Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Ours is a society in which we are increasingly seperating ourselves from each other
Technology, as in e-mail, voice mail, etc, make it a lot easier to be ignored. Seriously, think about it: we have so many ways to contact each other, at anytime of anyday, yet it's easier to only talk to those we want to and ignore all uncomfortable situations. Back in the day we had to go to someone's house to talk to them, and it's a lot more difficult to pretend you didn't get the message when they're talking to you. Now we can send hundreds of messages via e-mail, text, voice-mail, letters (haha just kidding, no one does that) and the recipient can just say they didn't get them. It's such an easy cop-out (though I don't think anyone ever believes that excuse). So much communication, so little information.
Fucking technology.
Turns out firemen don't need chefs. Back to plan-A I suppose.
posted by Katie Coffman @ 8:46 PM
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June 11, 2008 10:11 AM ,
Court said...
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Interesting point... How was this post inspired? Have your emails been ignored recently Katie :P
I guess for me it makes it that much more special when someone goes out of their way to respond or reach out, but it can be lonely. I've felt that, moving away from home in Colorado and "striking out on my own" it's easy to miss family and friends. Email response is one thing, what about hugs and eye contact? -
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June 18, 2008 11:30 AM ,
Sassy Mohen said...
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What's plan A?
And court. Hugs and eye contact are cool. but the thing is nobody does that anymore. Physical touch is like awkward to lots of people I don't understand it.
And whats this about firemen? goddamit. -
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June 18, 2008 12:46 PM ,
Katie Coffman said...
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Maybe this is how you're supposed to respond to comments? But then how do people know you're responding to their comments?!?! Arg! So in case this is: Court, I wasn't ignoring your comments I just don't know how to respond to them.
'Bout the firemen, I went and asked them if they needed a chef that would take care of all the food stuffs at the station. I.e. cooking, buying, organizing, cleaning, etc. They said no. So sad.
If this isn't how you're supposed to respond to comments then I'm sorry.
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