It seems there is quite the hubub about etiquette when it comes to the proper procedure for breaking up on Myspace. If you are over 30, go mow the lawn or something, this will probably make you grind your teeth. We’re at war and for all we know could be nuked into the stone age any day now and the New York Times is telling us there is a big problem with how Thor and Tiffany broke up online and the frustration and pain it’s causing their friends.
A new button has been proposed, “we’re having a spat” or perhaps “he doesn’t appreciate me” to represent the times between dating and being single. Is this really necessary? Of course not. I say we should focus on progressive communication, helping bring people together, before we worry about how many hours you wait to switch your profiles back to “single.”
There is a part of me which thinks that social networking sites are making it harder, not easier, for people to communicate. Or is it just me?
I went to a hipster bar with a friend and her 20-something brother and his musician friends over the weekend. My friend and I felt like we were chaperons, which was amusing until I started conversing with a group of 21 year old women with tattoos that scared the hell out of me. I think I prefer being a voyeur on Myspace as opposed to attempting conversation with people 20 years younger.
They were simultaneously drinking PBR’s, texting, carrying on conversations and looking uber-cool while I was struggling to stay awake and follow the threads of their conversations, if a lot of head-nodding, cryptic back-channel communications and longing glances can be called conversing.
Several times people told me that age was a state of mind, ouch! My mind finally hit the pillow at 4am, the things I do to stay informed.
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