The medium changes, but the essence remains the same. It was first hieroglyphics, then love letters/poems, now it’s text messaging. We are living in the information age and we need instant communication and gratification, but the essence is still the same - pursuit of love and happiness.
I didn’t miss the point of the cartoon, I’m just restating the facts - the world we live in is different now that it was even 5 years ago. And maybe it’s wrong and mentally destructive, but email, txting and blogging aren’t going anywhere so instead of fighting, embrace it and hopefully in the process retain the human touch, communication and physical gratification.
Again, I think you’re missing the whole point, true email , texting etc. are not going anywhere, but its not a solution to live human interaction. I think the cartoon is a perfect example as to what our lives came down too.
You’re right, its sad, but its reality. If my mother’s friend can call her and say, “I have a new man - the internet,” then needless to say for the younger generation. With the proliferation of social networking sites and this “unknown” virtual reality people no longer know the difference - relationships get torn apart. Yet, it’s not all evil and it’s not all new - as I said in my prior comment there were writings on the wall and love letters and duels and the medium changes, but the reality stays the same.
Even now, I’m replying to this post using my mobile device and you will in a few seconds after I hit send receive a notice that a new comment has been left - instant gratification - no foreplay, no commitment - pure text. This is easy. Relationships, those are hard.
yes , we live in a world of instantaneous gratification. Click and you have this, click and you can be a superman, click you can be a new person, click and you have this and that, but its rather sad really…. oh well…
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The medium changes, but the essence remains the same. It was first hieroglyphics, then love letters/poems, now it’s text messaging. We are living in the information age and we need instant communication and gratification, but the essence is still the same - pursuit of love and happiness.
Instant communication and gratification leads to mental retardation. I think you’ve totally missed the point of the cartoon.
I didn’t miss the point of the cartoon, I’m just restating the facts - the world we live in is different now that it was even 5 years ago. And maybe it’s wrong and mentally destructive, but email, txting and blogging aren’t going anywhere so instead of fighting, embrace it and hopefully in the process retain the human touch, communication and physical gratification.
Again, I think you’re missing the whole point, true email , texting etc. are not going anywhere, but its not a solution to live human interaction. I think the cartoon is a perfect example as to what our lives came down too.
You’re right, its sad, but its reality. If my mother’s friend can call her and say, “I have a new man - the internet,” then needless to say for the younger generation. With the proliferation of social networking sites and this “unknown” virtual reality people no longer know the difference - relationships get torn apart. Yet, it’s not all evil and it’s not all new - as I said in my prior comment there were writings on the wall and love letters and duels and the medium changes, but the reality stays the same.
Even now, I’m replying to this post using my mobile device and you will in a few seconds after I hit send receive a notice that a new comment has been left - instant gratification - no foreplay, no commitment - pure text. This is easy. Relationships, those are hard.
this is soooo true! hahahaha
yes , we live in a world of instantaneous gratification. Click and you have this, click and you can be a superman, click you can be a new person, click and you have this and that, but its rather sad really…. oh well…
————- click ————-
People have always “clicked” just in different ways - or rather same ways, but different means…So why do we [people] keep clicking?