When I was maybe twelve or thirteen, I never believed for a second that I would do anything that resembled an "ordinary teenager". Of course I never did anything like that, and I've been completely mature and well-mannered my entire life. Short blog. End of Line.
Not really. The main thing I notice lately, is that I've become one of "those" teenagers. You know? The ones who are sitting at a restaurant on their smartphones. Yeah, them. The ones who get glared at cause they pull out their phone mid conversation just to check something. I do it, and I think it's obnoxious.
Lately I've been thinking about why it is I do it. My inner geek screams with joy at the idea of keeping something many times more powerful than the computers for the original moon landing. The intellectual in me raises his arms in celebration at the idea of having constant access to the information of the internet.
These, however, are just some perks.
The part of me that is social, sits quietly in a chair, smiling like a fool at the concept of having a connection. Having communication with anybody I know, at all times, and only a few button presses away. I'm sure at another point I'll talk about the struggle that is extroverted versus introverted feelings, but to simplify things now, I enjoy communication and conversation, and what I believe to be one of the world's greatest tools for that, sits in my pocket at all times.
So, does that make it any less obnoxious when I'm sitting face to face with a human being, holding a conversation, and I choose to pull out my phone to check on a virtual one? No, not really, but it's nice to feel connected to everybody sometimes.
And like, OMG, why would like anyone want to like listen to their PARENTS? Like, YOLO.
A shock collar would fix that mid conversation thing. *scampers off to check Amazon*
ReplyDeleteI'm using my own laptop at five thirty in the morning to read a blog I found via Facebook. I guess I can identify with this.
ReplyDeleteI do listen to your mother every day though.
What I think is rude, is when I'm obviously into my phone -texting,blogging,reading,watching videos- and someone randomly wants to interrupt to engage me in a long and pointless conversation about themselves. The introvert's worst nightmare and it happens in broad daylight. ~shudder~
ReplyDeleteP.S. Your mother is a secret ninja.