Flaming, or as we like to call it now a days, Trolling, has got to be one of the most annoying but yet fun things you can possibly do on the Internet. Who says correcting someone's grammar like they are writing an MLA format paper on a youtube comment isn't fun, if you are trying to anger someone it's probably the most fun thing you can do on the internet. On top of it all you can be totally anonymous in the process of doing this. What better way to have fun with a hot headed old person or an obnoxious little kid than to slander their thoughts and insult spelling and grammar as if they care about it. Between twitter, youtube, facebook, and myspace thats is pretty much all the internet is becoming. The means of information is becoming the key and not the actual information itself. People are more concerned about a journalist's grammar in an article about something important than the actual message of the article itself. It's really quite funny.
Languages, are really not important at all by this point. The world has languages that I can kinda see ass barriers to separate the rest of the world from the small portal we see in our daily lives. The language used by anyone means nothing anymore, with the way technology is becoming you don't need to speak 5 languages to have a conversation with someone in Arabic. It's a simple keystroke, a google search, and a cut/paste away from being able to tell someone on the other side of the planet they suck at grammar as well. Google has had translators that will load up entire HTML's now for several years, I have actually done business this way several 100 times. It's a great way to break any barrier of communication in the sales/business world.
All and all I think in the next 20 years there will be advances so strong in the language department that needing to know how to speak another language will be pointless, people will have handheld devices that will do it for us. Technology is awesome isn't it.
Can I get a hell yeah?
-David
Smile. I agree the language of today is terrible in the English world. People of today are trying to change English in the way of speaking and writing. I truly believe that English is a remarkable way of translated forms of grammar, only if we keep the focus on being correct.
ReplyDeleteSo, David the barriers of grammar are definitely changed and formatted to misuse English. Reading and writing is important when someone has to read it.
Showing anger through writing is a terrible way to communicate.
Your post sort of goes along with Dr. Levina's talk about how the message is the medium. The social networks, the outlets and the remarkable ways we are be transformed to think less and less are really the message here.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't agree. Flaming just for the fun of it doesn't make sense to me. If someone is being hot headed, cool them off with a proper intelligent argument to their point of view. Or, to say, put them in their place. It can be done without flaming or trolling; that just makes people lose interest in the original argument and nothing of value gets accomplished.
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ReplyDelete"in the next 20 years there will be advances so strong in the language department that needing to know how to speak another language will be pointless, people will have handheld devices that will do it for us."
ReplyDeleteMaybe it will be a babel fish a la Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
David you make me laugh lol! I believe that there can be a balance between two languages because of the time we are living in. We can argue about short words, abbreviation, and correct grammar but the truth is, it is technology that has our generation spoiled. `
ReplyDeleteTo piggyback on to what Treonna said- Technology not only has made our generation spoiled, it has made every generation lazy and pests! If we really are being trolls for fun, David, my hopes for my generation have been killed. :)
ReplyDeleteYay for emoticons.
I love that movie Daniel... Check out the new apps for language translation... they are amazing.
ReplyDeleteTrolls are a part of life... everywhere you go there is going to be someone who just makes you angry... Doesn't matter if it is online or not... There just happens to be more online because the person doing the talking cannot be arrested or punched in the face... It hasn't ruined a generation... If anything it's ruined parenting, because instead of doing their jobs they are either on facebook or throwing their kid on facebook while they go to the bar... it's horrible...
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