Technologically diluted dialogue.

In giving us so many ways to communicate, they've taken away our need to come up with meaningful conversation material. Oh, the sheer irony.

Since we don't have to think for half the time we used to have to, gratification is only a button press away. And our conversations, in turn, shallower. Diluted by the endless choices, without a choice.

The phenomenon is arguably only existent in the digital world, however, our face to face interactions haven't been tainted to that extent. However, with the exponential growth of touchscreens in everyone's hands, face to face interactions themselves are prone to be cut shorter.

What, with the required attention span being cut down in half itself, due to the instant gratification provided by our touchscreens, who has the time to wait for someone to stop talking?

Stop talking so it's their turn to start. The choice to not do that is becoming more and more prevalent. With our blackberry messenger, our whatsapp, our tweets.

The days of a heartfelt message in a handwritten letter are far behind us. Will anything as personal ever exist again, is a question rarely ever asked.

The sad thing is, our children won't have ever experienced such a phenomenon. A benchmark we are at least fortunate enough to have won't ever exist for our kids, for the next generation.

This state of disconnection and absolute boredom will be the norm one day. At least we still have the luxury of missing the good ol' days, they won't exist much farther in history.

Isn't that how it always is, though? In a similar fashion, I suppose they won't have anything to complain about either, except their own newer problems that we haven't a clue of.