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  • Modern America: A period of punctuation decline

    Modern America: A period of punctuation decline

    “The passive-aggressive period when texting is a serious problem. Now that the period can be neutral and angry, how is one to know which emotion the sender is conveying? The sender can even use the period ambiguity to their advantage by saying you are overreacting if you assume they are angry or by saying it…

  • Texting and walking becomes a nuisance

    We all know at least one person that can barely walk on a flat surface, let alone walk and chew gum at the same time without falling over, so why is it that so many people walk and text on their phone at the same time? Laws forbidding texting while driving are about as common…

  • Technology taking over our social interactions

    I love talking.  In fact, it’s one of my favorite pastimes, but now it is outdated. In a time of unlimited texting and social networking, it seems the only way people actually communicate is through technology. This bothers me. Our society has become way too dependent on technology, losing something they cannot seem to find—their…