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The internet really is more a curse than a blessing. Because we have decided to detach from our own environment to enjoy the communication. I like communicating with you this way. But billions of people are in cyberspace and that means our surroundings are not as important. Cable, satellite TV, smartphones and the computers pull us away. It's as if our physical space is a distraction.

Our retinas pick up every pixel that shines on our faces. The light from the communication devices is very powerful. We know that multitudes of people are looking at this light right at this very moment. I guess the majority of us do not have much of an option. Our eyes, ears and minds have been captured and locked down in safe space heaven. Maybe the tech will progress somehow in a way that we will be able to inflict physical pain on others. Like an electric slap across the face through cyberspace.

The other animals aren't lulled by this light too much. Minus moths. We damn are. We enjoy pixel candy on a daily basis. Our minds relish the tech like an addicted sex fetishist lusts after the flesh. It's consciously too. It's like this kind of communication is some kind of fantasy that should magically transform into a reality right in the heart and core of my safe space at home.

I can love you through cyberspace, but I can't be with you. I think the other beasts have it better. They communicate side by side with each other each and every time they talk. I mean we probably think it would be foolish if a sparrow talked on a cellphone with another sparrow who was a thousand miles away. I'm thinking we are a little more foolish than we think we are. The tech is the wall that keeps us abstracted from each other where we are. Our animal brothers and sisters aren't so absent-minded.

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I love this perspective! I completely agree that technology has a massive influence on us, in some ways doing more harm than good. It's one of the most significant changes in human life but taken as lightly as if it had always existed. The individual will have to be the one to protect themselves from the noise that constant connection has created.

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The video monitors are static but you are not. This place where we are at online is much more pleasant to be in with your animated presence. You are a very fun and interesting woman. Miami is a picture-perfect place because of your unique interests and intelligence. When I am stoned I simply acknowledge you when I tune in to all the punk, heavy metal and hard rock female lead singers. I really want them to know you. I would like them to acknowledge me for this reason. Hey Brody Dalle Salome Sibonex is an exceptional woman for example. In my thoughts they respond back to me. Yeah Jeff she is.

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When straight too. I am a very moderate smoker. lol

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