As I said in class, please write a paragraph about this passage where you agree or disagree, or agree and disagree, about whether using this technology can help a single individual "flirt their way to romantic attachment." Note: the devices allow you to flirt, but are these devices able to flirt effectively? are you able to secure romance after flirting by using them? Make sure to ground your writing in a personal experience, a a reading or an observation.
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Flirting Tips for the Tongue-Tied, or the Simply Shy By Bob Tedeschi
Some people are born flirts. For everyone else, a pocket-size Cyrano de Bergerac awaits.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, more apps to help singles flirt their way to romantic attachment are popping up on mobile devices.
The Web abounds with matchmaking sites like Match.com, eHarmony, Jazzed and Grindr, and all those services have apps for people who want to arrange dates remotely.
But flirting apps are different. Some are meant to solve the so-called last yard problem, in which a prospective flirter might lose nerve to say hello, while other apps help people engage more with people they’ve already met.
IFlirt4U ($1 on Apple) is for the first-time encounter. It’s for across-the room flirtations, presumable in dark and loud nightclubs. The app displays short, flirty phrases on the screen, one word at a time, in extra-large white type against a black background.
Just point the phone at your crush and let it do the work.
It has seven phrases to choose from, including the traditional lines like “you are cute,” “you are hot” and “can I buy you a drink?” (Given the huge value of many free apps, it’s a little disconcerting to see only seven phrases in this app for $1. But if it manages to help someone secure a data, it’s arguably worth the buck.)
The phrases appear slowly on the screen, and in a typeface big enough that recipients could understand them from 10 yards away—plus or minus a couple of yards, depending on the recipient’s blood alcohol content and visual acuity.
Sometimes there is a second helpful step. The “Can I get your number?” screen includes small yes and no buttons. The no button yields a “too bad!” message, but the yes button opens the phone’s contact list to a new page.
Well, as flirting has no individual or ideal structure, it's hard to flirt in a way that was set or planned by any third person. Anyways, if someone is very interested to flirt but too scared as well, then I think this type of apps could be helpful for them. But that is only for them who are for the first time or scared. In fact this type of apps can be used as a game but not for real flirting. Besides using these apps, flirting may feel like more mechanical which has no essence of romance.
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DeleteWell, as flirting has no individual or ideal structure, it's hard to flirt in a way that was set or planned by any third person (good point!). Anyways, if someone is very interested to flirt but too scared as well, then I think this type of apps could be helpful for them. (why?) But that is only for them who are for the first time (first time what?) or scared. In fact this type of apps can be used as a game but not for real flirting. (why?) Besides using these apps, flirting may feel like more mechanical which has no essence of romance.(good! I wish you explored this further)
I think this app can help to a certain extend to some people who are scared but want to flirt with their crush without saying a word. I think this will be the ice breaker but then they will have to go up to the person and introduce themselves. I dont agree that this app with completely help a single indivual to "flirt their way to romantic attachment" because I think it is a bit too childish to flirt using this technology with a person you have never spoken to.
ReplyDeleteI think this app can help to a certain extend (extend means to elongate. Extent is the word you are looking for) to some people who are scared but want to flirt with their crush without saying a word. I think this will be the ice breaker but then they will have to go up to the person and introduce themselves. (good point) I dont agree that this app with completely help a single indivual to "flirt their way to romantic attachment" because I think it is a bit too childish to flirt using this technology with a person you have never spoken to. (why? Explore this further)
DeleteI agree with using the "Flirting" Apps can help some single people have no experience in flirt. As the article shows what kind of sentences is good for single individual. They have no experience with that, so the apps can teach them how to begin flirt with someone and use these sentence on it. Even though the apps is good for single, but it just some suggestions of flirt. The Apps just can teach you how to do it, finally we have to use by ourselves. We can't always depend on devices, we need to give more from our heart.
ReplyDeleteI agree with using the "Flirting" Apps can help some single people (who) have no experience in flirt(ing). As the article shows what kind of sentences is good for single individual. (what does it show? This is a fragment) They have no experience with that, so the apps can teach them how to begin flirt with someone and use these sentence on it. Even though the apps is good for single, but it just some suggestions of flirt. The Apps just can teach you how to do it, finally we have to use by ourselves. We can't always depend on devices, we need to give more from our heart. (you need to go into specifics)
DeleteAs the article states some people are truly born flirts while others are more shy and less engaging, I personally disagree with this kind of apps because depending in who is the person you try to flirt with, they can barely work. I rather safe that dollar and spend it in in a nice deal on groupon.com that can actually be part of a nice and less expensive dinner. Nothing better than break the ice like the old way, inviting that person out. If you consider yourself that shy and don’t know how to bring a conversation to the table, why not just read some of the billion articles that appear online about icebreakers? That actually can work more in the person that having an app on the phone doing the ‘’supposedly work’’ for them. Is sad to see that know a days technology want to play a roll even in the sentimental aspects of life, as time pass by you can see how man forget how to write poems or letters instead shutting your girlfriend a copy-paste email. Is sad that the romanticism is getting old and now girls have to be less sensitive and inventing pure excuses that receiving a letter is ‘’cursi as they called in DR’’ I get amused when I go to my moms closet and see my dad’s love letters. They didn’t have a computer or a new app that make them love as they did. Better safe that buck, because thinking wisely could lead to something more productive that a first time encounter app. If the problem is in how to break the ice in a club the first time you see that person just send her/him a napkin and send someone to give it to her/him. Want to dance? Yes or no? If you actually receive a no don’t be disappointed at the end of the day everyone have their half apple.
ReplyDeleteAs the article states some people are truly born flirts while others are more shy and less engaging, I personally disagree with this kind of apps because depending in who is the person you try to flirt with, they can barely work. I rather sa(v)e that dollar and spend it in in a nice deal on groupon.com that can actually be part of a nice and less expensive dinner. Nothing better than break the ice like the old way, inviting that person out. (but this has a specific purpose. For a person who is in a bar alone and who wants to pick someone up) If you consider yourself that shy and don’t know how to bring a conversation to the table, why not just read some of the billion articles that appear online about icebreakers? (ok good) That actually can work more in the person that having an app on the phone doing the ‘’supposedly work’’ for them. Is sad to see that know a days technology want to play a rol€ even in the sentimental aspects of life (technology is not the one that is positioning itself in this aspect; it is people who want this), as time pass by you can see how man forget how to write poems or letters instead shutting your girlfriend a copy-paste email. Is sad that the romanticism is getting old and now girls have to be less sensitive and inventing pure excuses that receiving a letter is ‘’cursi as they called in DR’’ I get amused when I go to my moms closet and see my dad’s love letters. They didn’t have a computer or a new app that make them love as they did. Better safe that buck, because thinking wisely could lead to something more productive that a first time encounter app. If the problem is in how to break the ice in a club the first time you see that person just send her/him a napkin and send someone to give it to her/him. Want to dance? Yes or no? If you actually receive a no don’t be disappointed at the end of the day everyone have their half apple. (this is not an American expression)
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