Why are we so afraid of human contact? Why is it we can not longer connect?
People seem afraid of real interaction, and conversation….
This really makes me sad… Everyday I get IMs or e-mails and all they say is, “Hey wanna chat?” No one would walk up to a stranger and really say this…
I always reply the same way, “About what?”
It seems like a logical question. Most of the time they say it is up to me. Well I was not the one to approach them. Why should I choose the topic? We would not expect this of a stranger in real life.
On myspace I always tell people to read my profile… I actually have a pretty detailed one. I actually took he time to fill everything out just to see how many people really read it. So when they say, “What are you into?” I easily reply with, “Well it is all in the profile, what else do you want to know?”
This is where they get really annoyed… the say something like: “I guess you do not want to talk.”
The thing is I love to talk to strangers… but I want to have a conversation… I feel with the bases squared away in my profile that should be like a warm lead into a conversation with me. If ya see something you like bring it up… We can talk about that, and expand from there next thing you know OMG we had a real conversation with give and take….
How hard was that… do not just say, “I like to party.” and expect me to carry it from there. The benefit of the internet is we can “meet” people from all over the world…
We can share ideas, learn form others and broaden our horizons… but people make it even more impersonal than it already is…
In my comments telling people to read my profile and such like that, I am not trying to be offensive… I just want you to have a basic idea of an idea for a conversation before contacting me for the first time ever….
Can’t we connect? Can’t we have real moments? Must we keep it to pleasantries?
Do you need salt, pepper, or ketchup? Debit or credit? Cream and sugar?
That’s it? Really? How about how are you doing today? (and really mean it)
Sigh… I ask to much I guess…
