Luckily, we live in a time that allows our eye sockets to be bathed in moving 2d images nearly all of the time.
While waiting in line to get into the drive in movie theater (Toy Story 3), we were behind a mini van where the kids were watching Toy Story 2 while waiting to get in to see the new flick. OOOKAAAY.
And the super market has got our back; I think mine has about 112 flat screens to let me know important things about the food I'm buying. Tell the truth, that's a guess. I block them out.
The carry-around DVD player, the one we used to watch on our way home from the video rental shop, has been replaced with glasses that give us the Panavision view 24/7- We never have to take them off! Awesome.
The guy that used to be at every social event watching as he taped on his videocam, has been replaced with dozens of people thrusting their phone at you (or whoever). Concentration and excitement focused on the tiny screen.
How about the big high-dollar music festival? The peeps in the first few rows (instead of enjoying seeing the performer close up) are craning their necks back to see them on the big screen instead!
What's your favorite? I gotta go, big stuff up on Youtube.
Careful, Cubil. You are starting to sound MUCH older than you really are. In a room full of people on phones-taking-pictures and sending messages, I feel the need to remind them that I used to live in a house with ONE phone, on a party-line. (Not as much fun as it sounds.) I am dedicated to the concept that our children suffer from all these moving images by not getting the right neural pathwaysk, which = short attention spans. Read Endangered Minds. You'll see what I mean.
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