I Feel Disconnected

I don't have anything against the Internet, in fact I'm a huge fan of the convenience it brings and how it simply revolutionizes our way of living on a daily basis. Just for instance, I study my MA mainly through an online portal, I chat with my distant friends via YM, and Tweet about my day to day experience. However, I notice that I've neglected how dynamic and exciting the real world is just because I'm curbed in the ball of the world wide web.

The WWW is sometimes a big joke. With the advent of social networking sites, we are ironically being just a ghost behind our machines. It's fairly simple to bypass the usual avenues for interaction but now that it is very easy to keep in touch, isn't it ironic that we also stopped ACTUALLY keeping intouch? I think we really messed up. The easy and effective way for interaction presented to us by the Internet is obviously getting in the way of our active participation in actual communication. I'm saddened by the fact that I already forgot how incredible it is to make friends and staying friends with people in the real world scenario.

I miss those days when the only way to findout how your friends are doing is by calling them or having an actual conversation with them. Now, it's like you have no right to not be aware of the latest what-not's about your friends because they blog and tweet about them. And when given a chance to actually get together, you end up talking about that latest tweet they posted, that album they just shared in Facebook, or that blog they recently published. I, too, am guilty for this. Sometimes I run out of things to say because I feel like I've already blurted them out on one of my many "outlets". But hey, I miss that need for a constant connection in order to let a friendship flourish and dig the hole beyond the superficial layer. Because in this day and age, less and less things are sacredly and sincerely conveyed. Before, being friends with someone means hanging out all-night and exchanging stories, meeting up at your favorite pastry shop to share a slice of cake while sharing your frustrations. Now, being close friends only means replying to their tweets, liking their Facebook status, and commenting on their blogs. And right after clicking that "Tweet", "Like", or "Comment" button we feel as though we're good friends for not being too apathetic on what they posted.

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