Technology Killing Friendship Research Paper

Swoosh! The sound of a text message being sent alarms throughout the forest and echos as if it were never to stop. Your friend just sent a text message about how there was actually wifi and cellular network out in the woods. You slowly shake your head in disgust of how attached that person is to their phone. You invite your friend to a forest with trees that have lived longer than anyone on earth has and he is still busy paying attention to his phone instead of spending time with you and the beautiful area around him. How can such a person spend so much time to one small device when they can be exploring the world and sharing a laugh with their friend? Technology is absolutely killing the fun in terms of friendship. Friends are spending too …show more content…
Once one person calls you out for being ugly in the comment section of a picture, more people will join along. Sometimes these people will be your friends. Whenever someone is online, they will be more likely to say something that they might regret or not think over then they would be in person. For example, an individual may be more likely to say someone is ugly or fat online where they believe they are talking to only one person, than to call someone ugly or fat in public. In a public environment we are very aware that there are many people around us. Even though there are even more people online, we do not notice the people, so we express our opinions or thoughts more freely. Insulting a friend online will provoke them to insult you back as they do not feel restricted on what they say to you. This may lead into a major argument that would have never happened if the two friends were next to each other in person. Even though it is true that we can learn more about people online because they are more open, the fact that we get into arguments online will ruin friendships more than it builds