Evil By Name
Aakosir
Evil By Name
Aakosir
Evil By Name
Technology has had both positive and negative opinions from the beginning of time. There is a point, a very fine line, when enough is too much (I'm looking at YOU, Apple), but for the most part, getting children introduced to technology is just the way of the world today.
Schools are using computers more and more, and there are more techie jobs out there now than 10-15 years ago. And things like Smartphones are just ways to increase the ease of access to social lives, and a huge asset to the business world.
Parents today come from a generation where the most awesome thing was the Nintendo Entertainment System, in all it's 8 bit glory. Some even experimented with the first Commador 64s, and their parents probably thought the same thing. So outside more, you'll melt your brain, etc, etc.
Also, I noticed post about being driven away from playing outside because of some hot weather. Brother, I'll be frank, I live in Louisiana, and this summer was filled to the brim in days with a high no less than 91* F. And kids of all ages were still out playing and having fun. If that heat if impairing your ability to level your technological morals out, then get a sprinkler.
Schools are using computers more and more, and there are more techie jobs out there now than 10-15 years ago. And things like Smartphones are just ways to increase the ease of access to social lives, and a huge asset to the business world.
Parents today come from a generation where the most awesome thing was the Nintendo Entertainment System, in all it's 8 bit glory. Some even experimented with the first Commador 64s, and their parents probably thought the same thing. So outside more, you'll melt your brain, etc, etc.
Also, I noticed post about being driven away from playing outside because of some hot weather. Brother, I'll be frank, I live in Louisiana, and this summer was filled to the brim in days with a high no less than 91* F. And kids of all ages were still out playing and having fun. If that heat if impairing your ability to level your technological morals out, then get a sprinkler.
There are a lot of technological jobs now, but the main point is that we still need physical interaction with humans to function "normally".
You say all the smartphones help with social life? Or are they really a way to make others jealous and angry? I say that because people always are bragging on FB about things. And a specific friend always bitches about everything not going her way, even though she is 20 and has never had a job. Her parents pay for everything. EVERYTHING! Car, car insurance, phone, gas, food, internet, school, clothes, make up, et cetera. She is the most ungrateful moocher ever. She always is updating her FB with her most recent bitchfest... This makes me very very angry. I am really close to deleting her.
Also, there are people who are very happy and post "I love my boyfriend" just about everyday, send baby talk back and forth, and then break up the next week and all you get it "life sucks" "FML" "I stubbed my toe, damn you {insert Ex's name here}" Maybe all my friends are just really immature, but this seems to be all my news feed shows...
What happened to people writing hand-written letters? Hand-written cards? Pictures in the mail? I think we are taking technology for granted.
Oh, and a note, I didn't say ALL SmartPhones are for social lives. I know many more people who use BlackBerries for business strictly, with normal, non network phones for personal use.
And for the cards, letters, and pictures: Think of it like this: physical things can get destroyed over time. Water, fire, wear and tear, etc. A photo saved on a storage device, or a website for such reasons is much more secure, and much simpler to send to others.
Well, that isn't totally true with the last part. Sites and computers can be hacked. We had our last computer crash and with it went everything. The back up files were corrupt. That was all my music and photos, but I still had my CD's and my SD in my camera with all my pictures. Nothing like that is truely safe. But with one of those fire proof lock boxes you have a pretty good chance of keeping it all safe.
And I didn't realize you could block someone's statuses. I thought you had to block the entire person.
And yes. Hover your cursor over the status, and an X will appear. If you click it, you are given the options to block the use, remove the status from your feed, or cancel.
Plus those sites cost money. I'm a little short on that right this minute. And I really do not trust people, so there's another of my problems.
Hahaha! Do you know how short my news feed just became! It's horrible! XD
