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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 762872" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>Hi Copa,</p><p></p><p>I have this crazy science-fictiony thought sometimes about the future of our human race. Evolution being what it is, where certain body parts become less necessary or change over time, thumbs will become longer and stronger, and become our main source of communication, where once our voices were. Meanwhile, our mouths will get smaller and smaller, and eventually just a little hole because they’re not used to communicate like they once were—our fingers have taken over that role with inanimate devices. (yeah, I know—crazy! But I have an active imagination! Lol)</p><p></p><p>Already, a lot of folks would rather text a communication than talk on the phone. I think kids today are becoming inadequate at interpersonal skills, engaging in meaningful conversation, learning how to debate, etc. because it’s so much easier just to engage those thumbs and text it. It then becomes so much easier to “say” things that one wouldn’t say in person, because there is no face-to-face interaction. Thus, we end up with all the hate and judgment that is so prevalent in social media today. I think it’s tragic.</p><p></p><p>I agree. And we are always looking outside ourselves for our stimulation—getting it from looking at Facebook, Tik-Tok videos or Snapchat. It’s all getting faster and faster—we have become such an instant gratification society! But life doesn’t provide that same instant gratification. Sometimes you have to wait for things to happen, be patient, work your way to the top and pay your dues, so to speak. I think for a lot of young people today, that is missing—they expect to get out of college for instance, and immediately earn six figures. I’ve seen this somewhat in one of my own kids (not the one that brought me here.) It’s unrealistic.</p><p></p><p>Amen!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 762872, member: 23742"] Hi Copa, I have this crazy science-fictiony thought sometimes about the future of our human race. Evolution being what it is, where certain body parts become less necessary or change over time, thumbs will become longer and stronger, and become our main source of communication, where once our voices were. Meanwhile, our mouths will get smaller and smaller, and eventually just a little hole because they’re not used to communicate like they once were—our fingers have taken over that role with inanimate devices. (yeah, I know—crazy! But I have an active imagination! Lol) Already, a lot of folks would rather text a communication than talk on the phone. I think kids today are becoming inadequate at interpersonal skills, engaging in meaningful conversation, learning how to debate, etc. because it’s so much easier just to engage those thumbs and text it. It then becomes so much easier to “say” things that one wouldn’t say in person, because there is no face-to-face interaction. Thus, we end up with all the hate and judgment that is so prevalent in social media today. I think it’s tragic. I agree. And we are always looking outside ourselves for our stimulation—getting it from looking at Facebook, Tik-Tok videos or Snapchat. It’s all getting faster and faster—we have become such an instant gratification society! But life doesn’t provide that same instant gratification. Sometimes you have to wait for things to happen, be patient, work your way to the top and pay your dues, so to speak. I think for a lot of young people today, that is missing—they expect to get out of college for instance, and immediately earn six figures. I’ve seen this somewhat in one of my own kids (not the one that brought me here.) It’s unrealistic. Amen! [/QUOTE]
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