Australian Poetry - Oddities: A Dial-Up Swan-Song
By AuraGem
Cobwebbing
Lacework
Communication break up? break down? break in?
Remember the days when dial-up was young
And the world basked in the new internet sun
The old raucous schoolyard
Became a room
Of marble faces
And cold screens
And communication was as close
As 3 hour linking cells of a clicking keyboard
Dial-up is a museum piece
But not a collector's item
It is an antique
But not valuable
It is a memory
But not memorable
Wireless, the new guru, guarantees
Endless, perfect silence
Just in case you've forgotten how dial-up sounds, here's a cute reminder!
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Diversions
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Comments
You are always first to reply Lounn! I get to the point I go looking for your comments! LOL!
Thank you again as always
Smiles and Light
What music dial up made, and how anxious we were to get connected! Yes, I don't miss it, and I must learn to be grateful for 24 hours unlimited connection! In blessed silence, too!
Cobwebbing? lol!
lol Kenny! I am hoping that comment means that you like it!
I like the elegy, Gemma, but Iðunn's comment went over my little head.
I thought you came to bury dial-up not praise it? Iðunn?
well, aura wrote it, but I read it with my own slant I suppose. it is my opinion she is saying technology seems to be offering closer communication, but we are losing something too - in person human interaction.
the 'new' closeness is perhaps semi-illusory and comes with a cost.
Bury it for ever, the time I have sat and waited for something to happen. It is like sitting at the red traffic lights. I literally drive another km to miss them. Probably frustration for waiting for dial up.
thank you for the burial
LOL! Love the stir I have created!
Lounn - You are right
Kenny - You are right
I was trying to show the paradox of the new wireless connection. It is better than dial-up but....
MrM - Thank you for the human insight! I always felt with dial-up I was honing in to the buzz of a rather active bee hive! Scarey!
I remember the old dialup services, waiting for pages to load.
Yes Rudra - And the sheer delight of being cut off mid load! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! LOL!
Dial up......... the world wide wait!
Dear Iðunn, I interact with people face to face, but if were not for technology, I wouldn't have met all these beautiful hubbers, even if it's only virtually. It seems to be the next best thing!
I am happy little dial-up has grown up to this superbaby!
I love the pictures and words very much. Dial-up seems so ancient, does it not? Like creaking rotting wires in an old building ready to fall.
kenny, if you ever luck into interacting with a sociopath in mulitple aliases, the charm of online interaction may become a bit less delightful for you.
I was so naive when I started visiting the internet. I assumed that like myself, everyone was just people and you could find fun and interesting friends online. I still think it's possible but I assure you my eyes are now wide open and I'm aware that the internet is also a particularly useful medium for mentally unbalanced pedators because of the anonymity factor.
Yes, I agree. But I wouldn't have met you in cyberspace, would I, if not for technology? I guess, like you learnt the hard way, like being streetsmart, the rest of us have to be cybersmart, too.
yeah, that's true too.
it would just be much easier if everyone was nice or at the least nondestructive though. you know what they say about wishes though. :p
Smiling here at the stir this hub has created!
Patty - Thank you for the lovely comments.
lounn and Kenny - cyberspace is simply the raw earth street in a parallel atmosphere. Some streets are good, some bad. By trial and error, by developing our "web intuitives", we learn "cobweb smartness".
Smiles and Light
mesmerized! simple but not simplistic... you have captured the angst of many like me who struggle with alienation that technology breeds...
Thank you for your comment sophist! I am so glad you didn't just see it as a simple musing. It does have a couple of subtle layers. (Or intended to have "a little extra" paradox!)
Smiles and Light
Iðunn 4 years ago
bravo, excellent social commentary on the detrimental effects of increased technology. well done.