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I just find it very sad that many people seem to shy away from face to face social interaction. I don't mean you have to go out of your way to talk to every one you see, day after day, I do a lot of walking, more so in summer, when walking towards someone I always make an effort to speak, what I do notice is a lot of people will either look down towards their feet, or get their mobile phone out just before you cross paths. Last week ( I was sitting on a bench ) on a nice sunny day, a lady who I think was around the 65 mark, came up to me and said would you mind me sitting here, my reply was no, providing you don't pester me for an ice cream, this created a good laugh, as we were having a little chatter, she did say that its hard to get people to even say hello, never mind a conversation, exactly what I have been thinking for some time.
Now internet is a great tool / social media, but I do think that some folk just use it to try and inflict hurt on other people, do they do that because they don't have any social skill? ( I do wonder ) and what message are we sending to our young children, and other young kids.