![]() ![]() ![]() JMC: Right! I suspect this is a situation where we think the same thing but feel differently about it. I think the intimacy characters feel with one another aren’t shared by the reader, mainly due to a lack of character development, but we can come back to that. Even the actual conversations that occur are quite alienating. I found it very hard to connect with what was going on at times. RC: Yes, for me the book feels like a series of monologues, one-sided conversations, with no clear recipient or audience. ![]() ![]() I think this series of misunderstandings has brought us here as well, the wonky platform we’re using underscores a key theme of Dear Cyborgs. Hangouts is the fact that I had thought that we would be having a live conversation instead, we were supposed to write one another a series of emails. Now, on top of our confusion about Gchat vs. RC: It is, as in, Gchat is dead: Long live Google Hangouts. RC: Is the old Gchat still running? I know they’re phasing it out. RC: It’s all good! There’s something very Microsoft about Google Hangouts that sets my teeth on edge. John McCormack: Yes, sorry, hi! I’m so simpleminded I can’t drive my module. ![]()
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