Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 03, 2011
Transcript:
Goat: Look at those two people together. They're each spending the entire time e-mailing and texting on their iPhones. Rat: So? Goat: So it's like they're each saying to the otehr, "I'm physically here with you right now, but you're a little boring, so I'd rather spend the time with other people who aren't here"... don't you think that's wrong?
Judging by the few I know personally, if you see two teenagers sitting together, but absorbed in their smartphone keyboards….
…..there’s about a 40% chance they’re texting each other.
If you ask why…. they roll their eyes.
No surprise — if you ask anything, they roll their eyes.