Mopping Up the Pavlovian Drool

19 07 2010

Ooooo-kay. I feel like a social acupuncturist. I so hit a nerve with that last post about the deleterious social impact of cell phones on shallow interactions, etiquette veneers and fragile attention spans.

I mean, my hit rate went from, like, 2.2 per day (averaged over the past 54 years) to 93 in one day. And only half were me checking my own syntax after the fact.

There were posted comments and personal messages. I feel the seething rage and piqued annoyance out there.

Here’s a good approach by comedian Morgan Murphy. She pulls a nice move at the 5-minute mark. Try this one in a restaurant:

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8 09 2010
John

My first visit, throw a party! You could likely push your hit rate up by posting this on facebook. What’s funny about this post, is that now I have to read the one before it! Is this going to be an ongoing theme?

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