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Old 06-18-2014, 02:22 PM
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With regards to interacting electronically instead of personally... I recall as far back as back as in the 1980s at university, people sometimes falling into such a behavior while using the computer (back then it was on the campus mainframe or minicomputer). There were numerous instances I was in the computer lab sitting at a terminal, a friend would log into the system, then start a talk session to ask "where are you" -- I didn't bother typing a response, as I most of the time could simply say (without having to yell or shout) "look across the table", "look behind you", or "look to your left/right".

Speaking about the topic of electronic world interaction causing "stunting" of growth in developing personal relationships... there is a hilarious (though somewhat unsettling) manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese animated cartoon) that gives an amusing take:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WataMote
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