A manufactured world

As I read Culture Jam, I constantly find myself gasping and agreeing with the things that are being pointed out. A particular passage really caught my attention. This passage referred to us and how we relax. We turn on the tv and we laugh at the sitcom but can't even laugh at our huband or wife?! We would rathr watch video sex then actually make love ourselves?! I just find this all too sad. We are loosing ourselves. I often wonder why is it that when we are spending time with a significant other we have to have the tv on? or we spend time together by playing video games or watching a movie? I wish that we could just turn the tv off and sit with eachother and actually engage in a conversation. I wish we could talk, listen, offer our input, share our feelings, and elaborate our thoughts. This reminded me of a time that I went over to my ex's house and we were in his room but not talking. He was playing video games and I sat on his bed with the lap top, and we didnt talk once for over an hour! We wasted the night like that?! Its just sad that our world has gone from a natural happy one to a manufactured one. We can't even take the time to enjoy eachothers' company!