Internet Thought Sodomization Episode 2
Easy access to various forms of media has managed to replace the need of constructing thoughts. I'll make it a statement rather than a question this time, I am adventurous like that.
In order to make this thread actually entertaining by online forum standards, lets have live subjects.
Subject A: MEOW.
Subject B: isaah06.
There were other candidates for the role of Subject A and while I am making this personal I don't actually have personal reason for it to be so... it's just no fun when no one likes the "villain".
Now what we'd normally expect to see in a forum made out of WORDS, are words used for replies. Be it sarcasm, wit, advise, constructive criticism or random banter, words used to be the weapon of choice.
Language in general could arguably be our proudest achievement, it helps us think and such.
However what has been an epidemic with the technological advances is to express your personal thoughts in the form of images and videos created by someone else. This is where Subject A comes in. You COULD be actually thinking of how to say what you need to say, but why bother? Why, you could simply go online and find somebody else expressing what you think with a humorous image! You didn't have to think, people laugh, everyone wins.
Now by the way I am not saying that Subject A never actually talks, fuck off if that's your main counter argument. I am saying the use of other media is excessive. And I won't accept proportional statistics of their image vs words usage, it's a bloody example.
Subject B on the other hand is "old school", though I am terrified to use that expression for this subject. I don't always agree with Subject B, but I admire his dedication to actually saying and explaining what he means consistently.
I guess I have to make this a question for it to be a discussion rather than a rant.
Agree/disagree?
Jun 21, 2011
I doubt it's a good idea to post here, chances are I misunderstood your thread.
I am a girl so I tend to use words more than the rest of people, my major is Linguistics, so heck, I am the kind of person who uses words more than images. Men, on the other hand rely mostly on visual matters, so in a lack of words to express exactly what they are thinking, a picture summarizes it all for them, and the rush to have something at hand for when the occasion requires, makes it very easy to do, my humble opinion.
In this so called era of freedom of speech, we're running short in empathy and tolerance, we're quick to judge and slow to understand, at least it all seems to be like this.
Jun 23, 2011
For some reason this is still a featured thread. Probably a mix of laziness of the mods to change it and lack of other threads to pick from.
And therefore, this shall be bumped. Ignore all the bitching, the whining and the trolling and post real answers!
Please and thank you.
Jun 28, 2011