So I was sitting at the Orange Cat today with my Mom in Lewiston

and I overheard a couple of young women say something to the effect of:
Blah Blah Blah, Over there him, Blah Blah Blah It's like a facebook for Buffalo Blah Blah Blah...
Then I realized that I tweeted that I was there at the OC and this profile page is linked to my twitter account. It's funny because when I looked under the Orange Cat in the search box I saw the twitter account for the chick that was sitting in front of me.
I always used to get crazy about my Ex-Girlfriend talking about specific details about my life out in public. I remember down in Florida I was able to locate a ton of info on someone from 4 words from a conversation on a patio restaurant.
To be honest I really don't care too much as I'm trying to maximize my twitter account to get my Klout score up just because I'm bored with being off of work. But it is creepy sometimes when you're out and you swear you recognize someone then realize that you saw a dating profile of them somewhere on OK Cupid or Plentyoffish.
To me this experience was a bit amusing and goes to show how digitized we are as in the amount of info we can pull up on each other in public with just a tiny bit to go on. Yet going over to them and striking up a conversation in person would be ultra creepy. It's just part of the whole text but don't call type of thing that we've moved into these days.
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But I do believe that it's situations like these that tragically serve as a reminder that we need to do more than "engage". We need to talk and hug and cry and yell and laugh alongside other people. More than "connect", we need to depend on and be depended on by our family and friends. More than "Klout", we need love and friendship. More than the weak bonds most often formed through technology, we need real relationships.
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Yeah, simple solution blog more on estrip and connect on a personal level.
that is pretty interesting....
I love that this is starting to pop up more ('least it seems that way to me). Social relationships have changed so drastically in just the past decade alone, but our understanding of them has not. Her point was an invaluable distinction in helping to correct that.