I officially hate Twitter. Talk about stupid...

[PretzelWarrior]

Well, I just don't know. Maybe Twitter is helpful to expose people's unfiltered thoughts which in some cases can be fairly dumb and childish.

But when I think again of what these communication technologies have really brought us, it is lower attention spans, quick blasts of semi complete information, and a lowering of discourse yet again.

Think about it. Our esteemed congress critters aren't even paying attention to the President of the United States during his whole speech. It's a freaking Commander in Chief addressing the joint session of congress during a time of great national peril, and these bozos are directing people to go watch a basketball game or smirking about this or that.

Do we really need that? Do we need reporters telling us what they're eating and what color of car they're riding in?

It's just how I felt when we went to shorter articles in Time and Newsweek and many little graphics windows with brief blurbs. I wonder how many people under the age of 25 can sit down and read a full New Yorker or Smithsonian magazine article. It is part of the reduction in our ability to express ourselves in analytical thoughtful ways and go straight for the id.

I joined facebook. I text my daughter. I've blogged. I do email, message boards, etc. But I REFUSE to get into the whole twitter thing. Downright stupid.