Post

Saint-Roque wrote:

I agree.
I actually still write letters and I love it. I love doing pre-mobile phone things. People have forgotten the expectation and then the excitement of receiving a letter. People who didn't have a phone left written notes. Newspaper personal ads were used to communicate all sorts of things. Etc.
Now instant connection made communications banal and frivolous and meaningless. High tech killed the emotion, the thrill and the actual need to communicate. They have connected millions, yes, like never before. But they also closed them in their own little private worlds. You just look at rush hour people on the bus or underground. Out of ten of them, nine are checking God only knows what on their mobiles, and one is reading a book or a magazine. High tech communication is killing literacy and the interest in Literature.
I don't do social networking. I stopped once I found out I could be tracked down.
These a few reasons why I'm not so keen on IT stuff and the newest gadget on the market.

I actually agree with quite a lot of this. I don't really see the appeal of handwritten letter however I definitely prefer writing things to typing them when I can. Definitely rely on hand written notes though. I find I remember what I put down better, not sure why. Definitely can't deny the people in their little bubbles stuff. I've been seeing that for years and as someone from a younger generation at times I do feel like the exception in that regard. Due to the pandemic I have only been able to get outside the house to do anything productive a grand total of 10 times since the start of the pandemic (Friday 13th March for me when lockdown 1 hit). Fortunately where I went to work, phones aren't allowed inside, so I was actually able to talk to different people and it was really enjoyable.

In terms of literature it was a weird one for me I used to read quite a bit when I was younger but then I lost interest during my school years (mainly because I had to write essays about every book I read) but then over the last couple of years I got back into it. I find it a helpful stress release. One thing I really don't like about stuff like social media since this pandemic is I discovered who my real friends are and I don't mean that in a yucky sense. Reality is in the digital world if you have a question or want to talk you have dozens, or hundreds or maybe even thousands of options. Apart from my really close friends, throughout the last year I think two people out of about 20 odd actually said hello or asked how I was doing (and I should add I tried talking to all of them a few times in the last year). Really upset me at first but then I discovered the realization of who I should really be spending my time with so I guess some good did come from it. (P.S this isn't a dig at the NS Christmas community or anything. This is specifically referring to irl friends).