Recently, a best friend of mine was told by her partner of a year that it was over between them. No biggie. We’re all adults here.
It was 3 days after her birthday.
And it was by email.
Now, in fairness the fucktard in question blamed everything on himself, and even more impressively, recognised that his fucktardedness was only amplified by the fact he’d done such a thing in such an unbelievably cowardly way.
It seems it’s more common than you’d think, this email dumping business. Here’s a site dedicated to such personality imbalances. This is part of a personal favourite:
“i wish you would have given me a reason to be mad at you or hate you.
it would be so much easier then.
but you didn't. you were so good to me.
and i know i'll never find that again
i wish i could say i wanted someone else or something tangible but all i have is a
want of something i don't know i'll ever get
i'm so fucking sorry baby.
i feel so stupid
i'm sorry”
It makes you wonder if these misguided individuals actually think they’re better able to express the complications of the inner workings of their brains by text, but the lack of empathy for another’s feelings on receiving such a patronising load of old rubbish by email in working hours is just breathtaking.
Modern technology has given those with even an inkling of cowardliness an easy way out – a text, an email, a web announcement.
The basic of all human interaction seems to fly out the window when the subject matter is something a half Mars Bar away of what we call ‘sticky’.
How you behave behind the wall of modern technology is the real personality test
It was 3 days after her birthday.
And it was by email.
Now, in fairness the fucktard in question blamed everything on himself, and even more impressively, recognised that his fucktardedness was only amplified by the fact he’d done such a thing in such an unbelievably cowardly way.
It seems it’s more common than you’d think, this email dumping business. Here’s a site dedicated to such personality imbalances. This is part of a personal favourite:
“i wish you would have given me a reason to be mad at you or hate you.
it would be so much easier then.
but you didn't. you were so good to me.
and i know i'll never find that again
i wish i could say i wanted someone else or something tangible but all i have is a
want of something i don't know i'll ever get
i'm so fucking sorry baby.
i feel so stupid
i'm sorry”
It makes you wonder if these misguided individuals actually think they’re better able to express the complications of the inner workings of their brains by text, but the lack of empathy for another’s feelings on receiving such a patronising load of old rubbish by email in working hours is just breathtaking.
Modern technology has given those with even an inkling of cowardliness an easy way out – a text, an email, a web announcement.
The basic of all human interaction seems to fly out the window when the subject matter is something a half Mars Bar away of what we call ‘sticky’.
How you behave behind the wall of modern technology is the real personality test
1 comment:
My thoughts exactly. What are we coming to as human beings when email/text is the seemingly viable way of communicating such deep endings or even beginnings of human relationship, awareness and intimacy. We are rapidly losing the art of physical communication whilst we lose sight of our failing planet and extreme over-population problems.
Ophelia Brown
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