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One thing that has truly come to annoy me is texting and cell phones in general. I'm sure I'm not alone in this sentiment. I'm sure I engage in some of the things I'm about to complain about, but they annoy me none the less.

People talking on the phone in front of me annoys me. Especially when we're in the car. If it's important, sure take the call and ask if it's ok if you call them back. Or if we're not in the car, at least excuse yourself so I don't have to listen to it. Texting, surprisingly, annoying me equally as much as having to listen to someone talk on the phone. Sure, they aren't stopping your conversation to have another one, but they've having another one while talking to you. As if the person they're texting, who isn't even there, is more important than the conversation that they're having with you.

Facebooking when I'm at someone's house annoying me.
Myspaceing while I'm haging out with someone annoys me.
People showing me YouTube videos annoys me.

We talk in class all the time, and I've written about it in this blog a few times, about the utility of social networking and increasing the ability to keep in touch with people via BlackBerry or iPhone or even a Nintendo DS (even now, kids can completely ignore the people they're hanging out with to be on the internet).

But we also talk about whether or not all of this communication is really a good thing. Sure, it helps us all keep in touch and brings people closer together. But it also drives people apart. So many people get in fights and arguments over Facebook status or comments and wall posts or what a girlfriend finds when she logs into her boyfriends account.

So, really, is this what we've been waiting for? To be brought together by 140 character tweets?
Or have we opened pandora's box? And are we forgetting how to exist without the internet?