computer communion

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i was in the lobby of the lennox cinema, waiting on my brother, when i witnessed a shining symbol of the past decade. a man had a definitive choice to walk up to the empty ticket counter and buy his ticket from another man, or he could simply use a machine to purchase his ticket. the machines are of course for our convenience, should there be long lines and anxious consumers. but there was no anxiety, no line of any kind. the moviegoer looked up at the man behind the glass, then down to the machine, shrugged his shoulders, and then decided to commune with a computer, rather than a human.

i would have normally been appalled, but i knew i would come home and choose to write about this on my computer, instead of laying in bed, next to my wife.

we definitely prefer machines.

this is madness.