Everyday it becomes more and more amazing to me how attached people are to their cell phones, and that in a room full of people at least two or three people will be texting. And I know I am guilty of it also. It just seems so much more convenient to text. Sometimes I wonder what our world would be like it texting were never invented. We would actually have to call each other, what would that be like?! It would be good for our interpersonal relationships, that's for sure. And there would probably be a lot less car accidents.
With texting, people become so immersed in it and the second their phone buzzes they have to read the text, and reply back right then and there. Even when they are driving, they can't put the phone down to watch the road. That is how accidents happen, and fatalities happen. Lauren Mulkey, who was only 19 years old, was just driving some friends home one night, and someone was texting, ran a red light, and hit her. Lauren was killed in the accident, all because this person had to read his text right then. Are we relying on our technology to keep us connected too much? I definitely think so. There are people who can't ever put their phone down, or turn it off. Even when they're out with friends or on a date.
I think texting is making us take a step backwards with our interpersonal relationships. People want to avoid awkward phone conversations so they rely solely on texting. But jokes on us because when you finally meet up with the person you've been texting its even more awkward cause you haven't even talked on the phone, and now there you are face to face with each other.
When I'm hanging out with my friends and they're texting I feel annoyed, and kind of like they'd rather be somewhere else, or talking to someone else. It gets very old and irritating when you're trying to hangout and have a conversation with someone, but they just have their phone in their face the whole time. People are starting to care less and less about having those interpersonal relationships. When they're with one person, they're talking to someone else.
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I couldn't agree with you more, I see text messaging as a shield to communication. Your not really getting your emotion out there with text messaging as you would with just talking to someone face to face. Its really annoying when you are with friends or people that your trying to talk to that they have to look down at their phones every two seconds to see if someone else is in a conversation with them or not. I've heard of the law now being enforced with text messaging related to reckless driving I agree though because I think that text messaging while driving takes your vision from the road to the phone I don't believe that your phone is more important than the road. There are a lot of crazy drivers out there and you could potentially avoid a crash from the road without using your phone. I'm not quite sure if its a secondary law or not but I think that it should be enforced and I'm sure that there have been some crashes related to text messaging while your driving. I agree that text messaging is another thing associated with killing interpersonal communication because you are not actually talking to someone. Like I've said in my other blogs things are less meaningful when you read them and don't get the personal emotion from the person saying the words.
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