You can't fart online. You can't have strong body odour like you have after jogging or working out at the gym. Not online.
Online, you can see pictures of my dog. Were I to make a video or an audio file, you might hear her bark. But you'll never smell her dog scent or feel the firmness of the strong, young dog muscles in her shoulders and hind legs. You won't feel the smooth coarseness of her fur that you might if you physically pet her.
She'll never bite you online.
Farts, body odour, dog bites ... None of these are things we're in any great rush to experience, I grant you.
But despite things like Facebook hugs and smiles, you'll never experience a real hug or kiss online. There is nothing tactile here. There are no odours. Key human senses are not experienced online. One day? Maybe. But not anytime soon.
So ...
With more of our connections being made online, with more of our time spent on the web, what happens to us? How do we change? What does the absence of certain senses mean to us?
Who do we become?
Does this even matter?
Just askin' ...
(By the way ... My dog, Molly Bloom, does not bite. She's sceptical of people when she first meets them, but is friendly soon enough and very gentle. She wanted me to add this as she felt she had been slandered in this post.)
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