disappearing rapidly...
One of mankind's most ardent forms of entertainment may well be disappearing from the face of the earth. In fact, it is altogether possible this artform will be extinct by the time you read this blog, no matter how long it takes you to finish.
HUH? What's up with that?
The remarkable characteristic about this uniquely personal experience is that it is so individualized, there is nothing known to science or medicine, including AI, that can serve as a replacement. Therein lies the problem.
By some, in its most flattering form, this activity can serve as a warning or alarm to any individual to improve awareness. By others, it could be considered as being judgmental.
If we participate in this human endeavor (almost all of us have done so), we can anticipate unwanted advances, see potential conflict, or even derive some measure of pleasure, all in one visual sweep of the landscape.
I mostly people watch when I am in unfamiliar surroundings, said Lindsey Sope, 27
Yes, people watching is almost non-existent. People watching, or, as it is sometimes called by some, PW, is on the way out. Once considered to be the premier activity by most people when sitting around, PW has joined the glaciers in Iceland as they travel the path of extinction.
It is almost assured young people do not PW to the degree their parents practiced the fine art. There seems to be a time issue.
Who has time for it? Besides, if I did that, I would not have any idea what my friends are up to, Emma White, 19, predicted.
It's all about managing my time, Miss Sope concurred. If I watched all the people around me every day, I wouldn't get anything accomplished. And, I don't want to sit around and judge others. Do you?
Well, yes, I do, I admitted. Besides, I mainly PW when I am idly waiting for something or someone.
I kind of do it that way, Carlos Fontiago, 37, agreed.
Sure, I responded. Who hasn't passed the time waiting to see the doctor by sitting in a chair with their legs crossed and coolly and casually scanning the room?
Really though, Carlos continued, in that scene, I am on my phone catching up with what I may have missed earlier in the day.
Or, you are sending text messages or reading e-mails or watching something on Instagram or 20 other sources. It is my belief that cellphones are the single greatest cause of PW being pushed to the edge of being non-existent.
He's not alone on his phone in a doctor's office, claimed Dory Atkins, 31, I do that too and everyone around me is on their phone.
I made an observation in another blog sometime back that magazines are no longer offered in doctor's offices. Because of today's technology, magazines are considered by most to be non relevant or timely. They are historical as are newspapers. Cellphone information is right now. This moment.
The last newspaper I looked at had my picture in the sports pages and I was in high school, Dennis Lattimore, 34, told me.
So, what you guys are telling me is that you can go to the State Fair and not PW? Is that correct?
Whoa, hold on there, Carlos commanded. You really up the game when you say State Fair or anyplace like that. You don't see anybody walking down the midway looking at their phone. They are people watching. But, that's really limited to that kind of environment.
I agree with him, Emma chimed in. An event is different than sitting on a park bench.
You remind me of my dad, Dennis claimed. He will sit at a party and try to figure out how much people make, what they do for a living, all of it. Who cares?
Okay. Let me ask all of you a question. We are sitting in a living-room-like setting in a shopping mall. It is about 30 degrees outdoors. Did any of you notice the 40 something woman in the tutu and ballet shoes with a huge ribbon in her hair that walked by about five minutes ago?
No, they each said.
Was there something wrong with her? Carlos asked.
See what I am saying? PW is dead. Stick a fork in it.
Coming up: another oddities, observations & ?'s; an interview with a thoroughbred owner, and; a job$ somebody's gotta do.
And, finally. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones from RG and SG.
HUH? What's up with that?
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