Text Me – I’m Right Next To You!
I saw a couple sitting side-by-side with captivated expressions on their faces. They’re in love, giddily texting each other…wait, WTF?
I always thought texting was something you do when the other person you want to communicate with is not in the same room and you don’t really feel like phoning. But now you can text even if that person is right next to you! It’s incredible.
I mean, you can just go up to your friend or lover – maybe make eye contact so that he/she knows you have something to say – and just text them. You don’t have to talk at all! Really – who would want to listen to your natural voice with its unique tones and inflections that simultaneously communicates your underlying emotions and thoughts in a musical quality, anyway?
Here’s an idea: how about we just let our tongues wilt and our voice boxes shrivel so that we can pretend-talk to each other in clicks and beeps even though we’re face-to-face? We’d be so cool ’cause we’d be like…robots. Oh. Yes…exactly. We’ll still keep our organic shells, but let’s do away with the whole body language crap, too. Yeah yeah, it makes up about 70% of all meaning in communication. Whatever, man. That’s just like…a number. We’d be the shit.
(Image courtesy of: Zazzle.com)
Don’t get me wrong – I think texting is great in the convenience it offers for communicating over distances. But when two people are physically within conversation-earshot of each other? Unless they’re talking about someone who happens to be in the same room; otherwise, that’s just frickin’ ridiculous.
‘Nuff said.
