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<blockquote data-quote="Days of Broken Arrows" data-source="post: 1226770" data-attributes="member: 4258">We don't make an effort to see them because we see them every day on social media. This is something people didn't realize would happen. It's insidious. And harmful.I befriended a girl from high school on Facebook years ago. Throughout the 2000s we spoke on the phone occasionally. Since I was divorced by 2011 and still had her number, I called -- just like I did in the old days.Her reply? &quot;Why did you call when you can just DM me on Facebook?&quot; Gee, I don't know. Maybe because I'm human and like to actually speak to another fuc*ing human being once in a while and not just stare at a screen.Experiences like this and a few others have convinced me that people really are the mindless sheep I thought they were in high school. Back then I complained that teens just bought whatever music was being pushed by the major record labels. Now I'm observing adults buying into whatever technology is being pushed and not seeing the larger, more harmful ramifications. When you have a society where people no longer actually speak to each other AND are being tracked 24/7 by mega-corporations, I'd say the citizens are in big trouble.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Days of Broken Arrows, post: 1226770, member: 4258"] We don't make an effort to see them because we see them every day on social media. This is something people didn't realize would happen. It's insidious. And harmful. I befriended a girl from high school on Facebook years ago. Throughout the 2000s we spoke on the phone occasionally. Since I was divorced by 2011 and still had her number, I called -- just like I did in the old days. Her reply? "Why did you call when you can just DM me on Facebook?" Gee, I don't know. Maybe because I'm human and like to actually speak to another fuc*ing human being once in a while and not just stare at a screen. Experiences like this and a few others have convinced me that people really are the mindless sheep I thought they were in high school. Back then I complained that teens just bought whatever music was being pushed by the major record labels. Now I'm observing adults buying into whatever technology is being pushed and not seeing the larger, more harmful ramifications. When you have a society where people no longer actually speak to each other AND are being tracked 24/7 by mega-corporations, I'd say the citizens are in big trouble. [/QUOTE]

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