There's something strange happening to our first world country. I have more interaction with people I care about through computers and mini-telephonetic computers (cell phones), than I've had in person. I have a bit of an excuse, I'm away from home and I don't want to lose touch with the people I care about. The problem I see is that so many people spend so much time seeking out a connection through status updates and tweets that they stop putting forth the effort to actually go out and see someone in person. No one tries to go over someone's house and party with some friends in person. It seems like genuine friendship is being replaced by video chatting and instant messaging. Even online dating has boomed recently.
Now I know that sometimes it's just not worth getting off the couch. Sometimes it's not even worth getting out of bed, to tell someone they're wrong, or to go flirt with that chick you knew from high school who managed to make it past the get fat or get pregnant-challenge that it seems like every single girl from our high schools encounters (and most fail this challenge miserably). I mean, honestly, sometimes you are better off staying inside and not spending all of the money you don't really have, on mistakes, rejections, regrets, and hangovers, but we need to learn how to stop being so averse to risk. Let's take a night out to hang with family and friends. Let's go get that workout we've been postponing for Call of Duty. Let's actually try to have sex with another human being instead of settling for porn and a Kleenex.
I sound like a really old man. Really, really old. I need to go get laid...
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