“Like, I haven’t
even ‘spoke words’ to him.”
Then, one teen
expresses shock … shock! when discussing unfriendly behavior from that person
she had previously regarded as a friend. I mean, really!?
One would think
that friends ARE exclusively those people you “speak words” to. But maybe not.
It seems obvious
that the teen is implying that the boy she hasn’t “spoke words” to isn’t in a
position to benefit from her intimate opinions. It used to be, of course, that
was how we came to be connected to people. You know, “speaking words” to them.
That leaves us
with two distinct types of “friends.” Those to whom we “speak words” and those we
have decided, for now at least, it isn’t in our best interest to “speak words”
to.
It’s strange to me
(anyone else?) how social media, especially followed on mobile phones, shapes (infects?) human behavior. Who under thirty actually “speaks words” into their smartphones?
There are times –
long rides on the LIRR being one – when I can be persuaded to
think that brains as I used to know them are finished.
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