Sometimes I read peoples web postings, text messages, or really any other typed communication and I wonder do they really laugh out loud each time they write "LOL"??? I mean sometimes things don't seem funny enough to really laugh at and typing lol just seems like a reflex. Like maybe we're pitying people's pathetic posts to the point where we're giving them pity lol's and they don't even know it. Now when I read LMAO, I really believe them. But LOL, I think it's just a nervous tick or a bad habit. It's the "How are you?" of the 2000's. Remember when most of us discovered that people weren't actually asking how you were to receive a response? It's just something we say, but we don't really care. With the lack of actual vocal communication these days, people are losing their communication skills and they might mistakenly think that they're really funny because they make people 'laugh out loud' all the time. My proposed solution is that we interact face to face with people more than we type or text to them. It sounds deceptively simple, but think of all the people that you haven't actually seen since high school or it's just been a while but you talk on facebook or some other social network. Now think if you actually called them up and made a date to go get coffee and converse face to face. I'm not saying that keeping up with people through the internet is a bad thing. In fact, there's a lot of people I don't feel the need to say more than a quick comment to except every 5 years. But I worry that we're losing the actual ability to converse and laugh face to face.
It is now very late and I'm falling asleep as I've been ranting about what is probably a very boring/illogical topic. I will discover which of the two it is if I read it when I am more awake... But for now I must bid you adieu!
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