Slqme
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Earlier, MCGamerzism posted on a thread saying that he joined the forums to "socialise" and this got me thinking...
Children these days have decided that being on tablets, electronics, computers, and SMSing is scoializing, personally I think this is a bit of horse dung.
Socailizing by definition is when one person mixes with others, talks to them, does activities with them, and in a way bonds with them.
Sending messages over a screen, to me, is not socialising. Sure, you may share jokes, you may share debate, but you are not sharing these things with them. You are sharing them with a screen.
Think of it this way. Say there is a group of 3 people, A, B, and C. A gives some sweets to B, but none to C. C gets angry and steals some sweets from both A and B. They all have the sweets. They are all eating them, but only truly did A and B share the sweets.
The same is with the technology, you, and the person you are SMSing. You are not typing to them, you are typing lines on a screen. These lines then show up on their screen. You had no direct interaction with the other person, there is always a 3rd party making the "circle" complete.
I hope you can follow that.
I'm not saying don't use these SMSing machines such as skype, teamspeak, and even the inboxing on these forums, I'm not saying that at all. Its a brilliant invention and piece of technology, truly amazing. All I'm saying is that it is not socialising, and if you can, actually meet up with these people. Don't spend time infront of these screens texting them, instead talk to them.
Of course, I can only spend my time infront of the screen, because I'm forever alone, but hopefully you can be better than me.
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." -Albert Einstein
Note: this is more about people texting and facebooking instead of being bothered to do things with people in real life. Do not take it the wrong way.
Thanks for reading, I just wanted to get this of my chest,
~Slqme
Children these days have decided that being on tablets, electronics, computers, and SMSing is scoializing, personally I think this is a bit of horse dung.
Socailizing by definition is when one person mixes with others, talks to them, does activities with them, and in a way bonds with them.
Sending messages over a screen, to me, is not socialising. Sure, you may share jokes, you may share debate, but you are not sharing these things with them. You are sharing them with a screen.
Think of it this way. Say there is a group of 3 people, A, B, and C. A gives some sweets to B, but none to C. C gets angry and steals some sweets from both A and B. They all have the sweets. They are all eating them, but only truly did A and B share the sweets.
The same is with the technology, you, and the person you are SMSing. You are not typing to them, you are typing lines on a screen. These lines then show up on their screen. You had no direct interaction with the other person, there is always a 3rd party making the "circle" complete.
I hope you can follow that.
I'm not saying don't use these SMSing machines such as skype, teamspeak, and even the inboxing on these forums, I'm not saying that at all. Its a brilliant invention and piece of technology, truly amazing. All I'm saying is that it is not socialising, and if you can, actually meet up with these people. Don't spend time infront of these screens texting them, instead talk to them.
Of course, I can only spend my time infront of the screen, because I'm forever alone, but hopefully you can be better than me.
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." -Albert Einstein
Note: this is more about people texting and facebooking instead of being bothered to do things with people in real life. Do not take it the wrong way.
Thanks for reading, I just wanted to get this of my chest,
~Slqme
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