Digital Dialogue Dabblers Pillows

"Sorry? I wasn't listening."

Text Culture

"I appreciate your devices that make it seem like you're paying attention, but could you actually pay attention and make eye contact so I know you are?"

The Proust of Twitter

"We broke up. I wanted a proprietary platform - she wanted open source."

'Honey, tell me honestly...does this operating system make me look big-endian?'

"I had a great weekend... My Grandpa talked about the war again and my Dad about his most daring facebook comments!"

"Honey, come quick! This guy in the comments section just solved the Middle East crisis."

Socially distanced sledding

Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to President Obama.

"I need someone well versed in the art of torture- do you know PowerPoint?"

'It's true -- we DO communicate better in a chat room.'

'The crystal ball says to buy and the 8-Ball says to sell.'

'I can watch T.V. shows on the computer, so who needs a TV?'

'When the school upgraded its operating system, for the third time, I upgraded my headache medicine from over-the-counter to prescription strength.'

"Not now, honey. Daddy's arguing with strangers about the sexual orientation of puppets."

"I know you're wrong, I just can't get the computer to say it yet."

'I can't get the hang of this cloud computing...'

The Screeeen!

"I can tell you about this article or you can just read the comments online."

'I don't surf the net, I just kind of dog-paddle through it.'

'I can't decide whether to get a lawyer or tell the truth.'

'That brush - how many dpi?'

"Uncommunicative? Have you tried texting him?"

'Don't internalise that simmering rage -- get it out of your system on website comments sections.'

"When I evolve I'm going to be an elephant."

'If we are to differentiate ourselves from the private sector we need to focus on a reorientation of our client-facing interactions to prioritise customer led positive responses to intervention scenarios.'

"Yeah yeah, nice, but how many online followers do you have?"

"The hive mind has reached a consensus about 'Wolverine'."