A rant.
I find it incredibly astonding that the kids growing up these days (maybe even some of you!) will never know the feeling of answering the phone and NOT knowing who is calling. Every phone has caller ID now so that mystery and suspense is totally gone. I remember being a teenager kid, and when the phone rang, totally anticipating who might be on the other line. The girl I liked finally calling me back?? No, mom telling me to start cooking the rice so it’s ready when she gets home. To all you youngsters…you know that feeling when your cell rings and it’s a number that you haven’t saved and ur freaking out because you don’t know who it is, or it’s blocked? Yeah, imagine having the feeling EVERYTIME you answered the phone!! When callerID first came out as a paid service, it blew my mind. “I can KNOW who’s calling BEFORE I answer?!” HWAHT??
Furthermore, since everyone saves phone numbers to their cell phone, we’re fostering a new generation of people who no longer memorize phone numbers, or never even have! Think about it, your best friend… do you even know their phone number? Nope, you just hit “BFF” on your contacts list. Your boyfriend? Doubt it. If you were stranded w/out your cell in the middle of nowhere, but had a phone…what would you do? What would you do??? I used to know my entire circle of friends’ home phone numbers…kids these days are soft.
This was a totally random blog post, but I felt bad because it feels like we rarely blog anymore about random stuff. Do you guys even mind? When we first started this blog in 2008, we updated daily, lol. Anyway, sorry if this sounded like a grumpy old man.
Here’s a slightly related infographic courtesy of The Rise of Text Messaging (gawker) via The Kids Are Texting a Frightening Amount (gizmodo)
Dang, those asians gotta ease up!!
And you 14-17 yr old girls… ought to be ashamed of yourselves. haha. After I exchange 3 txts back and forth with someone, I just call them because I figure…if you’re txting me this much, you’re obviously not busy…so I’m just gonna call you.
