Is it normal to give my phone a funeral.

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For xmas i got a Samsung Galaxy Mini S4. Which meant my Nokia brick, which had been my loving companion for 8 years was finally retiring. It had gotten me out of so many situations, gave me full signal when my friends fancy phones had no signal. Endless hours of Snake, and... it was just there for me. But i knew it was time to move on.

I turned it off for the last time, burried it in my garden and cried for a bit.

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  • LornaMae
    10 years ago

    Lol, cute. But I would've kept it in the nightstand drawer or display cabinet so I'd always remember it.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      I was thinking that, but a phone of her beauty should not have to be second beset

      RIP

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      • LornaMae
        10 years ago | pl

        Aww, I'm sorry I called her 'it' :'(

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    That's so awesome XD when you have an object with you for so many years, you develop an emotional attachment to it. I do anyways. It is normal to be sad when it is time to move on from a beloved object.

    I honestly got teary-eyed when I went to take down my Legolas poster...He has been with me since elementary school, and taking him off my wall was too emotional. So here I am, college freshman, with f-ing poster of Legolas in my bedroom. I don't care though :P

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  • coexcio
    10 years ago

    Similar deal with mine. Although mine is a resurrection story. After being turned off for three years, I was suddenly in a situation where I needed to be able to communicate and my minions of communication were dead to me. Except old, dead minion had kept 10% charge for reasons that can only be loyalty and "Jesus: The Phone" or "Lazarus: The redistribution of various myths to ascribe meaning to religion and stop them finding out what we're actually up to. Keep them doped up with religion and tell them some random enemy is the enemy like Fluorine or Iraq or that everyone should be equal".

    Such a great phone. :)

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      What a hero

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  • sega31098
    10 years ago

    No.

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  • Goomats
    10 years ago

    You seem like a kind soul and a good sort of person I would like to befriend because you are clearly caring and empathetic. With that said, I am saddened that our culture has personified the phone to such an extent to drive someone to give it a funeral.

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  • linchpin
    10 years ago

    those old nokias were great
    so many functions
    door stop
    weapon of self defence
    snake
    anchor for boating
    paperweight
    front package booster

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    10 years ago

    enjoy all them toxic rare earth heavy metals in yalls veggies

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  • megadriver
    10 years ago

    Why would you bury your phone? It still works doesn't it?
    I keep my old phones in case I need them. Got my old Sony Ericson here. Gets better reception than my Samsung Galaxy S3 XD

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  • EccentricWeird
    10 years ago

    That's littering. You're going to the slammer, big time.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Was in my own garden mate.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    10 years ago

    Ah the old bricks, they were tough, these new phones are so feeble in comparison,in years time when humanity has killed itself off, the next civilisation will recover her and with it unlock the secrets of our society,
    She is far from retired :)

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  • Crusades
    10 years ago

    Well i guess it's more normal than giving your dog a funeral.

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    • Goomats
      10 years ago

      A dog is a living creature. A phone is a gadget. How is this MORE normal than burying a dog?

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