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Renny Gleeson articulates beautifully my feelings about the current culture surrounding cellphone usage. I freaked out the other day when my kids were pretending to text each other in the middle of an otherwise normal make believe situation. It’s very common for someone to bless me out because I tend to take my time returning phone calls. People have actually been confused when I’ve told them to hold on a minute so I can pull over and safely talk to them. We’re about to start gaming, and throughout the night there will be several phones will be buzzing and chirping, and the rest of us will just pretend like it isn’t happening.
And about the posed kiss thing — seriously, what exactly is the quality of a kiss that is performed solely for the purpose of posting on your MySpace page? Real kissing involves both hands going every which way. And if you really mean it, you’re not giving a crap what you will look like to all your friends. It’s messy and not at all photogenic, and gorgeous all the same.
Oh yeah, and get off my lawn, you hooligans!
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I really love all of the TED talks I’ve seen so far. I’ve been wondering a lot recently about how connected is ‘over-connected’. I used to think that Twitter was the ultimate in over-sharing, and I’m still not sure that it isn’t, though I do enjoy using it. As for cellphones, I think this guy will be sorely upset in years to come when they become even more pervasive than they already are. As technology improves and phones become capable of more and more I believe that once trivial niceties, such as access to Google search or Wikipedia (or, as we’re already seeing, email) will somehow morph into apparent necessities.
At the Easter family potluck this weekend, we had a bit of a generational divide over texting. I’m in the very middle of the age groups, and found both sides amusing to watch. A lot of that it was just the age groups involved butting heads, of course. Teenagers were bored because they couldn’t text their friends, and the parents were irritated because we were supposed to be having family time already. Multitasking conversations is one thing, and becoming more and more pervasive. Ignoring a group of 30 people, and claiming there’s no one to talk to because your phone isn’t buzzing, is something else.
OK OK! Ha ha, i get it. Ill put the phone down during the game! You do have to admit that i have gotten better at this.
Oh no, you saw what I wrote! Whatever shall I do?! You have gotten way better at this, I agree.