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Social Media: The Decline of Civil Discourse and the Rise of Keyboard Warriors In the old days, when the world was less connected, a spirited debate required one to actually stand in the same room as their opponent, armed with nothing but their wits and perhaps a well-thumbed thesaurus. The...

Digital Detox: The Foolish Fantasy of 'Unplugging' in a Plugged-In World In the grand tapestry of modern fads, there lies a particularly amusing thread that the young folk have been touting as the cure-all for our tech-addled brains: the "Digital Detox." The premise is as simple as it is...

The Fading Melody of Landline Telephones: On the Toll of Technological 'Progress' Ah, the landline telephone. A relic of a bygone era, a time when communication was a ritual, a ceremony of sorts. You'd pick up the receiver, dial the number (and by dial, I mean actually rotate a dial, not tap on...

The Baffling World of Social Media Hashtags In the grand tapestry of human evolution, there have been a few missteps. The mullet, for instance. Reality television, another. But ladies and gents, I submit to you a contemporary contender for the "What Were We Thinking?" hall of fame: the hashtag...

The Cranky Codger: Smartphones: The Leash We Never Knew We Needed My dear readers, today I invite you on a jaunt down memory lane, to the days of landlines, payphones, and the blessed peace of unreachable-ness. Ah, yes, the days when "out and about" meant you were free as a bird, unshackled by...

The Cranky Codger: Social Media: The All-Seeing Eye and the Fall of Private Thought Take a seat, dear readers, pull up a chair, perhaps a cushion, and lend this old codger your ear. Today, I've been tasked – nay, burdened – with a topic that almost astounds me with its absurdity. That most...

The Cranky Codger: Self-Checkout Machines: The Silent Con Artists of the Supermarket Aisle Ah, the modern supermarket. A place where one is tempted by aisles of sweets, coerced into buying the newest "superfood" (which, by next week, will likely be classified as the lead cause for some obscure...