Mrlonelyone Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Check this out and please discuss. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/fashion/20Cultural.html NOBODY calls me anymore — and that’s just fine. With the exception of immediate family members, who mostly phone to discuss medical symptoms and arrange child care, and the Roundabout Theater fund-raising team, which takes a diabolical delight in phoning me every few weeks at precisely the moment I am tucking in my children, people just don’t call. It’s at the point where when the phone does ring — and it’s not my mom, dad, husband or baby sitter — my first thought is: “What’s happened? What’s wrong?” My second thought is: “Isn’t it weird to just call like that? Out of the blue? With no e-mailed warning?”.... It goes on.
Darren Taylor Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 With texting and email, it's not surprising that no one calls anymore. I know for me, I would prefer either or over a phone call. If I'm doing something around the house or out about(which is pretty often), a phone call would force me to put everything else on hold and it would take longer to get stuff done. If someone texts me, I can do what needs to be done, then respond.
lemonlegs Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Well, yeah. To text someone, a number is necessary. When my boyfriend and I first started talking, we would mostly text. It allows you to talk casually without the risk of awkward silences and running out of things to talk about. But now that we've been dating for almost 10 months, he typically just calls me if he wants to talk, unless he's at work or just updating me on something. He's pretty much the only person that calls me now, but that's because, as I said, our relationship has been established for a while now. My parents also call when they need to talk.
MutteringUrchin Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Texting, emailing, and any other form of inaudible communication (save good ol' letter writing) will always lean in the favour of certain women and members of both sex who are serial daters. These paths of communication, though useful and wonderful, have allowed people to become nonconfrontational and underhand, especially in the world of dating. It allows certain individuals to harness the power of ending or beginning a conversation on the whim of their current moods, under the impression of "not having seen it", "not checked my phone", "it was in my junk mail folder", and so forth. They're a player's dream tool kit. But saying that, tools are whatever the person makes of them.
sumdude Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Funny, for a while there I thought it was me. My phone stopped ringing and I figured no one wanted to talk to me. But actually it's especially since Facebook. Thing is there are some friends that I still talk to at least an hour at a time once a week. You simply can't replace conversation with text. I've had way too many text 'arguments' go bad because there's no tone of voice or inflection to let someone know you may just be playful and not serious or the other way around. Seems to be having a negative impact on relationships in general if you ask me. Let's just get even more shallow with out interaction and txt each other nothing but emoticons and text speak.
Author Mrlonelyone Posted March 21, 2011 Author Posted March 21, 2011 Let's just get even more shallow with out interaction and txt each other nothing but emoticons and text speak. LOL I especially like how the article points out that FB makes it hard to have a phone convo ...because many of the things we would talk about in our lives end up on FB and everyone can find out without actually having to talk.
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