Hat tip to a post called How To: Be Active On Twitter Without Getting Burned Out! by Diana Adams for pointing me in the direction of the video below. Very, very witty stuff. Or very tragic if you can identify with any of the participants!
When you think about it, many of the things that used to called sins are are now more commonly known as diseases. Gluttony is now chronic over eating disorder; what use to be called sloth would these days more likely be referred to as chronic fatigue syndrome or any one of a number of similar ailments; even what was the sin of anger or wrath might now in some cases be referred to as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. If that is the trend, then I’m waiting for the day when someone has to take sick leave from work after being diagnosed with Chronic Social Media Addiction.
And to switch tracks completely, how about this: If you read the New York Times today you might almost be forgiven for wondering if they we using my recent November 11th post here as a source for story ideas! More likely a co-incidence, just as I found out yesterday with my “jumping the shark” line, but nice to live in a world of illusion every once in a while.
November 26, 2009 at 10:01 am
You can not even imagine, how unfortunate is your reference to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in your article. You also mention the New York Times, then you should have a look on this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/health/research/09virus.html
Would you compare the stupidity syndrome you described here with AIDS or Cancer? I guess not right? Well it happens to be now that CFS/ME is associated with a retrovirus from the same family as HIV and HLTV that causes Leukemia. It happens to be a very debilitating illness, and I think you need to apologize for this post.
November 26, 2009 at 10:22 am
pochoams,
Absolutely no disrespect intended. If one were to read again very carefully what I wrote, he or she would probably better interpret it as meaning ignorance in the past before such a disease was diagosed as such. Nowhere did I say that the two were equal, I only implied that in the past people in previous generations might have thought this to be the case. If we can never mix humour and serious topics in the same post, then this blog and a lot of other social media would become a wasteland of uninspiring content.