Dumped, but still in love :: Mmegi Online

As the enormity and strangeness of the absence of loved ones and things loved slowly weave their way in our lives, we often experience crushing resignation.

This typically prompts us to accept, often grudgingly, that our future henceforth will not be based on them being present in our lives. Instead, it will be based on rejection. That is when “dumped” becomes more than a mere adjective in everyday speech. It then solidifies into a point in life when expectations are not only behind us, but there is an absurdity of once having and then losing affection.

What do a Walkman, a turntable or gramophone, a 35mm film camera, a Discman, and an LP and SP vinyl record have in common? Answer: they are all collectibles. But a more realistic answer is somewhat different from this one. It would be that they have all been made obsolete by the inventive design of two men and their team of designers, visionaries, if you will: Steve Jobs and Jonathan (Jony) Ive and the designers of Apple Inc.

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