So here I am, a world away from New York City. Thanks to my computer though, No matter where I am "physically", I can be where I want to be "virtually". Well almost anywhere, that is. One place I don't think I'll ever get to via cyberspace is into a greater or more fullfilling intimacy with my spouse, or anyone else for that matter. I still take exception with the idea as put forth by A. Thomas in "Digital Literacies" that people are "...seeking out the computer as an intimate machine." "MUDding" has given rise to "DUMming" (read that MUD spelled backwards is DUM, as in "dumb"). Gamers have wedged themselves into a woefully unsatifying and incomplete fantasy world. To claim that virtual intimate relationships are every bit as satisfying as the RL ones is plain silly. Imagine a person who is experiencing physical hunger choosing to watch a video of a delicious dinner buffet, replete with a thousand tasty delicacies, and saying his/her appetite has been satiated simply through their viewing. Eating is simply not eating unless a person tastes, chews,and ingests the food. Cyber-Intimacy is a hoax. It falls way short of the real thing, where the human senses of smell. taste and touch are part of the experience. I have been arguing in my past posts that intimacy via computer screen is the biggest fantasy of all. As of today, I will "endeavor to persevere" with that argument.
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