The March Backward

February 26, 2015 by dorannrule

“We are returning to the technology of primitive man,” said Bill this morning. “We will no longer communicate with words. Human emotions, personalities, and messages will be conveyed via drawings instead of talking to each other or writing.”

WATCH: Apple rolls out racially, sexually diverse emoticons

Posted February 23, 2015 by CNNWIRE

“ NEW YORK — Emojis are finally getting more diverse. In Apple’s next update of emoji icons, a number of the tiny cartoon people are now available in six different skin tones.The male and female faces, as well as thumbs up/thumbs down icons, will be available in the different colors. Other people emoji, such as princesses and construction workers, will also get more diverse options. Tapping and holding on an emoji person will bring up the new skin-tone variations.The diverse people are just some of the 300 new emojis included in the latest developer version of iOS 8.3. The new icons won’t be available to the public until the update is released later this year.”

Remember when we were taught Cursive writing? Well now it’s mostly block printing or texting. Words still work, but the prediction is that we will soon be non-word-texting with only emoticons to convey meanings. Imagine the freedom of eradicating words from human communication! You will be able to string several instant cartoon images together to form sentences!

But now the march for progress is reversing course. I remember screaming into my family’s land wired telephone. It was the only way to be heard “long distance.” Now folks are screaming into their wire-less cell phones. “Can you hear me NOW?”

It is all part of the March Backward.

Posted in Humor, View Points | Tagged cartoon images, Communications, Emoticons, humor, Language, Technology, thoughts, view points, yesterday | 17 Comments

17 Responses

on February 26, 2015 at 6:42 am Silver in the Barn

Bill is right! Next stop: hieroglyphics.

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on February 26, 2015 at 7:25 am dorannrule

He predicted men on the moon too! 🙂

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on February 26, 2015 at 7:40 am Dianna

Sad, but true. And scary to those of us who actually learned cursive (and still use it!).

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on February 26, 2015 at 9:06 am Charlie@Seattle Trekker

I really miss the days when we sat across the table and talked about the days events in whole sentences.

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on February 26, 2015 at 9:48 am cindy knoke

Where can I find these gender specific emoticons Dor? They sound cool to me if used conservatively! 😉
I don’t know if I agree with Bill, look how much people are emoting
and writing on blogs, poetry, stories, essays.. I have kids following me with really advanced blogs, who I learn all sorts of stuff from. I think kids are getting smarter…..My 88 year old mom always says to my daughter, “your world is going to the dogs.”
My daughter responds “well, I’m pretty happy….” emoticons and all! 😉 😉

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on February 26, 2015 at 10:15 am Eliza Waters

Barbara said it – hieroglyphics! Given that we communicate so seldom in person anymore, I can see why folks are embracing emoticons to get their messages across with FEELING. 😀

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on February 26, 2015 at 10:17 am dogear6

It would be a lot funnier if you didn’t have so many truths in it!

Nancy

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on February 26, 2015 at 11:20 am Jill Weatherholt

I’m afraid Bill might be right. It makes me said that cursive writing isn’t being taught in school…it’s my favorite way to start a new story. 🙂

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on February 27, 2015 at 3:15 am dorannrule

Maybe it will one day be considered as an “art form” from another age! 🙂

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on February 27, 2015 at 3:16 am dorannrule

Yes! And it may be getting to a point where folks will text each other right at the table instead of talking. And woe is me, using emoticons to do it! 😦

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on February 27, 2015 at 3:22 am dorannrule

Seems that Apple is coming out with a variety of “emoji'” options later this year. They remind me of grade school exercises – A is for Apple, B is for Boy! Your 88 year old mom and Bill are probably right, “Your world is going to the dogs!” 🙂

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on February 27, 2015 at 3:23 am dorannrule

Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down in different colors will be part of the option list of emoticons. Who could ask for more feeling? 🙂

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on February 27, 2015 at 3:24 am dorannrule

You Rock Nancy! The underlying truths are not funny at all.

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on February 27, 2015 at 3:26 am dorannrule

I tend to write in a combination of Cursive and block printing all at the same time. But lately I’m afraid the Cursive will seem like a foreign language, especially if I’m writing to the young. Yikes.

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on February 27, 2015 at 5:08 am Jill Weatherholt

I agree, Dor. How will young people read our historical documents? Very sad.

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on March 1, 2015 at 6:04 am earthriderjudyberman

I did hear about this. Crazy. It’s sad to see the breakdown in communication. I have students who do not know how to do cursive writing or read it. Imagine all the great historical documents and stories they’re missing.

Emoji icons are cute, but they can’t ever replace a finely crafted phrase or real emotion in writing. 😉

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on March 2, 2015 at 4:06 pm dorannrule

Oh, I so agree! 🙂

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