Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 15, 2016
June 14, 2016
June 16, 2016
Transcript:
Arlo: So, you speak into the phone, and it sends a text to Robin. Janis: Yes. Arlo: And she'll speak into her phone, and you'll get a text back. Janis: Yes! Janis: Voice recognition has gotten so much better in the past few years! Arlo: Phones have come a long way from when you just talked to each other. Janis: Haven't they!
Varnes….I can attest to the fact that you don’t e-mail…LOL…but some of us dislike Facebook…we like our privacy, and we like communicating with ONE person of our own choosing, not putting our lives indiscriminately on display, even to a select group.And why any select group would want to see my boring life, anyway, I can’t imagine.
Facebook would be a rather slow way to ask someone to dinner, a hard way to surprise someone, a too-public way to discuss someone’s personal problem…
And if I really care about someone, relative, friend, lover….hearing a tone of voice lets me feel a degree of intimacy, recognise a return to health, know the warmth of a welcome….
Texting, meanwhile, is much less of an interruption.I text cos I can do it on my terms, in my own time…and the recipient can answer when it’s convenient.I can also text with two people together… or even have two conversations going…if I’m very careful!If Robin and Janis get on the phone, they might be tied up for an hour…for asking a few questions, say, or making a plan, texting lets you keep doing whatever else you’re doing at the same time… yet it’s faster than e-mail.But I also e-mail, cos it’s even more schedule-tolerant, just like these posts…I keep odd hours…. but I can say this stuff when you’re asleep…and if you come back you’ll see it.