Social Media

Social media has taken off as fast as someone who just stole something would. And although there are benefits to the social media outlet, just like the person above, social media stole something, but from us. It is great to be able to, text someone and say, “Hey, just got out, on my way!” But it seems like no longer do many people want to go out with a friend for coffee or go play basketball. For what, when you can play the latest NBA video game in the comfort of your own homes. Because social media was so well received by the multitudes we no longer really “hang out”, have real conversations, and have the intimacy we once had among friends.
I cannot remember the last time I hung out with a friend, well, at least one my age. Because of social media instead we communicate via text, email, or a phone call. Although not all the blame goes to the ones who created those communication outlets, most does. Of course, as we get older and are in college or working we lack time and sometimes even effort to hang out. But when we do have time we would rather type out how we feel and have a friend or friends respond and there goes our therapy session. I personally am more of a “home-body” but I also love to hang out and hate to be on the phone –if it is to communicate¬¬–¬and although I do, it is a nuance to me. Call me old-fashioned but what happened to the good old face-to-face communication days? It came and went with new technology. I remember not that long ago hearing about some technology that they are working on that you would connect yourself somehow to the computer and so would someone else and you would meet in a virtual world where it would seem so realistic that you would no longer probably have a physical family get together. I find it a bit depressing to think that we a going into an era where no one wants to hang out and talk face-to-face. I mean we are already in the era of at home shopping and working from home. What is next? Online barbecues or virtual...