Virtual World or the Real World

Today thanks to the technology, we have smses, black berry messengers, whats app, chats etc, that you can actually choose between texting, talking on the phone or even meeting.

 This thought of Virtual or the real world occurred to me recently, when there was an incident in my life which was unexpected and shocking and I had to share it but didn’t have the guts to talk even to my best friend. Then what? Texting was the best option. I actually texted my best friend and told all about the incident, word by word. And after I spelled out everything…believe me the kind of relief that I got was WOW!!

The divide between the virtual and real worlds is narrowing. Our experiences of reality may no longer constitute a duality. We are so busy in our daily lives that we do not have time to enjoy. Our enjoyment is become the virtual world. I am so much hooked on to facebook and my black berry messenger that I cannot live without it now. There was a time when I was hooked on to playing FarmVille, and even woke up in the middle of the night to save my virtual grapes from rotting. Does today’s dualism make our lives inherently schizoid?

Nowadays friendships start on messengers and chats. We have group chats, individual chats. The umpteen numbers of smiley’s on these chats help you emote, which in the normal everyday lives we may never ever think of emoting even if we wanted to.

I thought and thought on all this and here are a few reasons why virtual is preferred to the real:

1.      Because you actually, think before you say things

2.      Because reality can be awkward at times

3.      Because a good virtual exchange of words can be absolutely bold and beautiful

4.      Because virtual exchanges can go on and on for days or even months together without hurting the other person's feelings

5.      Because virtual exchange lets you emote with the help of smiley’s

6.      Virtual exchanges can be forever

7.      Because you can live the image you fantazied yourself to be

But is it all as rose tinted as it seems? Not exactly, I do believe that such virtual life could certainly lead to a "distancing" from real life situations and relationships.