In this "new" world, access to technology has made dating, in my opinion, a lot easier to do. People all over the world can easily start talking to each other using many things like social media. However, Aziz Ansari's article called Modern Romance discussed how the common use of technology in today's society has made dating a lot harder because people don't know what they should do face to face and what they can do over text. In this article, Aziz mentions a survey conducted in 2013 that asked Americans on Match.com how they would ask someone out on a first date. For asking over text, there were only 8% of people over 30 while there were 32% of people under 30 showing how much of an effect smartphones have had on the younger generation. Aziz discussed the complications that this produced, such as lack of confidence and just overall just becoming more dependent on technology. I refused to believe that the lack of courage to ask someone out face to face was the only thing that caused a significant shift to relying on text messages, so I pondered on all the possible ideas that could do this. I came to the conclusion that text messages are a really efficient and effective way of communicating with others most of the time. Anyone can text someone else at their own convenience and that other person can also respond at their own convenience. This also gives each of the time to think how to respond to other person's message, while asking over the phone or face to face might actually create awkward gaps between the conversation. This same concept also easily applies to social media and if anything, being able to use technology can easily create more self confidence. Anyone can easily ask someone else and even if they get rejected, it's really easy to meet new people on the internet and keep trying. In the end, someone could become confident just because of repeated trial and error about what to do over technology and what to do face to face. In the end, the use of technology is actually very beneficial and actually helps people with their relationships.
Interesting, Nischal. One even might have the capability to suggest your words were curious. But not me. I unfortunately am always equipped and armed with the biographical lens; the weapon helps me drain out all the parasitic bias released into every article of a specific author by the specific author. And you, my friend, rank among the nastiest possums of unbounded prejudice. Each of your assertions are backed only by a significant insecurity you possess as a lesser species. Evidence, you demand?! I quote: " asking over the phone or face to face might actually create awkward gaps between the conversation. " Awkward gaps may be unavoidable for you during conversation due to your horrifying appearance and inability to articulate thought, but you see, monkey, not everybody bears the obscene hairy skin and tailed rump you possess, not everybody is an alien to language. It is not common also to be 'gifted' with the incredibly primitive and slow brain of a monkey among the dating community; unlike you, people do not need time "to think how to respond to other person's message." I spare you from further embarrassment by revealing your flawed reasoning, but under one condition: you immediately edit your blog, ridding it of all these fallacies. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI agree Nischal!!! Technology has definitely allowed us to have a more seamless conversation, and the ability to see what someone else first says allows those who are less witty on spot have the time to come up with a suitable reply. It's interesting to see how our generation functions with this elimination of awkwardness in face to face conversations.
ReplyDeleteI feel in some ways text messages are useful to pondered the appropriate response to someone but I also feel that the words on the screen could possibly diminish the tone the writer,of said text, was going for. Texts take out the emotion from the words a lot of the time and make the person on the other end seem almost robotic.
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