Beck: “If somebody just said “Hey what’s up” in a dating context, would you feel fine about that, or would you be like, “Eh, they’re not really trying”?”
I feel as if this quote of the reading did challenge my opinions/make me think why I personally feel why online friendships and dating is not the right way to go. In 2021 now technology/social media use is used more than a toilet or trashcan. Everyone and their mothers have some type of online website or app that they walk to people through the internet. In my eyes, I can see there being problems. Not just with context while carrying on a conversation but also how apps like Bumble and Tinder can fool people. When you match with a person their pictures can be altered so much that if you were to see that person in real life you might not even be able to recognize them. That’s so fake. Also when people are talking to each other just as the quote says people may take what you say out of context. When writing “Hey what’s up” depending on who it is you may read it differently in your head than the way the person sending it you intended on it being. This can cause people to not text you back and possibly think man this guy/girl is a weirdo and maybe block them. So this is why I think that talking, meeting, and interacting with people in person…REAL LIFE, is much better for everyone.