Thursday, February 24, 2011

Overheard Conversation: Oh yeah, I went there.

I overheard a few different conversations, and truth be told it was an extremely funny experience, and also made me feel like a total creeper, but hey it was fun. The one I'm choosing to build a context around was the least sexually oriented, because trust me the majority of conversations I ended up overhearing were about sex. Go figure.  I must add that I was in the coffee shop where I work, and not in the Castle Megastore. The two people that were talking were two very tall, thin boys who were sitting at very romantic small table. They seemed a little fancy, both wearing suits and also maybe even a little pretentious with that certain snide look on their faces. 

Here's just a few scattered lines from the conversation... (Note: I was working so I only got random tidbits of the conversation)

"Transitions are good."
"How do you transition through that?"
"There are a few simple processes."
"I'm scared now."
"It's not as scary as you think."

Here's my context:
One day, a young man started to think to himself, "Why in the world do women have to be so confusing? They don't know what they want and they complain all the time! I'm done with the opposite sex!" All of the sudden a fairy with a round beer belly, robust beard and lumberjack get up appeared, "Son, I hear ya. Would you possibly like to become asexual? It's so much easier than worrying about those pesky women!" The young man thought to himself for a long time. Maybe it would be easier to be asexual. Never having to worry about the way his hair sat? What pickup lines to use? HELL YEAH.
So without a second thought he asked the amazing beer bellied fairy, "How do I transition into an asexual being?" The fairy smiled a big cheesy grin, with the smallest hint of malice and evil intent in it, and nodded his head. The young man failed to miss this hint of terror because he was just so stoked to not have to worry about those irritating women! The fairy said he would be right back, so the young man waited.
As he was waiting he began to think... Maybe I'm a little scared... Why didn't I think of this before? Oh no... Maybe women are irritating and confusing but do I really want to be asexual? I don't think so...
So he ran. He ran away from the place where he had met his little fairy friend and sat in a dreary coffee shop thinking of what he had almost gotten himself into. But after a few sips of his caramel white chocolate mocha, he needed a potty break. As he entered the restroom and locked the door, to his great dismay, the beer bellied fairy appeared. "It's not as scary as you may think my boy..." And then everything went black...
And BAM!
Now our young man was a cell. Just an average, boring cell. He reproduced asexually, and never had to worry about those damned women ever again.   

Obviously, with my creepy rendition of these few simple lines, it proves that context is very important. Context is like the skeleton to a human, or the frame to a house. Without the proper intended context the words, or the flesh, of what is being said it amorphous and completely ambiguous, which leaves them up to any kind of twisting and manipulating. This manipulation of words, generally with evil intent, is often seen in politics and many other positions of power. Context is a scary thing when completely absent. But with proper context we can communicate extremely important ideas and concept but without it, terrible, awful things can happen... Like having a beer bellied fairy turn you into an asexual cell. :)

3 comments:

  1. Your story around their conversation was to funny. Another coffee house spy expedition accomplished.

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  2. haha indeed.
    It was way too much fun.

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