Messenger Sucks!
Don't get me wrong. I like Messenger.
Without them, we couldn't keep in touch with the thousands of other Messenger-savvy friends all over the globe.
What I am referring to is the quality of communication. This also encompasses emails and sms-es too.
I have often times, ended up in disagreements and major arguments over MSN due to misunderstanding. It can be just one word or sentence taken totally out of context by the other party.
Face it, the spoken word and the written word is barely adequate to convey the depth of our thoughts.
Take away the facial expressions, gestures, enunciation and physical contact, and you would have lost like what... 80 percent of the communication message?
Please, a laughing smiley emoticon is hardly enough to make up for a horsey laugh or a monkey-ish giggle. Let alone a 'ROFL' or a 'LOL'.
Based on the recipient's mode and emotional state, that message can be further twisted by a preconception of the sender's mental image at that instant.
Yeah, so much has been gained but I think so much is sacrificed in our modern communication. It's become so cold and impersonal. Everything has become so rushed because we have so little time for each other.
Sigh. When are they ever going to come up with Star Trek technology?
Without them, we couldn't keep in touch with the thousands of other Messenger-savvy friends all over the globe.
What I am referring to is the quality of communication. This also encompasses emails and sms-es too.
I have often times, ended up in disagreements and major arguments over MSN due to misunderstanding. It can be just one word or sentence taken totally out of context by the other party.
Face it, the spoken word and the written word is barely adequate to convey the depth of our thoughts.
Take away the facial expressions, gestures, enunciation and physical contact, and you would have lost like what... 80 percent of the communication message?
Please, a laughing smiley emoticon is hardly enough to make up for a horsey laugh or a monkey-ish giggle. Let alone a 'ROFL' or a 'LOL'.
Based on the recipient's mode and emotional state, that message can be further twisted by a preconception of the sender's mental image at that instant.
Yeah, so much has been gained but I think so much is sacrificed in our modern communication. It's become so cold and impersonal. Everything has become so rushed because we have so little time for each other.
Sigh. When are they ever going to come up with Star Trek technology?
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You do know the history of Motorola phones dontcha?.. he made them flippy phones to imitate the ones on Star Trek. It's true. Cell phones were an idea based on Star Trek.