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Friday, January 29, 2010
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!
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I agree 100%! In today's world soooo much of our live's deal and even depend on media, and technology, and we foregt about all the other things that are way more important, like family, friends, etc. It's very sad to see it be like this!
ReplyDeleteIs it that we have forgotten how to really talk to one another? I'm guilty of this as well. After a long day of teaching, I just want to veg out and watch my favorite TV shows. My fiancee watches with me, but often, our only real interaction is during commercial breaks. We don't cook meals together often enough, we don't talk enough, etc. Is it as easy to pull away from this pattern as it seems? I think we all recognize that we "should" do certain things more, but we continue in the same old patterns. I wonder why this is.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why people cant communicate without having "noise" in the background all the time. It is sad that we cant have time to spens with our loved ones. During the day of our lives we lose the sense of whats important to use at the end of the day without even realizing it. To make sure we dont forget whats important we could make certain time out for the people who we need to spend time with.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to see that most people can't sit down and have real meaningful relationships with one another. I mean how hard is it for people to get off their butts and get outside. There is nothing more romantic and intimate then taking your significant other for a hike in the woods next to a flowing stream. The only things that you hear are the occasional animal, and the flowing water. And to keep entertained you have to talk! Talk about life, talk about anything. It is just the two of you and good times and memories to be made. Without technology, not even your cell phone in most cases because you have no service. I love going outside and chilling with my boyfriend, so many wonderful never forgettable memories are made.
ReplyDeleteI agree. In today's society people call going to the movies spending time together, when in all actuality they are not, they are just in each others presence. Why not just go somewhere and conversate? Why must spending time together consist of doing something else?
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