Technology and internet-land is inevitably ever-expanding and reaching out to larger audiences. 183.5 persons are entering the Twittersphere every second. My father, nearing 60, has grown accustomed to YouTube, something I would have never thought to witness in my lifetime (and to be frank, him too). People actually quarry over something as paltry as Facebook layouts? Needless to say, it is pretty rational to say that 95% of us could not drop the internet and such modern technologies cold-turkey (us being most of my readers). It becomes a necessity for education, business, and communications, but for plenty it is also a leisure. I know this poses as paradoxical, as I am crafting words from my head to the computer screen, but what I am trying to say is: Technology is taking over the world, widely noted publications are starting to make its way to the internet (thanks to the flailing economy, but further lavishes my point), little girls like Kylie are familiarizing themselves with PCs at the tender age of four, and while we are not at the point of no return...for goodness sake drop your Twitters and live your "unexceptional" lives without being an "exhibitionist". Before I was able to criticize such a popular phenomenon, I had to try this thing out myself. But still, maybe I just don't see the point or thrill in informing my five followers of my mundane activities such as driving home or taking a dump. I realize this is my second time displaying my disdain towards Twitter, but it is not so much my hatred for this massive wild spread social network, but for the technological barriers that deprive us of living a life. By tweeting for example, I feel like you lose the essence of the moment. Life is a series of compromises -- Twitter is just the limbo land between reality and cyberspace.
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