Oakley and Moroder
Remember this movie?
I miss the 80s. In the 80s I never owned a computer, and I could have never imagined that computers would soon become so powerful that they would be capable of occupying most of my time. When I was first introduced to computers and the Internet in 1995, I would have never believed that these machines would become what I used to work, research, write, play games, meet people, talk to friends (both old and new), learn about the world around me, create photos and movies, listen to music, make reservations, watch DVDs, and do just about anything else that I can think of. (Nor could I imagine that computers would become so tiny that they could easily fit in my pocket.)
I’ve had many relationships and friendships that either started or continued online. But in the end, as far as relationships are concerned, the computer is merely a communication device. It is not a substitute for flesh and blood interactions, with all their messy problems and complications. There are people who hide behind the computer screen and use it to mask their flaws, thinking that this will somehow fill the emptiness in their lives. It won’t. As human beings, we are generally social creatures, and we need to be with each other, not with machines. To the extent computers help us communicate and stay in touch, they are extremely useful; but, in any other sense, a purely online romantic relationship is no relationship at all. It can only be a love affair with a creature of your imagination; or worse, interactive masturbation. You may love your computer, but it won’t love you back. It has no heart; it has no soul. An online relationship that doesn’t move into the real world will never survive.
With all that said, when you can’t always be with the one you love, there is much you can still share through the computer — your hopes, your fears, your fantasies, your ideas — a strange combination of both the CNS and the CPU working together, creating and fueling electric dreams.
–All original content in this post is by (c)BluHarmony with all rights reserved.
–All original content in this post is by(c)BluHarmony with all rights reserved.