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    <title>Word Of Mouth</title>
    <summary type='xhtml'><div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><a href='http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/who_has_a_cute.html'>danah boyd</a>: <em>I decided to go with a Scion xD because it was the right combination of small, cheap, quirky, practical, and dependable. I feel a little guilty because it’s painfully clear that Scion is targeted directly at people like me and I hate ending up fitting into a stereotype, but, well... it is nice to have an iPod jack built in standard and have a design aesthetic meant for hipster 20-30somethings.</em></p>
<p>danah deserves a commission.</p></div></summary>
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<p><a href='http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/11/15/who_has_a_cute.html'><cite>danah boyd</cite></a>: <em>I decided to go with a Scion xD because it was the right combination of small, cheap, quirky, practical, and dependable. I feel a little guilty because it’s painfully clear that Scion is targeted directly at people like me and I hate ending up fitting into a stereotype, but, well... it is nice to have an iPod jack built in standard and have a design aesthetic meant for hipster 20-30somethings.</em></p>
<p>danah deserves a commission.  No, I’m clearly not a hipster 20-30something, but there seems to be a transitive property in effect as teenage girls tend to be 20-30something wannabies.  In addition to the aspects that danah mentioned, gas mileage is not too bad.  I also feel that — for this demographic at least — the ability to control an iPod from the steering wheel is an vital safety feature.  We also went for the <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Stability_Control'>electronic stability control</a>.</p>
<p>Anybody who happens to be by <a href='http://www.fredandersontoyota.com/'>Fred Anderson Toyota</a> should ask for Phil.</p></div></content>
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