It's worse for little kids IMO... How are these people going to develop social skills in a real world setting? And on top of that, internet "slang" is going to fuck up the English language.
I even find myself saying "IMO" or "BRB" once in a while in real life and I slap myself for doing it.
The spoken word is going to become...
Teh spkn wrds gnna Bcom...
The interwebs is killing us as a society.
Well, you know, she stood out there for only like a half hour, so she didn't see many people. She said hardly anybody said a word to somebody else in passing. Probably just a small number of people. Not hard to believe that maybe one out of every 10 said something to somebody else, but they probably already knew that person. ______________
Oh my bad I thought you were saying that even if two people knew eachother and were about to meet up in a hallway, they'd grab their phones.
I get it now, and 90% is probably pretty accurate.
You remember when you used to pass a dude on the street and you might not have wanted to nod at the dude or even make eye contact? The phone is the biggest "distraction" now... I've done it too. Pretend like you're texting someone instead of saying "hello" to a passing stranger.
I fuck with people now and when I make eye contact with people walkin down the street I say "Howdy"...
