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I for one think it would be fantastically ironic if we made this Raleigh's favorite thread on the whole site.
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You guys.
You really have cheered me up. 
10 Apr 2019, 11:54 pm
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11 Apr 2019, 3:56 am
Fnord wrote:
Sorry, but the "Most Antiquated Communications Platform" award goes to ...
... Verbal Communications!
Yes, the fine art of speaking face-to-face seems to have diminished in importance when compared to the multitude of digital forms -- blogging, texting, tweeting, vlogging, and so forth. Wherever two or more people occupying the same room are conversing silently through their keyboards, then that is where the natural ability to speak has been set aside in favor of the artificial technology of electronic communications.
which could be a good thing for us on the spectrum if it was the right kind of digital form, like forums....... Verbal Communications!
Yes, the fine art of speaking face-to-face seems to have diminished in importance when compared to the multitude of digital forms -- blogging, texting, tweeting, vlogging, and so forth. Wherever two or more people occupying the same room are conversing silently through their keyboards, then that is where the natural ability to speak has been set aside in favor of the artificial technology of electronic communications.
Unfortunately most of the platforms are nothing like that....
VegetableMan wrote:
Yeah, we've become a society of people walking around staring at our electronic devices. I was staying at a State Park lodge last week, and noticed three youngsters from the same party sitting in rocking chairs in front of the main lodge building. Everyone of them was staring at their smart phones, not saying a word to each other.
An introvert's paradise! I have seen plenty of people not just sit with their phone, but walk around staring at it, walking into things and almost stumbling into puddles because they only pay attention to the screen!
There was a family in the neighborhood that I saw some mornings on their way to their daily work, school and daycare. The two adults and the oldest kid (elementary school age) were walking with their eyes glued to the screen. Only the little one in the pram was looking around him. TBH it was a sad sight.
It's ironic that some talk about zombiefication in regards to TV, when phones have much more of that effect....
