Computer Use
If you have an older model that would be called a desktop
You push the
Hurry Up!
Technology is never fast enough
The background of you and your friends comes up
As icons slowly appear where you left them
You ignore updates and warnings
‘Your system might be at risk’
Oh well!
Click the small blue 'e' or the sly orange animal icon
You wait.
Click.
Wait
Nothing.
Click click
Wait
STILL NOTHING!
CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK
‘We are sorry this program is not responding’
Your whole day is ruined!
You can’t go outside or do something productive
Because you NEED to check out what’s going on with your friends…
Who it would seem, are also unable to go outside because of social networking
You start to regret all of that clicking
As twenty Google pages appear
Muttering under your breath at how the computer is so dumb for opening all of them
You finally are able to see what your friends have been doing!
You stare at the screen, re-clicking ‘top stories’ and ‘most recent’
After half an hour of refreshing pages you still have found nothing interesting
You finally have the sense to power off and go do something productive
The computer smiles as it goes to sleep
Knowing
image from http://www.geeksailor.com/mozilla-firefox-3/
Ha! Wonderful take on digital culture and social media. But come-on, some of your friends must be doing something interesting every now and then!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work here...