Monday, January 11, 2010

Don't Mind Me ... I'm Just Playing A Game Of Paper Toss...



Here's a project for someone.  You know... one of those motivated someones that goes from project to project, always thinking of what the next project might be.  It's not a job for me.  I'm just the spark to get the flame of inspiration going.

*tsssst*

iPhone Etiquette - blogs need to be written, articles need to be published, something needs to be done.  Since when is it okay, in the middle of a conversation, to pull out your little pocket gadget, whichever barrow at the fruit market it comes from, to surf the web... and not, I might add, for some bit of information that would contribute to the conversation (which is also questionable as it may be the death of conjecture and collective problem solving in conversation as we know it, nod Pip).  Say it's to check facebook, or a car club forum, or an ebay item.  Why is doing two things at once (being driven somewhere in a car and having a conversation with the driver) no longer enough to occupy the modern gent/lady?

That's just the most recent insult.  More concerning to me is that it may now be okay to whip ones phone out while sitting around with friends TO PLAY A GAME!  Nothing says 'you are boring pricks and I need further stimulation' like the simple act of engaging with a computer game on your iBerry.  Even in the early days of Gameboy this was known and enforced, and even now, with technology leapfrogging known social niceties and norms every millisecond, if somebody pulled out a dedicated game console during a conversation everybody would shuffle their feet awkwardly and clear their throats.  The more forward of us might give the strongest indication necessary to advise the perpetrator that they need to leave the room if they are going to do that... not unlike other antisocial behaviours... like wanking.

Is this the decline of modern society as we know it, or is it the way of the future and I need to buy myself a ticket because the bus to the future is prepay only?

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