Monday, September 1, 2008
Technology is the new Baseball...
Walk up to any man in a bar and he will know the ins and outs of his cellphone, smartphone, or notebook or GPS than who is leading in the AL East...I tried this out at an event for the 4th of July. I remember my father a devout New Yorker and of course Yankee fan, be able to talk baseball to any man in any situation. Regardless of team, men use sports as a bonding technique much like women perhaps use similar topics. I remember my mother using, such topics as hairstyles, fashion, or celebrity relationships.
But Baseball as the ancient langua franca has been replaced by technology gadgetry. Now, I am not sure if the men I spoke to are road warriors, and they were predominately professional white collar individuals, so I cannot say if steelworkers and dock workers will feel the same about their crackberry..
But sales persons, and lawyers, and accountants,(those who I spoke to) can be reached to make real human connections with the one thing keeping them from making real human connections. In fact, it could be argued its their new or advanced Teddy Bear 2.0 or Security Blanket Professional.
In fact, just as one say 20 years ago I could start a brawl over who was the best pitcher in the NL West, today it can get very heated between a devouted Treo User and an iPhone user. In fact, don't be surprised if a crowd gathers as you both see who can access a web page faster...
And yes that did happen.
So what happened? Did the Baseball strike finally cause some kind of psycho-social artifact that changed how boys grow up?
Or is their an ancient if not neanderthal brain, in a constant search for the perfect tool to hunt with? Or maybe what was once a nerd domain, has broken open and the A/V geeks, drama students, and class presidents have vector that works across high school and college boundaries...
This is going to require further sociological research. But ladies, you can try it out now. See a cute guy who might be alone, if he is he is probably fiddling with his phone. Go up and ask him if he likes his phone, cause you are looking to get a new one..
If he never shuts up about the phone, he is just a nerd. If he realizes you used that line to get his attention, he should offer to buy you a drink...
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