Being thrown out of class was something I was supremely thrilled with, because it provided me with a grown-up’s endorsement to go out, play in the school grounds, sit and watch slugs move and leave their slimy trails behind, help the aayah in school in ringing the bell, a few minutes earlier simply because I liked the sound of it. This was more enjoyable than attending class on some occasions, and the propensity towards missing out on classes only magnified further as the years progressed.
This particular train of thought veered towards what the future generations would think of us, the first generation of bloggers. I can only imagine my kid reading about my ‘Dorky Guffaw’ adventures, or about how strongly hippie I have allegedly been, and wonder whether his/her image of me many years hence will be the same as what I’ve portrayed now through my online content.
Our generation has been simultaneously privileged as well as encumbered in some ways due to the revolutionary changes having been brought upon us due to the internet. While communication channels have been made so easy, and long lost friends separated over space and time-zones can still stay in touch as if they were only in the next room, and information of all sorts is available to us within a few clicks, I am led to wonder whether we’re really better off compared to previous generations.
The internet has also brought about a significant invasion of our privacy, and a lot of time is spent on the internet instead of in getting a first life. The future generations might be even worse off than we are, or might ridicule us for our extreme involvement with the net. Nothing exemplifies it better than the constantly changing arbit facebook status messages.
For instance, my current facebook status is as follows: “Hari is astounded at how make-up can make the prettiest women look majorly scary.”
While I might think it is funny right now, or at least, somewhat vaguely relevant, this is just going to be arbit nonsense once I end up saying something else.
While those bloggers who have a defined intent which leads them to blog, and have something topical to write about will have their work appreciated over time, those who use their websites as a means of unleashing arbit (case in point being yours truly) might just as well be better off covering their tracks, lest our children get inspired to do crazy stuff and then conveniently state how their folks’ blogs provided them with the inspiration.
In any case, such an eventuality is quite a long way ahead, and we shall cross the bridge, if it shows up, when we come to it.
Let them think anything. If they act too smart, the Kansa Society will take care.
@Aadisht,
Amen. I was also thinking of what they’d think on seeing how I’ve openly endorsed the Kansa Society.
i’m going to tell my kids “behave else people from Kansa society will eat you up”. fairly credible and not that scary also i think
in fact, i plan to inflict this line on nephews and neices also. and even maybe on some random painful kid who i happen to come across
@skimpy,
You would be all talk and no show. I will not say anything. I simply plan to take pics and email them to Aadisht, and let him do the rest.