ArishMell · 70-79, M
Excellent rule!
I belong to a club that accommodates guests of the same interest.
One Saturday evening I was the sole member present in the club-house, alongside a single group of about twelve young people.
Their organiser was engrossed in a lap-top: possibly for work or study.
A couple in the corner seemed to be watching a film, on another.
All the rest were endlessly tap-tap-tapping, scroll-scroll-scrolling, on their 'phones.
No-one said a word. Nothing but an occasional, soft giggle from the film pair. All barely even looked at each other. None spoke to me; I felt unable to try talking to them, so found things to read instead. I wondered if they were conversing among themselves by text-message, having forgotten how to speak.
Eventually, after about two hours of this surreal isolationism, I retreated to the pub, seeking at least some casual conversation with someone; leaving the Silent Order Of The Hexadecimal in their hermetic little worlds.
Eerie......
I belong to a club that accommodates guests of the same interest.
One Saturday evening I was the sole member present in the club-house, alongside a single group of about twelve young people.
Their organiser was engrossed in a lap-top: possibly for work or study.
A couple in the corner seemed to be watching a film, on another.
All the rest were endlessly tap-tap-tapping, scroll-scroll-scrolling, on their 'phones.
No-one said a word. Nothing but an occasional, soft giggle from the film pair. All barely even looked at each other. None spoke to me; I felt unable to try talking to them, so found things to read instead. I wondered if they were conversing among themselves by text-message, having forgotten how to speak.
Eventually, after about two hours of this surreal isolationism, I retreated to the pub, seeking at least some casual conversation with someone; leaving the Silent Order Of The Hexadecimal in their hermetic little worlds.
Eerie......
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FreddieUK LOL!
Well, it's not that by definition, but we members are certainly sociable when we gather.
Not long ago the preserved Swanage Railway announced it was installing wi-fi connections on some of its carriages.
So tourists can take a ride on a vintage train while insulating themselves from that, and from seeing the pleasant countryside through which the railway passes?
Well, it's not that by definition, but we members are certainly sociable when we gather.
Not long ago the preserved Swanage Railway announced it was installing wi-fi connections on some of its carriages.
So tourists can take a ride on a vintage train while insulating themselves from that, and from seeing the pleasant countryside through which the railway passes?
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
