grandtheft-autotune: ranty-mc-rantface:flimflamflummox:imcomingbackmurph:jedavu:Honest Posters of Ou
grandtheft-autotune: ranty-mc-rantface: flimflamflummox: imcomingbackmurph: jedavu: Honest Posters of Our Relationship with Technology Designer Ajit Johnson, living in England, has imagined a series of posters called “#This_Generation”. With honesty, the posters show anecdotes linked to our daily relationship with technology and social networks. No one thinks selfie sticks are cool except tourists and rich white girls at the club. Ok, normally I just roll my eyes and scroll past these, but this time I felt the need to comment: 1. Hiding porn on your computer? Wow, previous generations never did anything like that. Nobody ever hid adult magazines under their bed so much that it became a trope in movies. Nah. Never. 2. Online/skype date? Yeah, you can talk face-to-face with the people that matter to you even when you can’t get out to meet them physically, isn’t that amazing? 3. If I was lost and dying out in the wilderness somewhere, and I saw some… I dunno, some outpost that had wifi for some reason, you bet your ass I’d get tf over there and use it to get help/use a map/tell people where I am. 4. Did you know you can read books on your smartphone/tablet AS WELL AS being actively social?? 5. I’m pretty sure technology is not to blame for kids getting pregnant/overweight/depressed. Side note, isn’t it great that those kids can use the internet to search for help and advice? 6. In a world where everyone is so much more connected thanks to social media, it’s really useful that you can block people who hurt you and protect yourself. I don’t really see the downside here. 7. It ain’t technology’s fault that some asswipes use their phone while driving. Just let those schoolkids text their parents to tell them when they’re gonna get home in peace. 8. Yeah, selfie sticks aren’t cool. But it IS cool that people can save their memories in pictures and photo albums at the click of a button, without needing to buy cameras and film, get the film developed, and then have big ol’ photo albums sitting around the house everywhere? 9. I swear nobody’s typed like that since 2009. But hey, culture, slang and dialect change with times regardless of whether it’s spoken or typed. 10. You’re right, poster. Happiness is being able to chat to your family and friends no matter the distance. Especially when they’re online and able to respond quickly. That’s nice. Passive aggressive rant over Yes, but on No. 5, social media has actually helped increase depression in younger generations but it’s less because socializing is done through technology and more because people are already shitty. The increase in depression is due to greater exposure to these shitty people. It’s the negative counterpart to being able to have positive interactions with anyone you want, whenever you want. -- source link