Comments on: Dentyne Smile Accepted http://natecooper.net/nate2/10/18/2008/gumjpg-400%c3%97593-pixels Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Neggme http://natecooper.net/nate2/10/18/2008/gumjpg-400%c3%97593-pixels/comment-page-1#comment-15919 Neggme Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:37:48 +0000 http://natecooper.net/nate2/?p=653#comment-15919 I felt EXACTLY the same way. That’s why I loved those ads so much. I do agree about the internet facilitating such a great social platform, but at the same time it also creates this terrible breeding ground for emotionless miscommunication when people try to substitute it for face to face communication in instances where physical interaction or body language is absolutely crucial. I mean there’s only so much that smileys and emotes can do. If you went /hug when I said I needed a hug, it doesn’t satisfy my desire to be held by someone… I can only appreciate the thought. There was a point in my life where those emotes were about as real as I could get because I had never had someone care about me. But I had this person online who supposedly had feelings for me and would emote what he would do as if we were together and I accepted it until I learned that it was absolutely unhealthy to go on believing in things like that. I felt EXACTLY the same way. That’s why I loved those ads so much.
I do agree about the internet facilitating such a great social platform, but at the same time it also creates this terrible breeding ground for emotionless miscommunication when people try to substitute it for face to face communication in instances where physical interaction or body language is absolutely crucial.

I mean there’s only so much that smileys and emotes can do. If you went /hug when I said I needed a hug,
it doesn’t satisfy my desire to be held by someone… I can only appreciate the thought.
There was a point in my life where those emotes were about as real as I could get because I had never had someone care about me. But I had this person online who supposedly had feelings for me and would emote what he would do as if we were together and I accepted it until I learned that it was absolutely unhealthy to go on believing in things like that.

]]> By: Nicole http://natecooper.net/nate2/10/18/2008/gumjpg-400%c3%97593-pixels/comment-page-1#comment-15916 Nicole Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:47:14 +0000 http://natecooper.net/nate2/?p=653#comment-15916 innnnnnnnnteresting. i guess i am a grasshopper after all innnnnnnnnteresting. i guess i am a grasshopper after all

]]> By: nate http://natecooper.net/nate2/10/18/2008/gumjpg-400%c3%97593-pixels/comment-page-1#comment-15915 nate Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:13:08 +0000 http://natecooper.net/nate2/?p=653#comment-15915 That is interesting that you had a similar reaction to the ads. I wonder if that's a ancillary effect or intended. If you look at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/business/media/25adco.html" rel="nofollow">this New York Times article </a>and at <a href="http://www.dentyne.com/" rel="nofollow">Dentyne's website</a> they both seem to take the meaning explicit that one needs to turn off the computer and start experiencing life. That is interesting that you had a similar reaction to the ads. I wonder if that’s a ancillary effect or intended. If you look at this New York Times article and at Dentyne’s website they both seem to take the meaning explicit that one needs to turn off the computer and start experiencing life.

]]> By: Nicole http://natecooper.net/nate2/10/18/2008/gumjpg-400%c3%97593-pixels/comment-page-1#comment-15911 Nicole Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:45:27 +0000 http://natecooper.net/nate2/?p=653#comment-15911 Are you kidding? That is pretty much exactly how I interpreted these ads when I first saw them!! Except I never interpreted it as a snarky campaign at all.... I felt it was more or less doing what you're saying it did for you... making clear to us the interchangability in depth between the two forms of affirmation. Yeah. Hey I miss you! Are you kidding? That is pretty much exactly how I interpreted these ads when I first saw them!! Except I never interpreted it as a snarky campaign at all…. I felt it was more or less doing what you’re saying it did for you… making clear to us the interchangability in depth between the two forms of affirmation.

Yeah.

Hey I miss you!

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