Brandon Schmittling
Washington, DC, United States
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A Time-Delayed Rant about Time-Delayed Communication

Ted (7:09): Are you always online at 7AM? I am relieved by your lack of response.

Brandon (9:47): Oh, hells no. For example, at 7 am I was tearing my eyes out over a FaceBook misunderstanding at. 7:30 I was huddling in my shower, trying to get the stink of social networking off of me, but still it persists. At 7:45, I was denouncing all forms of non-verbal communication. By 8 I had imagined a world without the internet and started organizing my militia.

Ted (9:48): For some reason its even worse to be misunderstood via the internet. I think its because of all the time that passes between the misunderstanding and the correction, if any.

Brandon (9:49): Yes, it has time to fester. But even so the same rules apply - they just slow down, like floating in space.

Ted (9:51): Right, still obeying the laws of the universe yet not (perceptibly) hurtling toward the surface of the earth. And people should give the benefit of the doubt because they should be aware of the potential for misunderstanding and sorrow.

Brandon (9:55): And sorrow. Man, I'm so quoting this conversation.

Ted (9:56): heh

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