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Originally Posted by Paslode
Maybe then..instant gratification 
I find myself yearning for open range, wind whistling through the trees and grass and no phone service....nothing ruins a Scout Camp out like portable hand held devices.........My oldest daughter tells me I am just getting old and senile. |
"Instant gratification" fits better. I must admit my faults here as well concerning electronic devices. It's just too easy to pull the computer or the Blackberry out to look up something or send a quick text to someone. I've made it a point to lay off of FaceBook for a while, and not get into texting back-and-forth as much as I did.
I mean, let's face it. There's only so many times you can read about how bad someone's day is, or get some bit of wisdom from an FB status that the person looked up two minutes before they posted it. Eventually, one burns out on FB. But, there is always that little bit of digital social voyeurism that tries to pull one back in. When they built FB, they knew what they were doing.
What we have gained in knowledge and gratification, we have lost in relationship building and social coping skills.
Bandy