tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post8982150388367061181..comments2024-03-16T05:34:13.675-07:00Comments on The Commercial Curmudgeon: This will bring your family "closer." Sure. Sure it will, AT&TJohn F Jamelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-87920040911277951222012-09-22T18:15:08.325-07:002012-09-22T18:15:08.325-07:00I wonder how people meet each other these days eve...I wonder how people meet each other these days every time I get on a train and see myself surrounded by techno-addled zombies. <br /><br />When I was in college, I met a girl on an Amtrak train while on a 13-hour trip from DC to Vermont for the holidays. We talked for hours, and ended up exchanging addresses and phone numbers. I never saw her again, but we corresponded for years. I wonder if that kind of thing ever happens these days- after all, it would require making eye contact, which in turn requires that people look up every once in a while.John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-49746964869700138222012-09-22T18:01:41.979-07:002012-09-22T18:01:41.979-07:00Another GENIUS post, John.
I see it all around m...Another GENIUS post, John. <br /><br />I see it all around me, the lost remains of what was such a GREAT society. Everyone cared for one another. Communities were stronger than Fort Knox. Families actually COMMUNICATED with one another sans Smartphones, and Tablets. Now, NOTHING. You can hear a pin drop fall in most rooms or common areas. Texting, IMing, and Fakebook have RUINED society to the point of no return. There is NO returning from this, John. We are officially on our own. Society is TOO far into a slumber to be resuscitated. The only friends I do have are my GF, and a couple of acquaintances who haven't been bitten by the technology bug. I treasure them with all my heart because I know just how STRONG of a grip technology has on peoples' LIVES.<br /><br />It's really nice to know, I have a friend out there somewhere in the world who DESPISES the new "tech" as much as I do.<br /><br />Cheers, John.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075205316978820380noreply@blogger.com