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Today, Even Hermits Engage in Social Media
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Last night I went out with a couple that I would best describe as “my wife’s friends”. This is a completely different blog topic, but have you ever noticed how rare it is that you and your partner like the same people? It’s pretty universal that if you like someone, your significant other will not. And what about an entire couple? You’re more likely to win the Powerball.
To protect the identity of the offensive couple, I’ll call them Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brown (or DB and Mrs. DB for short…take a moment…yes, that was intentional). So, this couple spent the entire dinner talking about how technology obsessed Americans are and that we really don’t need to be so connected. That’s why they spent the last 6 months sailing…away from the trappings of modern society. It went on and on. Three drinks into the evening, after DB made snide remarks about the need for iPhones, DVRs, and steady work, I was done. Unfortunately, the waiter decided to take a 30 minutes smoke break.
Luckily the delay happened as it led to my favorite moment (only favorite moment) of the evening. Here’s the set up. In discussing the isolated places where they sailed (the DBs were in places where there wasn’t daily mail delivery!) they noted that they used a cell phone to call for a new engine and had to wait a week. Ah-HA…cell phone is technology! Then they drifted into the lack of internet coverage, and how it was hard to update their website and blogs (blogs…multiple blogs) in certain areas.
I did my best to not “spike the football” about the need for these young idealists’ need to have a blog, but I didn’t resist that well. Let’s just say the evening didn’t end with an attempt to set up another dinner. Oh well. That said, I did think it was very telling that an aspiring hermit need to have Internet access on his sabbatical and then to blog on multiple blogs to let the world know how isolated he was.
Please tell us about any other hypocritical stances you’ve encountered…or if you too have had dinner with DBs.
