Ok so a friend of mines who uploads videos on Facebook talking about different issues (Look him up: Kel Kel). And he added a very controversial, yet insightful installment of his Video Saga lol.
He talked about how Americans are so informal these days due to the increase in technological advances. And it is soooo true. No longer can I talk to the boy I really like on the phone until my dad or mom comes in and say get off the phone, theres no more dating, and the courting/woeing phase is most times eliminated from the "getting to know someone you are interested in" process.
1) Phones: when you talk on the phone (like my friend Kel Kel says) you get to hear the emotions, you get an immediate and raw reaction demonstrating the true nature of a person via their voice...so much less if you were in person, but I digress. Now in College, I must say it is WAY MORE EASIER to text any and everybody...including the parents AND my grandparents. I am usually very busy and so is the next person. So now texting has substituted the phone convo. With this convenience comes, of course a disadvantage: the emotional intelligence is lost, meaning things a person would usually say, attaching a voice to name, and hopefully a face, listening to the pitch and tone to gauge the type and level of emotion being conveyed. Its a form of body language. Plus, for me as a female it is very comforting to hear the voice of my male friend that I am interested in, and its cute because you know they try to put on the sexy voice late at night.
2) Facebook: this website, which is mainly for networking and convenience of communication, has become HOLLA CENTRAL...I have had so many dudes....even females try to "Holla" at me through facebook message or chat. Not cool. I mean if I kno you seen you around thats cool, then I may entertain me, but don't try to holla at me from Arkansas, lol. Facebook is a undercover stalker network. Its irritating.
The moral of the story is that: the element of emotion is lost due to convenience of communication....
What happened to those days...when we stayed up till late...falling asleep and drooling on the phone, battery dying...but u determined to continue this convo. (College happened)
I missed the dating thing...lets go walk...something...hold my hand...smile your way...give you the cute eye...you know...
All this technology is throiwing off my intuition, now I can't tell what he's feeling, or thinking...something I was good at when we talked alot on the phone. oh well....I only see us becoming lazier as times and advances progress.
But think about it lack of communication skills now in college: can hinder your skillls for the future world at large: in terms of people management skills, emotional intelligence, communication skills, and so on and so forth. Jus Saying....
I perform tonight, a poem entitled "The Wrong Place to Begin"
I'll post the poem after I perform it...and maybe the video...idk...lol...nervous as FUUUGGGGHHHH lol
I'll be fine tho...got get up there witht the mindset that they need this...they want this!!!! (so my friend has told me lol ;)
A.P.
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