The Ultimate Rant on Technology

Society overrun by possessions- defined by Ipod, blog, facebook status,
Facebook+Relationships-scan (sparknotes for life)- before party survey the crowd, pick and choose who will identify with prior

Menu of people whatever happened to adaptation? Throwing oneself in the pit, seeing how changed after? Instead clinging to identifying markers and surrounding others
Cliques, “reinventing” just to stay the same
VICE- never before seen so many people willingly dressing the same
Hypocrisy of the counter-culture

Nothing new save the advent of technology
Social isolationism, market, ads
But not finding more about self-how many people reading? Looking at celebreality, burrowing in deeper hole instead of opening eyes

ADD generation-conversation without IM, text, vibration
Even if disconnected constantly looking around, wandering off in mind
Pills for ADD-taken to stay awake to be further subjected to a barrage culture

Where’s our generation’s Ginsberg, Kerouac, even Poe/Hemingway/Shakesspeare/Camus? The only literary giants these days are those who are referred by the queen of daytime television- A TALK SHOW. A million little pieces- a contrived biography, a FAKE. But dollar amounts don’t lie. Doctor Phil- FAKE.

Those who have made waves are false literary minds who cheats and exploitations have earned them even more publicity than say, our latest brilliant author

(this is relevant to all aspects of media and culture- 6th place Miss America out shadows winner by her ignorant comment)

online can be used as incredible resource but fritted away on trivial dribble- every time I see someone who I thought had an ounce of intrigue as soon as I scan a bubble-gum pink page with white scrawled I want to vomit the over-processed food in my stomach. Such a waste. Compare NASA to lolcats. Sad time for all of us.

Clan of Charlie browns.

Walden playlist on itunes exiled to the woods- just not the same.

Few encountered still don’t have cell phone not because overtly rebelling but just because they don’t see the need. These are the people I’d choose to be trapped on a desert island with, because the lack of the vibrating cellular device or email wouldn’t drive them batshit.

I love that song so much I'm going to use it as my personal leash.
Would you use the Beatles as your doorbell? I don’t think so.

Garage and Rock Band- computers over taking actual musicians, guitar hero and Rock band------worst phenomenon since the Wii. Um, pick up a real guitar. Try playing the drums. Instead, drones glued to the TV while virtual characters lip-synch to watered-down versions of real songs, those who don’t play merely watch a screen where bright lights flash and a series of beeps and boops rotate on a cyclical wheel. Awful.

Video games- win that battle for me baby, you’re such a HERO. And we wonder why obesity is a problem. Brilliant minds uncorrupted by one technology, owned by another. That’s like saying “I don’t smoke pot” but you’re a coke fiend. No wonder you’re stuck in the same place, stagnancy invading. Ever read (or see, sigh) the “Phantom Tollbooth”? It’s the Doldrums, darling.

Obesity- walk. Haven’t noticed a house down the street when you’ve lived there for over a year? You have a problem. Get out of your imitation climate and take a look around. Life is riddled with distractions anyway, why not purposely find them instead of ex. A:
Deciding you need to write a paper than spending 5 hours of YOUR LAST 20,000 days playing jetman. Go to an orchard- pick up a freaking apple. Hike a mountain. Open up your damn eyes. The environment surrounding you is typically free people…leave your cell phone, Ipod, camera, sidekick, and everything other mechanical parasite at home. Go to the beach and sit for a couple of hours. Feel that silence? Have a strange sensation welling up inside of you as you gaze out into the crashing waves? It’s called an original thought, nitwit.

Listen, technology and modern society are addicting. Trust me, I know. But let’s not ignore the fact that it’s whittling away our personalities and lives, without the benefit of achieving any real gain. People should be making a conscious effort to escape. Progress is beneficial, and I’m glad to have some form of security. I understand that modern conveniences make everyone’s life easier. But think about it, how much success is put in your life if your computer breaks for an hour? A week? A month? Maybe if we didn’t rely so heavily on possessions life would truly be easier. If computers and email (warning: hypocrisy & irony alert!) weren’t relied on so heavily, a huge stressor would be eliminated. Pen runs out of ink? Get another. Computer breaks down? Only a mere $700 to get a new one. Awful.

I have witnessed far too many nervous breakdowns on account of a cell phone left at home. Even I, the staunch opposer of technology, have felt like my life was spiraling downward when my Ipod was stolen, my cell phone was lost, and my computer broke. But why? I was in perfect health, I was surrounding by caring friends and family, and I was exactly where I wanted to be in my life. So modern personal technology facilitates existence as we know it. But does it? Anyone else remember Y2K? HELLO? Aren’t we supposed to be the epitome of advanced civilization and evolution of the human race? How could a switch of integers possibly put us on the brink of mass chaos and destruction?
It’s time to take back the reins in our lives. New technologies eliminate old ones faster with every day- a cannibalistic breed that we created. Everyone loses when a piece of mass-produced metal dominates our very existence. Algorithms connecting people online- arranged marriages ring a bell? Isn’t that considered primitive by today’s standards? Well, a computer is doing it for you. Have fun being told how to live your virtual life. I’ll be sure to send an e-card of sympathy after the webcast of your funeral.