Summary
According to a story on msnbc , there are some fingers pointed at technology, primarily the internet, as the blame for the increased rudeness in society. The author of the article was actually mocking the idea, and portraying the idea as ridiculous. The article poses the idea that the rudeness of society is actually a natural fluctuation of society. It gives examples of what was acceptable in medevil times, and insinuates that socially acceptable rudeness has just come back in style. The article mentions the famed social networks, facebook & twitter. It also uses Kenye West's interruption of the Video Music Awards as an example of today's level of rudeness.
Response
I have to agree with those doing the finger pointing and not the author of this article. I am all for technology, but I do have to admit that people can be too connected electronically, and detached from the physical world. I see so many people walking through grocery stores, and the mall, texting or talking on their cell phones, totally oblivious of everyone around them. People are so amused with how they portray themselves on various social networks, that they're not so concerned how they come off in the real world. I personally have witnessed the jet setted world of dating compliments of the internet. Visiting clubs? A thing of the past. Meeting people in person before you agree to go out? A thing of the past. Everything is faster and easier now days. People are so used to getting everything fast, that some of our slower (non electrical) members of society, such as conveinence store clerks, wind up getting verbally abused in peoples fits of inpatient rage. I personal am a fan of the philosphy 'all things in moderation', but I worry that society is actually taking our global connectiveness to an unhealthy level.
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Unhealthy level is putting it mildly. I mean I like technology too, but some people can't function without it. I think that people need to just stop and look around once an awhile.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you on this one, especially about sell phones. That is one of, if not my biggest, pet peeves. I work as a bank teller and I can't tell you haow many times someone has been chatting away on the phone while I'm counting their money out to them and then they come running back in 3 seconds later thinking they didn't get what they should have. If they'd put the conversation on hold for 2 minutes I wouldn't have to balance my drawer for them to see that they just weren't paying enough attention.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that all of the technology we have, while some of it is great, really has caused us to lose a personal connection with actual people.