I have said recently that the internet and cell phones are killing communication. People don't talk anymore. Attention spans are now so short that a video over 20 seconds is too long. A message longer than a twitter is too much.
People don't read books just to enjoy language or watch a movie just to see someone who is great at their craft do their thing.
And so Sunday was the Golden Globe awards. I didn't want to watch the whole thing, I was busy with other stuff. Today between Youtube, the NBC site and the Golden Globe's site I saw the monologue, read the list of winners and watched the 3-4 acceptance speeches I wanted to see. I watched everything I wanted to see from the 3 hour broadcast in about 10 minutes. I even found myself fast forwarding the videos of the acceptance speeches so I could skip them walking up and just hear what they had to say.
Today I have officially become what I hate.
Soon I will be that bastard who has too many items in the express checkout lane at the store, the guy who takes forever at the ATM and the prick who brings his dog everywhere he goes even though the dog will bark and growl and try to bite everyone it sees.
