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writes:I wonder what people would be doing to get close to their friends and loved ones if they didn't have facebook. Would they notice them as much as they do now? It makes me curious to know how you kept in touch before facebook.
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reader, katiekate +, writes (24 March 2012):
 I'm almost 30, and I really miss the days before facebook, text messages, etc. People had much better communication when I was growing up. When we came home from school, we would talk to our friends for hours on the phone, or go to each other's houses to gossip and hang out, not send impersonal text messages using the ridiculous digital "language" that is so prevalent today or running home to check our facebook pages. Instead of looking at my cell phone every 10 minutes, wondering why my boyfriend hasn't texted me back yet, I lived my life and if he called, he called, and if he didn't, he didn't. And chances are, I wasn't home when he called, so he would leave a message and I would call him back later. Everything is so instant now, and while it's convenient, it's all very impersonal.
I was VERY disappointed that my 10 year high school reunion was planned entirely through facebook. I got a boring invitation on facebook, rather than a thoughtful one sent in the mail. And the people I graduated with who didn't have a facebook page, didn't get invited because the people in charge were too lazy to track down their address and put a stamp on an envelope. It's ridiculous.
And I've noticed that when out with friends (I'm sometimes guilty of this too), instead of being completely engaged in the conversation and what was taking place, one or more of us is always checking our phone, texting someone, or updating our facebook status, uploading photos, etc. Which reminds me of another pet-peeve...People are OBSESSED nowadays with taking pictures and uploading every second of their life onto facebook for all the world to see. My friends take 50 pictures every time they go out. Why do they need a dozen pictures of their friends in the exact same position? And why do we all need to see them on facebook three seconds later?
I'm a high school teacher, and 80% of my students think they are being sneaky using their phones in class- texting, and on facebook. This is why kids these days are stupid. They can barely speak English (they certainly can't write English... LOL is not a word, and neither is b4 or kewl). Anyway, I hate that technology is taking over our lives. I wish we could go back to when times were simpler and staying in touch with people involved having actual conversations and seeing people face-to-face.
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