How Technology Has Taken Over Our Lives

Let me pre-empt this little rant by clarifying that I AM, at the moment, more than just a little bit angry.

I'd like to start by saying that I hate text messages. From this moment forward, anyone who sends me a text message will not receive an answer. Have we developed into such an anti-social society that we cannot pick up the phone, punch a few numbers, and then use our lungs and vocal cords to alliterate and annunciate until we've formed a few audible sentences? Give me a break.

I love it when I call people, leave a voicemail, and then two minutes later receive a text message from the person I just called. Give me a break (again!).

Another note: Your Sidekick does NOT make you COOL. Your ability to flip up the front screen with a quickness and type with your thumbs at warp speed is not a practical skill and will not get you anywhere in life. You also look stupid sitting in a crowd of people typing text messages and instant messages one after the other while ignoring the masses of flesh and blood within arms reach.

That, my friends, goes out to all text-message freaks - not just you Sidekick junkies.

Conversation! Human Interaction! Where have you gone?

Believe it or not, there was a time, not very long ago, when there were NO pagers (remember those?), NO cell phones (can you imagine?), and NO instant messaging programs (honest!). Back then, we were capable of COMMUNICATION -AND- believe it or not, it didn't kill anyone to take a few steps away from their cell phones or computers.