http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/geek-behaviors.htm
Oh that explains so much. It lays my social inadequacies bare right before me! Now I know why I hate phones. And I really do hate using phones. If the world only used text and face-to-face means of communication, thereby avoiding the use of voice only, I would be a much happier person.
If you’re wondering, my hatred of phone calls can be traced back to my early primary school days. Because of my slightly weird accent (which I’ve had some people say is American, but I think its a bit weirder than that), I’ve had a tendency to hate talking to people. When teachers ask how to spell your name and you can’t get it across because they can’t tell the difference between your Is and your As (and my name has 3 i’s and 2 a’s), its very difficult to rely on speech and over time becomes very disheartening (or became in my case).
Also, when people ask your brother or parents “I didn’t know you had a sister/daughter” after handing the phone to them, you start to really hate phones.
Its probably the reason why I’ve always liked writing things. Its simpler. And some of the time, its faster. I was able to touch type by the time I was 10, a skill that would awe my friends and teachers for years to come. When the internet came rolling around, I naturally gravitated toward it. And back in the day, with dial-up internet, you could only use either the phone or the internet at a time. I stuck to the internet.
With that said, I guess some of my conversational issues are of my own doing. I have a tendency to mumble or talk too softly. And sometimes I talk too fast. I can speak clearly, but for that I have to use my Public Speaking voice, which feels weird to use in conversation. Oh well… In the future everyone will communicate solely through bursts of small text messages, probably restricted to 140 characters or less. And when that day comes, I’ll be like a modern day Shakespeare without all the rhymin’ and timin’.
