Saturday, February 17, 2007

these days


not to say that i dont do any of the following things, because clearly i do, and often. but it is sad that these days people barely interact with other people. but let me clarify. people communicate with other people ALOT these days, but interaction in a truely meaningful way is becoming few and far between. instead of meeting up with people, we call them, and if that is too invasive we decide to text them instead, so they can read it whenever they are free. or going on messenger, but who of you doesnt have about 100 contacts, but really you only chat with 5 or so people on a regular basis. AND if you dont feel like chatting you can write BUSY or AWAY, so people will feel less oblidged to talk to you. or of course you can email people, and wait for them to respond, again less invasive, as they can reply on their own time. and now this new phenomena of 'blogging' where you can keep in touch, and learn about the other person, but again not really a soul searching good ole conversation (not to say it isnt fun- and sort of ironic that i am making this statement ON a blog). we are becoming more and more distant with eachother and it is sad, we rarely ACTUALLY interact with our friends anymore... and why? for convenience.. we are all 'too busy'.. or what? so i say- lets actually dial a number a little more often instead of just a text.. lets make time for one another, because it is through interactions not just communications that we can strengthen our bonds as friends.... i feel like someone should yell 'here here' right now.. but maybe i make no sense and no one agrees with me.. well, thats my rant, i am going to bed

1 comment:

kt said...

Good Rant!! I totally agree... we live in an impersonal world.