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Best of 2011: Celebrity Luddites Speak Out Against Tech

Kristy Korcz — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:27:34 PST

2011 saw some amazing advances in technology, but there are those in the world who just aren't into it. These celebrities spoke out this year about how technology isn't a big influence in their lives as it is for most, even going so far as to say that they'd rather not venture into the ways of gadgetry and electronics. Put some faces to quotes in this roundup!

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GeekSugar — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:35:58 PDT

Guess which rocker said this about his old-school VHS player:

All of us are tortured by tech. I still cant get my flashing light on my video machine from the 1800s to stop flashing. I have one of the old ones that played videotape. I cannot turn it off.

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GeekSugar — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:10:24 PDT

Which aging rocker recently told The Sunday Times Magazine,

"I hate to sound like an old man now, but I am, and you mark my words, in a generation from now people are going to say: 'What happened?' Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business."

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GeekSugar — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:22:02 PST

Which sassy female music star recently told BlackBook magazine:

"I have to watch my mouth sometimes. All of those people who follow me on Twitter? They aren't my friends. Some of them are fans, but many of them are people who hate my guts and are just waiting for me to tweet something that they can put on their blogs."

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GeekSugar — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:45:09 PST

This actress recently told Elle magazine, "I don't use the Internet, but apparently you can find out everything on it. I have my e-mail on my BlackBerry, and that's about it. I've never read a blog, ever."

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GeekSugar — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:45:58 PDT

Guess which celeb said this about his Twitter habits:

A lot of times my wife and I sit across from each other and Tweet. It's a little bizarre. It's the same reason why you send roses to a woman at work. Sometimes people like to be adored in public.

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GeekSugar — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:30:20 PDT

This rocker was recently quoted saying:

"I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb."

The same singer has listened to an iPod only once, and argues that its sound quality does not even come close to that of a remastered CD. (Perhaps he needs some new headphones?)

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GeekSugar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:45:55 PDT

After receiving a lot of flak for misspellings in his Twitter stream, this celeb explains why his tweets are sometimes prone to typos, saying:

“I’m pretty new to it, and if there’s a spell check on an iPhone, I can’t find it. So I basically get in the general ballpark and tweet it.”

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GeekSugar — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:45:04 PDT

Which television actress shared her honest opinion of Facebook in a recent magazine article?

"No man should be on Facebook."

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GeekSugar — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:47:01 PDT

Which 2010 Oscar-nominated director recently said this:

Technology is not the most important thing. It's the story, it's the heart that is the character of the film.