Technology is Ruining Us

Our Destructive Technology-27

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I touched the surface of the switch on the wall of the house to make the lamp that had been lit since then is now dead. My smile returned and then pressed the sacred again until the light I just turned off was now back on.

Yes it feels so very happy to be able to turn on and fix lights like this. It may be strange, but I like it so much. I often think about how and why something can be said with the word electricity. How does electricity exist and why do lights come on because of electricity?

I put my feet up and looked at Mama and Mama who were getting ready. I looked up at the confusion of leaning my aunt on a house pole looking at Mama who was seen rubbing her cheek with powder.

"Where are you going?"

"You go to the market."

"To market? What to market?"

"Mom's buying a TV."

"Buy TV? Why buy a TV?"

"You know, there's electricity so we can watch television. Electricity is there so we can buy a TV."

"Who are you going with? With Dad?" guess me.

"Yes with the other neighbors, everyone wants to go to the market. You're home, yeah! Take care of the house if Mama returns the chicken magrib please enter the cage!"

I shook my head and set my foot out of the house. I used both my sandals until when I was busy staring at the two sandals that were already on my legs I turned to look at a white vehicle that appeared to carry some cardboard depicting television there. There's so many.

It looks like the villagers have ordered electronic items to use.

"Abdu! Abdul!"

The voice calling my name was heard making me see the figure of Jono who is now near the bushes.

"What's wrong?"

"Hurry here! Leha has a new TV," he said, making me run towards Jono who first led the way.

From a distance I could see the sandals belonging to my comrades that were scattered in front of the stairs of the house owned by Leha.

"Who said Leha had bought a new TV?"

"Leha herself said. Let's get on!" the ink was impatient and then ran up the stairs followed by me.

The on button pressed produces an image and sound that is on the television screen. Samal, Jono, Leha, Mansur and I looked at him so very amazed, really amazed. We were here to see people talking, there was music accompanying their dialogue, so it was amazing.

"Why can anyone be there, huh?"

"Maybe the guy is in there," guessed Jono who then carefully touched the still-lit TV.

"What auntie bought this TV?"

"Two million."

"Two million?" surprised me.

"Expensive too" said Samal and after we looked.

"Don't your mom go buy a TV, too, huh?"

"Would you?"

"Yes indeed. Mama I went to buy, too" I said.

"My mom didn't tell me she wanted to go buy a TV in town."

"Not in town but in the market."

"I want to come too."

I stepped down from home after hours of sitting in front of Leha's television, which featured the cartoon. Today we were so happy to watch for free on Leha's TV.

"You don't want to play?" ask me when Leha is on the door lip.

"No, I want to watch another cartoon" he explained, running into the house.

Me, Jono, Samal and Mansur were silent and we looked at each other.

"When do we just play the four of us?" jono asked, not accepting.

"Come on!" call me to make my friends follow.

"Is watching TV more exciting than playing with all of us?"

"Don't put it in your heart!" my reprimand made Jono only be able to click his lips in annoyance.

"I told you this is the bad name of technology. People are more fun watching alone than playing with all of us" Mansur explained.

"Maklum it's a new TV if you are bored, Leha will also play with us. Aye right?"

I smiled as Jono moved both of his eyebrows.

"Small too, let's play!" bring him.

Now we are stepping on the hill where we will play while guarding the buffalo belonging to the Mansur.

"Later if you've bought a new TV don't forget to keep playing with all of us!"

"of course. I'll play with you guys. I'm not going to keep watching TV like Leha" I said in self-defense.

"I also I will not stop playing even if there is a TV, unless there is food," said Jono.

"Ah, you only know the food that you know," Samal glanced with ridicule.

"What indeed? If you don't know how to eat, you die!"

The words that Jono spoke made us all laugh. Jono's brain if the food is always smooth.

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