Where are they? Do they even exist?
They do ! Where are they? They are not visible anymore. You have to squint real hard to spot one, and one will be really fortunate to spot one.
All that we are dealing with are virtual people, people who only exist in the social media world or in text messages. So much so, when you make a phone call, you get to speak to recordings or are directed to go visit website.
When we go places, everyone is busy on their phones or tablets or laptops. You meet your own family members, who actually live with you, on social media or through "text messages."
All voices have been drowned , all eye contact is diverted, all handshakes have gone cold. Everything has been replaced by virtual actions. We thrive in each others imagination, we communicate by a touch system called smartphones and we celebrate by abbreviations like "hbd", ttyl, tysm, cngrts or just emojis.
Thats life today!
No real people. No voices. No handshakes or hugs. Nothing! We are all running out-of-time for each other to spend some alone time with technology.
Its a DEAD world when people have silently drifted to a virtual existence.
V well written...dats a hard reality too... many ppl r jst doing it subconsciously without knowing its consequences. But as we r aware of it now we can try to teach and change our immediate surroundings.
ReplyDeleteYes. You are right. Good thinking. Let's be more practical.
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