I think we lose some of our humanity when we hide behind all these new forms of communication. It empowers us when we don't have to actually talk to someone face to face, so much so when we actually do see someone in person, we can't converse in a normal way, at least at first. Suddenly, the witty don't have that hilarious line on the tip of their tongue it usually takes them 10 minutes to think about on Facebook chat, as they pretend they are preoccupied and so NOT thinking of a response to what you said. Through text, it can take up to an entire day to have what would be a five minute conversation in person.
Everything has a time and place, don't get me wrong. But enough is enough. It almost needs to be an active exercise to remember to try to talk to people, if just to maintain the ability to talk!
I have a small list of No-Nos that are just wrong to approach in technology land. Receiving the following through text, Facebook, or any other media that allows people to bypass talking on the phone or God forbid in person is a complete cop-out and not appropriate!!
The No-Nos
asking someone on a date
breaking up
notifying people of an engagement (unless they count as acquaintances on FB, then go for it)
expecting someone to know something about you because it's on Facebook
being surprised that someone knows something about you because DUH it's on Facebook
canceling a date
invitations to weddings
Anybody have anything to add? I know I'm not the only one this annoys.
AND What is the world coming to when people start writing "u r 2 cute 4 wrds"!? Really, you couldn't include the "O" in words? REALLY?? That whole sentence would take an extra two seconds of typing to write out. Even autocorrect didn't want me to write that!
For goodness sake people, don't forget you have a voice for a reason! Use it. And for heaven's sake, your is possessive, you're is YOU ARE in a contraction.
From me, to you :)
