How many times have we heard, “oh no, he left me on seen?” Doesn't anyone know how to talk anymore?

[Nikki1989]

[Lliam]

No lie. People have been taught to use "devices" as barriers between themselves and other humans. It's a way pretending to be connected while actually hiding from the world. A human behind a device is just an avatar.

Social media is a waste of time. Communicating via text isn't conversation.

[Potteplante]

Why are you then waisting your time on social media?

I'm not starting a conversation with you - if you reply, we're having a conversation, that the ideas and opinions we share isn't done verbally, doesn't remove the fact that we're communicating.

[Lliam]

@Potteplante. That's true. But I think you know what Nikki and I were talking about.
There is definitely a way to use social media productively. I use it as an education tool and access it on a laptop with a keyboard.

[Potteplante]

No I don't. What is the difference in between you using this social media on your laptop vs me using it on my phone?

I do agree that people use social media for various of reasons, some more productive than others.

[BLP11520]

@Potteplante I agree I have good conversations almost every day

[Lliam]

Thanks, Nikki. :-)

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

If people would communicate better than things would turn out different, what's going on is too social media and texting does ruin one's communication skills.

[KingOfMe1]

No, it didn't. It just revealed the flaws in are own character. Most people are not good people man. I use to think that cannot be true but it is. Most people are decent people but not good people.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks for MHO :)

[razelove]

I just talk more face to face or on phone calls, and don't use social media. It "loses" more people who would otherwise engage, but since most of them are flakes on the level of the friends you would have while doing drugs, I'm not too worried about it.

It's also much easier to not see modern dating culture in the West as a reflection of the real world at all. For oh so many reasons. So many women chasing Chad, so many men who will only go a decade or more younger and wonder why they only seem to be after money.

Some people act straight weird when you just... talk to them now. Like no texting, no let's add IG or anything, let's just talk while we wait, or stand here, then we'll both go our own ways.

[Anonymous]

Not entirely true! Some situations don’t warrant a response. For example, a married man reaching out to me for no reason will be left on ‘seen’ because I don’t want to be a home wreaker. In other cases, it could just be that a response cannot be made at “that” time.

It is wrong to think that technology is becoming a barrier to meaningful conversation. It’s not! It’s only when people don’t know how to utilize different ways to do it.

As someone else mentioned here that not all people are good these days. I agree and that’s why I have my guards up. I can’t be told I don’t know how to talk just because I chose not to let my guards down and instead wait for that person to earn my trust so that if they reach me on texts or social media, I’m comfortable enough to open up right away.

[Lionman95]

Quiet a lot of times actually what makes me wonder about people´s messaging attitude. Like I know people that are 24/7 on their phone but those people are often not cool to be around with because they spend their attention all the time to their phone.
I sometimes wonder if I should answer those questions with has it never crossed your mind, that you´re not everybody´s priority.

[Alex8736]

As a realist if someone wants to talk to me they can always call and get to the point or meet IRL but when it comes to texting I'll send one if I think they might either be sleeping or at work and just leave it at that so I don't come off as rude. Nowadays people seem to only communicate by text taking sometimes minutes or even hours to reply and IRL when you are with them they are glued to their phone which in those cases I'll leave them behind due to wasting my time. Life's too short to be around ignorance

[BCRanger10]

I've heard that more times than I'd care to think about.

And yes, I agree. It very much seems as though people don't really know how to communicate, or really even how to think.

And I do like that image. I go out to bars and restaurants and sometimes, I'll count how many people I see on their phones, when there's already music playing and eighteen televisions each with different programs on. No one's playing pool or throwing darts. Their scrolling social media or on YouTube.

[BCRanger10]

*they're scrolling

Don't tell anyone about that...

[nolabels]

A lot of that type of ridiculous social media language is used to illustrate just how unrefined and rebellious that the poster is.

The less attention that is paid to sub-understandable utterings, the sooner we'll get back to having real community in our midst.

[devilish-cutie]

well texting is for of communication so if your potential love interest leaves you on read and doesn't contact you in some reasonable time like few days or if you do and he is aboiding talking to you than that is very disrespectful and understandable cause for concern regarding your relationship, means he is not putting an effort or showing enough interest. person that wants to be with you will put an effort and would want to feels close to you via txting

[Friendlybro79]

Hahaha this is funny. People were crazy about masks were taking away our freedom and a form of control but nobody questions how they're slaves to their tech. I say this as I reply from my smartphone lol.

[Christoff92]

No. Zombies, Zombies, and more f-cking Zombies 🤣😏

[Sparkie460]

Unfortunately some people don't know how to keep a conversation going

[Potteplante]

I do know how to talk - I also know how to respect the indivual I'm conversing with, if it be IRL or online.

[Lookitsmadmax1994]

I've heard it a lot. My ex used to give me the silent treatment by opening my messages and never responding back.

[Jazzy54]

Unfortunately, no. 😔

[BLP11520]

I am trying to figure out this current way of life

[Anonymous]

I think this is the first time I ever heard this.

[SnowedIn]

But Nikki, what does it mean?

[Nikki1989]

That's the point. People would know if they actually talked to people.

[SnowedIn]

Right, I get it. I was attempting humor at all the comments on GaG of "what does it mean?"

[Nikki1989]

Yes, I thought so.

[MementoMori777]

people nowadays smh

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about the mods?

[Debbie14217]

no they dont... new education system fr

[LitanyofFears]

Nope! no one does.