I am aware of the obvious irony in using a blog to discuss the sorry state of one on one human interaction, but drastic times call for drastic measures. How often, when meeting a new coworker, friend, or possible love interest, do we utter the words "tell me about yourself." I am sure that we do this frequently throughout the day and most often then not, those four words are met by the inevetable avalanche of more then a hundred thousand word response entirely about their themselves. Should we have to deal with this self centered tripe? Or is this simply the early stages of the future means in which we will all communicate, a form so devoid of any polite give-and-take or genuine interest that a individual would rather interact with a laptop then a actual human being. Myspace, Facebook, textmessaging, etc., seem to have brought about a shift in the way much of today mellenials (28-18) conduct their conversations. Accustomed to shameless self promotion on my space blogs parading their favorite hobbies, pets, movies, music, and hand sanitizer, today's youth are completely clueless as to the rules of a conversation. They sit alone usually, gabbing on their cell phone (with a person who is having a entirely different conversation simultaneously) or interacting with a laptop. When approached, they point a shotgun full of self centered, narcissistic buckshot at your face and pull the trigger. Dont they know that talking about ones self for 2 hours is considered rude.?Didn't it ever cross their mind to at least fake interest in some aspect of the other persons life? One cant help but notice that people are talking to one another less and less, and true "friendships" are a dying breed. Lonelyness abounds in todays youth. And why? Because soundbites never take the place of true comraderie.
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