, only different socially and culturally.

Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox, v Muslims (see former Yugoslavia). Adam
Smith v Marx v Hayek/Popper/von Mises. Hume v Kant. Hegel v Schopenhauer
(hated him some Hegel). German Critical Theory v French poststructuralism v
wtf Zizek is even going on about. Neoliberal Germany v PIGS. Brexit UK
(except Scotland) v Eurozone.

Jesus, I was making a pun off Continental into incontinence. Continental is
a car made by Lincoln right ;-) Just kidding, it’s breakfast style
(sarcasm)?

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*Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

TBF "The Continent" is a very European term.

Well if Mr Bean is Brit, is the Continent this?:

https://youtu.be/JmeoLzVGkYU

…or is Krautrock too regional and temporal?

It's more like this :)
https://youtube.com/@EurotrashTV

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Am 25.02.23 um 19:01 schrieb badgolferman:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

TBF "The Continent" is a very European term.

Is Europe even really a continent? Seems to be the same as Asia
geologically, only different socially and culturally.

Europe is *the Continent*

--
Gutta cavat lapidem (Ovid)

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Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 19:01 schrieb badgolferman:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

Am 25.02.23 um 11:57 schrieb *Hemidactylus*:

Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> wrote:

This kind of humor is absolutely indigestible for people from the
Continent. A bit like Mr. Bean. Silly at best.

Continent?

Where did you get your education?

TBF "The Continent" is a very European term.

Is Europe even really a continent? Seems to be the same as Asia
geologically, only different socially and culturally.

Europe is *the Continent*

Why Europe? Eurocentrism? South America and SE/South Asia have their
pluses. F1 now has three tracks in the US and Sergio Perez is a top notch driver from Mexico.

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