Thank you in advance.

Just recently went through a painful CSR call. If they can't really speak English, why do they answer my calls? That is after spending 30 minutes on hold.

Dell would not install a wireless card on the computer they sold me, but sent it separately, but assured me that it was easy to put in and it would work. Well it took me some time to get a computer friend over to help install, and now I've found out they sold me the wrong part, and they have refused to take the part back.

I say stop buying anything Dell, until they get their act together.

Porn is mainly a way for us to experience different types of sex without actually doing these things. It can be a replacement for sex when you're single and have no serious prospects in sight, or it can be an addition to an otherwise healthy sex life with a partner who will not do certain things. I will not any potential partner tie me up. Never. I think it's lame and boring, and besides that, I don't trust anyone not to harm me while I'm in that state. Yes, not even a girlfriend. I've heard too many stories of things that went wrong when a wife or girlfriend was angry at their husband/boyfriend and decided to get back at them during sex. So, no thanks on the tying up scenario. Doesn't mean I'm gonna tell my girlfriend she absolutely cannot watch any videos of people getting tied up. That's just asking for a slap for not minding my own business. But that leads me to my next point.

What about those of us who will never have time for a relationship because of our schooling, our jobs, and other endeavors that we have to accomplish that are more important? Would you deny us our only source of sexual satisfaction? If you would, then you're a cold hearted monster and I don't even want to know how cruelly you treat the men in your life. Also, what about female masturbation? Is a woman rubbing herself off in bed to a fantasy any better than a guy wanking to porn at a computer? We've heard so long about how guys are allowed to wank and women are supposed to be ashamed of it, yet now we're seeing a trend where women view guys who wank as being pathetic while they're allowed to rub themselves off all they like and indulge in every type of self-pleasuring imaginable. Don't believe me? Ask shona what she does to satisfy herself when there isn't a guy around. I'll bet her answer won't be "go seek out a guy as soon as possible!"

I watch a lot of porn, and that doesn't make me want real sex any less. If anything, it makes me want real sex more. It shows me how much fun sex can be, but I've also heard of all the hassles that come with sex - sweaty bodies, awkwardness, lack of orgasm for one or both parties (and then there's the really scary stuff - STDs, pregnancy, your partner cheating on you), and that really throws a damper on the incentive one might have to have sex. I don't want to be rolling around in the sack with a sweaty, disgusting person who is going to find the whole thing awkward and not orgasm no matter what I do! It's like the example I always use of a person getting explained to them what it's like to be a cop, with none of the positives. The officer tells them "it's nothing like you see on TV. It's a shit job with low pay, tough hours, no recognition, and a lot of risking your life every day of the week, and getting nothing in return." Are you going to want to be a cop after hearing that? NO! Of course not. You are going to get say "get the hell away from me! I don't want to be a cop: it sounds like shit!" Likewise, if you only hear about the negatives of sex - and that's all we hear a lot of the time from Republican conservatives and medical professionals/social advocates - porn seems like a very good alternative to the actual process of sex. There the people ARE having fun, even if they're faking it, and as long as they put on a good enough show, especially if they're amateurs, that's good enough for you. I want to experiment, but I also don't want to deal with all the awkwardness and bullshit that comes with sex, and porn is a great way to do that. You're not going to be worrying afterward about all the concerns like, "did I do alright? Why was it so difficult? Oh my god, what if she's pregnant? What if she has a disease she didn't tell me about?" and all that garbage that can occur even when you have safe sex and are perfectly prepared for it.

Women like Brianna don't help matters either. So instead of trying to wean the guy off the porn to help him please you more and achieve a balance between the two, you advise dumping him right away without even giving him a chance? You didn't "love him" then, if he was that easily disposable to you. It's one thing if you gave him a chance and he blew it, but it really doesn't sound like that was the case. Forgive me if that's not the case, but that's what it sounds like. So then you go and get yourself a guy who satisfies you in bed, then treats you like shit the rest of the time, and it'll be worth it just because you're getting off? And writing off all the "porn consuming guys"? So that's what - pretty much any single guy who doesn't have a girlfriend and still needs some way to find some relief, without a hooker or anything like that? That's going to leave a very small amount of guys, and those will likely be the guys who are so consumed by other activities, they don't have time for anything else. That's why they don't like porn, not because they're opposed to it, but because they're simply too damn busy with other things to bother with it (and yes, that means they'll be too busy to have sex with you when you get together with them. How many wives haven't we heard complaining of their husbands never having sex with them, despite the fact they don't watch a lick of porn? It's a common occurrence; I'm not just making this up.) Or else, and much worse, you're going to end up with the extremely religious guys who view sex as some kind of edict from God, which means it can only be done in certain ways and is strictly for the man and procreating only. Those are the kinds of guys that are "above porn". And while there are a few genuinely great guys who aren't interested in porn, they're already going to be taken, if they're so damn perfect. It's nothing against them, I'm just saying - if they're that perfect, they already have a girlfriend, or they're married.

I think I could be a pretty damn good lover if given the chance. I would listen to my partner, I would do everything they told me to in terms of what it took to please them, and I would go down on them at every opportunity possible. But I know that's not physically possible given my schedule and my awkward social tendencies (I'm not a big party goer, I don't like to go to bars, I don't like to drink, etc.). I am never going to have a relationship, and to be honest, I'm not sure I want one. I know a fairly obvious joke could be made about "women of the world being thankful for that", but the truth is I'm not really this harsh most of the time. I'm a very quiet, solitary guy who keeps his own opinions to himself and doesn't really mess with anybody. I just don't have the time or the courage for sex. But at least porn gives me a taste of what I'm missing, and don't have the time to pursue. People like shona would have us simply pretend we don't have any sex drives altogether, and take away a world of enjoyment for thousands upon thousands of people. No, scratch that. Millions, if the revenue of porn sites and the adult industry is anything to go by.

Is is possible to grow too attached to sex? Yes, but that goes for anything. Coffee, sugar, movies, TV shows, video games, sports, hobbies, etc.; things that aren't even 'wrong' like cigarettes and drugs. That doesn't mean the whole product is worthless and in need of disposing. Porn serves a vital role in this society, and it has nothing to do with raising expectations to unrealistically high levels. Don't dismiss it just because a few people can't control themselves once they get into it.

Sincerely,
Cheryl Oldweiler

If any hardware problem arises then you have to pack your laptop, spend your own money on courier and send it to dell bangalore. Then wait for 1 or 2 months to get it back. I wish they had at least 1 authorized service center in every major city of India.

I don't know what is the use of phone support. What is use of calling customer care if your system has got virus in it. For every computer software, driver or even hardware related problem you will find answers much quicker on internet search engines like google, yahoo, bing etc than those customer support guys who only know saying 'Hello' the whole day .

They can't fix your hardware problems from 1000s of miles away. For every genuine hardware problem like Jeremy's monitor issue you need a service center near your home where you can go anytime and get things done in a day or two.

While HP and Lenovo have good service center support in every part of India, Dell believes in solving every problem on phone. May be someday Dell customer support will fix hardware like RAM, HDD, Monitor, etc on phone from miles away.. lol. They have only one service center cum system assembling unit cum Customer(phone)support at Bangalore for the whole country. How can one send his laptop 1000s miles away for 1 month if the system crashes in the middle of an ongoing project.

This article is 4 years old but Dell is still the same.
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