We have the gift of verbal language, but now people speak "emoticon" to fast forward the process. They send a message instead of calling.
I had a conversation with a 17 year old about how they are now adding "emoticon" expressions and gestures into their normal conversation - kind of like the OK symbol, but it means "shy" or whatever other nonsense they do :D
I have found that even adults go down this path. Embracing the virtual person instead of working on the real one.
I believe so and I think in some ways, the adults are less equipped and over compensate for their lack of "logic" in the area. '
Should we have social media rehab facilities?
I think there are already, as well as gaming addiction. There have been stories of child abuse through neglect while the parents were on Facebook...
"Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that made him sick." —Hippocrates
That is a great quote and something people should consider when they want to improve their position in this world in some way.
!ENGAGE 20
The teenage modern language. It would be scary and exciting to try to get through that and actually get some meaning from it. Emoticon language for me is just plain shallow. When people used to text me like that, instead of forming a sentence, I took it like a lack of respect towards the quality of the conversational process. It is that they don't know better or they don't want to try better. A sort of conversating by default through a sheer boredom obvious in their existence. Real and virtual. Existential boredom, only that it looks like living. Quite a challenge to get out of that because it seems so normal because most of people do it.
Just like I would smash a 😊 instead of giving a proper answer to a nice conversation. Yeah, I am really not into emoticon language