Old School?

What happened to the walks in the park, along the beach, the picnics, going to the movies; the things which strengthen the bond of love and friendship.
The hard copy pic of a loved one used to be the pride of the other. These days all you need is a camera phone with Bluetooth, or better still MMS so you don’t even get to see the person at all. Its technology and trust me its good; You probably don’t even have to go on real dates. Hey! One could just hook up online and go on a cyberdate. OK, that’s a word that’s been around for a while but its gradually taking on a new dimension/definition. By this, all you need do is both have internet connection and an optional webcam to judge expression and stuff like that and then off you go to a pre-arranged site, look around, play a game or two, buy her/him stuff online. Very soon we’ll probably be eating lunch and dinner online…OK, just kidding.

Again, its all technology, but would take over our real lives soon. With a GPRS enabled phone, you can stay online 24hours a day and without real efforts, relationships are fostered and sometimes crash completely in a short time due to a false start; the hood of lies and deceit the internet offers. One can assume any identity online and to a large extent get away with it. This all gets me thinking; in a couple more years what would the human be?

Reminds me of a movie that Sylvester Stallone starred in where at the time everything had gone cyber. Cyber touch, cyber kiss, cyber hug, cyber sex! There could be no physical contact for fear of contamination. It’s already started. You could wink at someone online these days, flirt, hug, kiss, poke etc.

Now what’s our world turning to? If you ask me, I’d say one big simulation. We’re gradually becoming robots and walking computers; all we need is the right command. The right IM, SMS can elicit a response that hitherto could only have been imagined. Someone once told me that there are three things with are utterly different from one another; an edited SMS, a phone call to say what it is, and actually saying it in person; and I would like to add a fourth; the sincerity when saying it in person. (Although there isn’t a scale to judge this).

I know all this may sound old school and like a writing from the 80’s but I think I’m an advocate to proper communication in fostering any relationship and not the quick fix, our world offers today.

Uhmmm…think about it.