Grrlish Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 Please note, I'm not talking, necessarily, about LDRs in the context of this post. I JUST don't get how people maintain SO much electronic communication these days in lieu of phone conversations and in-person conversations. I read SO many threads where people talk about emailing, texting, IMing, etc. about really important issues! This is a false way of communicating, if you ask me. The "I'm shy" thing doesn't fly with me. People have been shy about communicating with the opposite sex since the beginning of time. If you want to actually communicate with them, you speak to them. I'd be interesting in hearing/reading about other perspectives on this issue.
In Liquid Wonder Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 I think it's bull**** on big issues, but it still happens. Sometimes people prefer doing the easy thing over doing the moral/respectful decision, you know? It's so easy to be a jackass these days. I feel like people aren't brought up knowing any better, too, but that seems like a cop-out. I don't buy it, either, and I call people on it when it's appropriate.
dropdeadlegs Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 I agree with you, Grrlish. There is too much in the way of important conversation being handled through technical means. I don't even like to have a serious discussion via telephone. I do text on occasion, but only to say "I love you" or "I miss you" kinds of things. Sometimes I will do it to create some anticipation for the next time we see each other. Once I was afraid I would bail out and not have an important conversation, so I texted that when we got together tomorrow I needed to discuss something. Big mistake. He called immediately worried that something was terribly wrong, which it wasn't, and we ended up having a convo via phone that should have happened in person. that was not my intention, but looking back I can see that I wouldn't have been able to sleep thinking something bad was coming down.
Krytellan Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 I agree with you and actually ranted about it in a post a few weeks ago. What I think is that it is a non-confrontative (lets just pretend thats a word) and you can send a text and not have to be "rejected" because you're not actually putting yourself "out there". It basically has led people to become even more spineless then they were previously. Combine that with the fact that we are becoming lazier as a race (well, moreso us lazy Americans... one cup coffee filters... need I say more?), and you can see why we will be taken over by inferior beings in no time.
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