Lygenztia *663 (It's a little known fact, Norm....) January 12, 2024

While cell phones may champion the "truth" (because everything on the net is true, right????) they actually destroyed debate and conversation in two distinct ways.

Back in the day we would sit at the pub and "shoot the shit". Almost everyone did this because we did not have a phone to stare at. The nature of social discourse has completely changed in pubs, actually everywhere.

Cell phones changed banter in two ways. They created "experts" and "fact checkers", the expert by far being the most annoying. Let me explain....in the pub there are two people that are familiar with a topic enagaging in a conversation. The "expert" says nothing as the others talk, googles the topic and then chimes in with a fact on a topic they nothing about. Voila! "Instant expert"! (and asshole). Here's an idea, if you know nothing about a topic, try listening.

Next up, is the "fact checker". Ugh, just awful human beings. The fact checker googles every point a person makes, looking for some obscure factoid to counter or correct the other person. They do this out of a sense of insecurity and the need to feel superior to others. I have a newsflash for the fact checker, any idiot can go on a cell phone to look something up. It only requires your ability to manipulate your device, much in the same way they are trying to manipulate the conversation. People will naturally avoid the fact checker and generally will remove them from the conversation, somehow. When you think of the fact checker, think of Cliff Clavin with a cell phone.

So, don't be either. Look at someone, talk to them. Listen actively. And when both of you don't know the answer then look it up and come up with it together. Otherwise, you're a Cliff Clavin.

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