In a world where we are becoming increasingly obsessed with technology and how it can save us time and money, I am already worrying about the repercussions it might be having on our society. When I was growing up, I used to play football outside my house every day with my group of friends. Cast your eyes on to playing fields all over the country and you don't see jumpers for goalposts any more. Instead our young ones are playing games against each other in the comfort of their bedrooms via their apple macs, Xboxes and Iphones. I have coined them the 'LOL' generation. Not only do they choose to communicate on-line, instead of the old fashioned way, they would rather abbreviate as much as possible. Here are a few examples:
EZ - Easy
CWOT - Complete Waste of Time
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
And my favourite by far....
ROFLMFAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my fu**ing a**e off
How lazy can you get? Another concern is that a very popular abbreviation is FML - Fu*k my life, so clearly they aren't particularly happy about the situation. So what does this mean for the future? Apparently technology will accelerate so much throughout 2011 that eventually every device will have a web address. This could well include your oven, television, fridge and your phone! We can already e-mail a picture from a mobile to a digital frame. I'd like to think that even the cork or plastic in a wine bottle will also have an address. This would mean I could be receiving e-mails in the near future from Malbec, Merlot or Chateau Neuf Du Pape Daddy himself, to tell me today is the best day to get it out of the wine rack! Does this sound like a perfect world? You can imagine if my wine bottle could e-mail me, the government would force it to include some horrible health warning about responsible drinking. LOL!!!
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