March 27, 2007

• Is this you?

  When I was at home I heard on 95.9theFISH how people spend on average some 3.5 hours on the cell phone making calls or texting.  They said this replaces actual face-to-face human interaction.  So true!  People make much more "grooming" calls as they put it.  These are calls which are not important really, and in fact, not much is said at all, except for "Hi, just checking if you're doing okay" kind of thing.  While calls and texts are a good way to keep in touch with friends you normally wouldn't keep in touch with, these should not replace real life interaction.  So instead of texting each other so much, you should actually be spending time with that person, since in person you actually get to see their emotions and feel what they're saying more.  There's more of a connection.  Too bad I can't actually see all my friends at home in person, but I guess I can spend time with my friends here.  Everyone's so busy, though.  I don't know what they heck they are doing, if they are actually doing lab work or just sitting at their computers in their offices, too, wondering what everyone else is doing and not bothering to call them to see if they're busy.  Oh, but of course you have to create an illusion of busyness since we are technically supposed to be full-time employees of the university.

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