is thr reli such a thing as 'virtual reality'?
it probably exists only in the fantasies of Power Rangers
whr the rangers and aliens?? or monsters?? go disaparate to some weird hutan or the desert n start kicking asses. and thr's this spaceship thingy whr the robot goes aiyayai!! and the rangers meet or sth.
n whn the robots emerge from the mountains n change into awesome robots that are surprisingly huge and slow but stil kills a fast moving alien in the end. n even tho tons of buildings get destroyed whn the megamonster / idiot trips and crushes them to rubble, the city stil remains clean and nice and NO one had the slightest idea of wadever happened in the end.
*the 2 fellas, whom i used to tink as annoying idiots who keep trying to catch the rangers transforming on camera, were probably the 2 smartest and most alert ppl that time. lol.
aaaanyway, about virtual vs. reality,
rmb when the Friendster fever hit like... gazillion years ago (was it when i was in form 1??? or 2?)
it started as a cool friends thingy. yea.. nice to post photos, write testimonials as appreciation, keep in touch with friends u met at camp...
til it morphed into
*TONG*
ppl forcing n bugging u to write testi(s) for them everyday in sch... (ppl whom u dun even noe in the 1st place lol)
ppl competing to see who's got more friends (i got like, my SECOND page of friends already, how bout u?? n like, 100 testimonials!! lol)
ppl adding ppl they dun even noe just to make others think they got like 1000 friends,
random ppl adding u, abuse of profile pictures with nudity and sex oriented photos, spamming ppl's walls etc etc the list goes on.
n then, facebook came about.
phew ev1, well most ppl, who got tired of all the nonsense above ditched their friendster account and joined... Facebook!
*tho some ppl i noe still refuse to join. ahaha.
it started with, ok, i'm ONLY going 2 approve ppl i noe. its NOttttt going 2 be like Friendster.
not easy. lol. but easier to reject friend requests than the previous friendster cz the admin doesnt email u saying 'Mr. Awesome has REJECTED ur friend request! BOO YOU! HAHA!'
but the problem comes up again.
the advancement of the virtual world, changes ppl. ppl have split personalities. they can be all sociable and friendly online. n when u meet them in real life, they dun say hi, they act like they never knew u / u existed. some ppl CREAte online personalities. dat gets annoying. who're they trying to fool anyway? strangers 1000 miles away?
some ppl say its bcz its easier to express urself online, and ppl are shy in real life. well yeah.. but that doesnt give u the leeway to not try to overcome ur shyness in real life right. despite myself being a loud person at times, i'm not all loud and sociable all the time. i feel shy as well to approach certain ppl at certain occasions. but it boils down to, will u push urself to overcome the insecurity and bashfulness. of coz its alright to be shy, some ppl have that nature. no problem. just dun start creating a mismatch personality in the virtual world.
in the end life stil is, in the world of reality. making friends stil require a degree and amount of face to face communication, building up bond and characterisation. not adding a person on facebook, person accepts, then ignoring the person the next time u see her. doesnt make sense at all.
is the virtual world too much for us to handle?
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perhaps while men struggle with the balance on both sides of the world, we can look up for a moment to the heavens, n see God smiling down from above. Blessed are men who toil for the Lord.
3 comments:
I like it when you say "but it boils down to, will u push urself to overcome the insecurity and bashfulness." It makes me realise that online social tools are only tools to help new friends to know each other better, old friends to keep in touch more frequently and effectively, in hope that in real life, things will improve gradually for shy people and eventually open up for more interactions among the society.
Good one, Vin :)
yeah it takes some contemplations and courage to make urself go talk to ppl when u're shy, but in the end, the outcome's worth it! :) if ev1 was shy, no1 would be talking to any1 else. oh no!
Virtual world is the by product of the human inguinity and the age of technology.
Those who dwell and immerse themselves in the virtual world are delusional and this is VERY unhealthy. Gives them a false world to immerse themselves in when they can't face the world. Giving them a way to run from the world instead of facing the world. Boohoo that life is hard and difficult and at some point, a bitch. But that's not a good enough reason to create a virtual self and immerse oneself in it. A delusion is a delusion no matter or real it may seem in virtual world.
Friendster, facebook, etc are only tools to keep in touch and know another person better. Nothing more, nothing less, but unfortunately those with mental/emotional scars see them as more than a social tool. Thus, they create a new ID for themselves.
The virtual should just stay virtual. And this obsession of the virtual world just creates problems for society. This is how some psychotic killers are made. They're so into the virtual world, believing the unreal, and finally re-acting them in the reality only to get others or themselves killed. Also they get so used to the virtual world that when they are forved to face reality, they just snap and go on a killing rampage or commit suicide.
Reality is where we live as you said. Thank goodness for my parents!!! I'm shy around some people, but it depends on what you wanna gain out of it. If the need is strong enough, shyness would not be a problem. Mind over matter.
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