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<blockquote data-quote="waybread" data-source="post: 296331" data-attributes="member: 6041">Like any sign, Aquarius has positives and negatives.&nbsp; The previous astrological ages since the dawn of recorded history have all had their share of &quot;man's inhumanity to man.&quot;&nbsp; Although we might expect the times to change, we can't ask too much of human nature.&nbsp;The Internet is surely changing lives for good.&nbsp; Every invention has been put to use in the service of sleaze, but arguably IT has brought more good than harm.&nbsp; However, Aquarius tends to go more for acquaintances than best friends.&nbsp; It's not that Aquarius cannot be loyal (it's a fixed sign) but that it needs to live outside of the herd.&nbsp;It interests me how IT is changing inter-personal communication.&nbsp; Those 1950's love songs about pay phones, passenger trains, and &quot;hard copy&quot; letters might as well have come from another era.&nbsp; Could we rename their revivals?&nbsp; &quot;My baby sent me a twitter.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;I'm going to sit right down and write myself a twitter and make believe it came from you.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Rocking robin, tweet, tweet&quot; still works.&nbsp; &nbsp;I think friendships are changing.&nbsp; Skype is a super way to keep in touch.&nbsp; On the other hand, some people substitute flesh-and-blood relationships for Internet forums.&nbsp; Children are getting repetitive strain injury in their thumbs from constant text-messaging, after hours.&nbsp;I am not so worried about the Age of Aquarius as I am about global environmental deterioration.&nbsp; Possibly there's a link.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="waybread, post: 296331, member: 6041"] Like any sign, Aquarius has positives and negatives. The previous astrological ages since the dawn of recorded history have all had their share of "man's inhumanity to man." Although we might expect the times to change, we can't ask too much of human nature. The Internet is surely changing lives for good. Every invention has been put to use in the service of sleaze, but arguably IT has brought more good than harm. However, Aquarius tends to go more for acquaintances than best friends. It's not that Aquarius cannot be loyal (it's a fixed sign) but that it needs to live outside of the herd. It interests me how IT is changing inter-personal communication. Those 1950's love songs about pay phones, passenger trains, and "hard copy" letters might as well have come from another era. Could we rename their revivals? "My baby sent me a twitter." "I'm going to sit right down and write myself a twitter and make believe it came from you." "Rocking robin, tweet, tweet" still works. I think friendships are changing. Skype is a super way to keep in touch. On the other hand, some people substitute flesh-and-blood relationships for Internet forums. Children are getting repetitive strain injury in their thumbs from constant text-messaging, after hours. I am not so worried about the Age of Aquarius as I am about global environmental deterioration. Possibly there's a link. [/QUOTE]

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