Inaugural Attack!

     The human race.  A bizarre lot we are.  Millions of years of evolution (or intelligent design if you're of the religious persuasion) have brought us from the primordial ooze to the flagship species of Planet Earth.  And for what?  Take a moment to think about what you accomplished today.  You woke up, scratched your balls/lady parts, took a leak, brushed your teeth and headed off to work.  You suffered silently for eight or more hours, and at quitting time, made a mad dash to your beat up mechanical heap you call a car.  On your way home, you no doubt went the through the McDonald's drive-thru because no one in their right mind wants to cook for themselves these days.  When your arduous trek home was finally over, you turned on your television or laptop, wolfed down the cheap bag of fat people consider food, and then turned your brain off by watching TMZ (that's still trendy, right?) or laughing at the idiots that have taken over various social networking sites.  After a few hours, you will crawl into bed and drift off to sleep so you can stay awake behind the wheel while driving to your soul-crushing place of employment the next morning.

     This is what our race has earned?  A life of brainless meandering?

     If you want to get the perfect grasp of what humanity's devolved into, one must look no further than its various forms of social interaction.  Instead of getting the gang together and hitting the bar, we log in to Facebook.  Instead of calling up a friend to see what they're up to, we look to Twitter.  I wanted to throw MySpace into this blog entry, but who the fuck uses that worthless site anymore?   We've replaced social convention with the "beauty" of technology.  Don't misinterpret my point here.  I believe that Facebook and Twitter have amazing potential as a social tool.  The problem with how they are currently used is that instead of augmenting normal human interaction, they completely undermine it.  During the span of my day, I hear "Did you see what *insert name here* posted on Facebook?" at least a dozen times.  What the hell happened to actually talking to people?  Instead, we've forced ourselves into this routine of avoiding actual contact and instead fill our social needs via the internet. 

     If communication doesn't occur online, we reach for our cellphones.  Can you recall the last time you used your phone to make a call?  Unless you've ordered a pizza or a cheap escort recently, you probably can't.  Why?  Because it's easier to text.  Now, is it just me, or is reading your run-of-the-mill text message like trying to read a note from a three fingered monkey with Parkinson's?  The average text message has more spelling errors than a book written by dyslexics. 

   Speaking of devolving, this entry has done just that.  Moral of the story:  Walk away from the internet.  Put away your overpriced texting apparatus.  Open your mouth and SPEAK.

   This has been the Voice of Reason.  Thanks for reading.