Hi Charles, Well, sad to say that person is obviously a bonehead, because e-mail is not old fashioned or obsolete. Plenty of people still use it, and e-mail has to a large part replaced standard postal mail. Very few people send things by post, and those that do are usually bill collectors and advertisers. Most people send things like recipes, jokes, resumes, and so on via e-mail. There are plenty of e-magazines that post monthly subscriptions via e-mail too. Anyone who says e-mail is obsolete is an idiot.
However, I know the type you speak of quite well. Back when I was in college I met more than a few people who would put people down for all kinds of things. I was often accused of being "old fashioned" because I didn't listen to the latest music, didn't wear the latest clothes, or whatever. They always struck me as insecure, because they had to show off to feel good about themselves and act like they were cooler and smarter than everyone else. In reality all they did was show off their utter stupidity to people who were a bit older and wiser than them. The thing is the people who have such biases tend to be younger people who haven't lived long enough to realize the world could care less how hip, cool, or up to date they are with technology. I like Facebook and Twitter myself, find advantages with social media, bud it is by no means a replacement for e-mail. I merely use the communication format which suits my needs at the time. Cheers! On 11/17/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > I know someone who was exclusively using Twitter and Facebook. He did not > use Email because, quote, "It is old fashioned and obsolete. You should get > > with the times.", end quote. He wanted to have someone play some of his > recordings in an Internet chat room for people to hear. Nobody could > receive the files because nobody used Facebook or Twitter. He complained > because he could not send them to anyone, and, finally, after this went on > for about 6 months every week, he set up an Email account. Whether it might > > seem obsolete to the younger crowd, it is accessible to everyone, so is not > > something that should be done away with just because it has been around for > > a long time. What works works, and if it does work, don't discard it. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
