This started out like any other random thought that pops into my head (there are A LOT of those). I pondered Shakespeare style (legs crossed, hand under chin – it’s the best when you trying to look intelligent) and mulled for hours over this new techno-savvy society in which we unintentionally find ourselves living in (my thoughts weren’t about boys for a change, but as you guessed – they come in later).
Look, I know I know – you’ve heard it all before; and I know that we’ve been bombarded with opinions and “studies have proven” theories about how this (this meaning technology) has affected us.
(Every Sci-Fi movie plot since the arc: Computers are out to destroy human race. Hero comes in and fries the hard drive. They live happily ever after.)
If you look a little harder, you will find those extremely ‘newsworthy’ (attempting sarcasm here) stories about that kid who sold his kidney for an iPad; or that married man who was shamefully discovered cheating on Facebook. Not to mention, chain messages (which are not annoying at all), stolen identities, hacking, revolutions all fuelled by technology.
ZZzzzzzz…. Snore
Sorry I digress, contrary to previous paragraph – this is not a news article, I repeat, this is not a news article.
The main question is – how is this relevant? Because the fact of the matter is - these ‘newsworthy’ techno-stories don’t actually affect anyone’s life in any way.
Well just for the purposes of trying to write and interesting and entertaining blog, I’m going to say yes. It matters because people have stopped communicating.
Face to face communication has died a slow, torturous and painful death!
Here's a good one for you, I bet if you had to ask yourself to think back (waaaaay back down the deep crevices of your mind) to the last time you were asked for your mobile number - can you remember? And even if you were fortunate enough to get asked for your mobile number, when was the last time your number was used for its God-given birthright – phone calls?
Technology has without question changed the way that we communicate and taken the “mance” out of romance (mance isn’t really a word and therefore has no point other than for dramatic effect).
Where men were once brave and courageous, coming in just as you were about to fall off that cliff, saving the world (all before brushing his teeth because he was just amazing), riding his humble steed, not minding getting his hands dirty while behaving nothing short of a distinguished gentleman. They were those that insisted on picking a lady up for their date, they were men that didn’t mind dinner and movies (and if you wanted to watch a chick flick – they uncomplainingly obliged), they didn’t meet their partners in nightclubs or bars, and what is most unique about them? They asked for a ladies telephone number AND used it to call her!
Today, our most noblest of knights, the ones who we now refer to as the ‘modern’ face of chivalry are just not... like they used to be? (Phew, trying not to offend the entire male population puts some strain on your thoughts).
…The face of Chivalry has changed
With all the bells and whistles of a suave Casanova he will approach you (if he’s not wearing headphones it’s a good sign), well versed in the ways of Don Juan, he is probably good-looking, maybe he saw you from a distance and you two locked eyes – however the initial wooing scenario went, it all plays out the same…
He goes in for the kill, he’s been working up the courage all night, finally after briefly clearing his throat, he asks you in a demure tone, trying not to sound too upfront, whether or not he can have your pin? GOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL! (I just had to take advantage of the commentating tempo there)
Every time it happens, it still shocks me. It’s almost as though I didn’t see it coming. Maybe I thought ‘this time would be different’, but it never is.
What is the obsession with pins or whether or not one is available on WhatsApp anyway? I mean if we were going to have a relationship after our initial meeting, it wouldn’t be the online kind I assure you. And don’t get me wrong, us girls are guilty as well, masquerading the background-check as a harmless friend request on Facebook.
Honestly speaking, I have to admit that if I had to receive a phone call now, I wouldn’t even know how to answer it, what to talk about, what to say, let alone find out whether or not we have anything in common? (That has got to be the recipe for the most disastrous phone call ever, I’m imagining heavy breathing and awkward silences…).
BBMing my husband to switch off his bedside lamp is a very real possibility, no wait, maybe there’s an App for that.
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