Do you really need a car, a TV, a dishwasher, a cellphone, a laptop, a microwave...?

Question

@ miaou miaou : Un laptop c'est un ordi portable. Lap veut dire "genoux" dans le sens "sur tes genoux". Un PC pas portable ça se dit "desktop" parce que c'est mieux sur ton bureau que sur tes genoux!

Answer 1

It really depends...if you need to travel all over the country or just to work each morning or to drop off the kids at school then yes u need a car. if you want news at your finger tips and hours of great entertainment then yea you need a tv. if you are toooo lazy to wash up or you just have a h**l of a lot of dishes to wash then yea a dishwasher is a good appliance to have. If you will ever go anywhere by yourself, if your car breaks down, if you need to get in touch with someone then you will defo need a cellphone. if you ever want to play games or write stuff on word processor or go on the internet yada yada then yea you need a laptop. a microwave? well if you want to heat stuff up quick then there you go get 1, if you want a microwave meal then yea and if you eva wanna cook somin then yea you need one....but remember none of these things a neccesity so you dont really need any of them but they are things that can help you when your stuck in a situation! =]

Answer 2

Just the tv

Answer 3

Under the given circumstances, I DO need a car, a PC, and a cell phone; I could do without a TV, and I have neither a dishwasher nor a microwave.

Answer 4

resalut citrusse

j'ai vendu ma voiture en 1996 et depuis 1998, je suis membre d'une société d'autopartage de voitures, www.mobility.ch

je n'ai pas de télé, pas de vidéo, un ordi fixe, pas d'ordinateur portable, un écran plat par contre, deux téléphones portables (m c nouveau et ce n'était pas mon choix de départ), pas de machine à laver mais un micro-onde, pas de i-pod, pas d'agenda-ordinateur, adsl dégroupé, une imprimante qui n'est qu'imprimante (mais ma femme a une imprimante qui fait des scanns et des copies). J'ai une cuisinière à gaz et pas électrique.

Est-ce que j'ai besoin de tout ça ? j'aurais posé ta question il y a 20 ans, avec un regard plus écolo qu'aujourd'h*i. Auj à 40 ans, j'ai moins d'objets de consommation que la plupart des gens. Avec 20 ans de plus, j'aime + de confort, mon corps aussi et oui, avec un micro-ondes et un congélateur à part celui de mon frigidaire me facilitent vraiment plus la vie.

Answer 5

no but yes if you are a bussines man, because they call work (cellphone) a laptop FOR WORK a microwave for snacks

and the dishwasher just washes

Answer 6

No, of course not. There's nothing physically different about be from my ancestors 200 years ago that necessitates electronic short-cuts.

But don't forget: Everything is relative! We compare ourselves to what we've grown up around so, in those terms, of course I need a cell phone and all that other stuff.

And similarly, that's why my parents can survive without cell phones, but I can't last a day without it w/o getting incredibly anxious & worried -- we've grown up with different standards.

Answer 7

Really need, NO   but why  not?

Answer 8

only the car really cus 2 us r disabled

Answer 9

OMG--try and take them away! I'll be damned!

Answer 10

i need nothing as i am just a 10 year old chld lolz!

Answer 11

The only thing I really need is a car and a laptop (for work).  I rarely use a microwave or cellphone however the dishwasher is very helpful since I have a family with 2 kids and a husband so it makes cleaning up the kitchen much easier and faster.

Answer 12

I don't really need the dishwasher, it came with a big package deal.

Answer 13

I can do fine and I can do my job fine without any of these. I have been able to go for a whole week without a computer!

Answer 14

I need a microwave as I have mental health problems and burn myself on conventional cooker so it is safer for me.I don't have a fridge a freezer or T.V a dishwasher a cellphone or a laptop I share a car and need it as I live in the wilds of nowhere with little or no bus service so cannot get to appointments. I think I need a washing machine and a sewing machine. Doesn't have to be electric.

Answer 15

Besoin pas vraiment, mais j'avoue que je possède quelques-uns de ces objets.

Mon truc, je les garde longtemps: ma voiture a 15 ans, mon téléphone portable (06 78 17 xx xx ) 10 ans, ma machine a laver (ma préférée !) 12, .....

Comme ça je fais des économies, je contribue à moins polluer (mais pas à faire marcher le commerce !)

et quand je dois changer je fais un bon technologique avec tout plein de nouveautés dont j'ignorais l'existence.

Pas encore de vitres électriques dans ma voiture, faut pas déconner quand même, je verrai ça dans une dizaine d'années.

Answer 16

No, I don't. So I don't own a TV, nor a dishwasher (but I've heard that it's more economical in water, so ?). I quite don't use my cellphone and my microwave. In fact I could throw this one away, I wouldn't miss it. And, err... What's a "laptop" ?

Edit, Ah OK ! So, no, I don't have a laptop either, just a very very old mac desktop =)