MYSELF!
>> Tati: SAME HERE.
EVERYONE, IT'S TIME FOR WHAT'S
THE BUZZ.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TECHNOLOGY AND RUDENESS.
RAMONA PRATER AND JASON HALL
FROM SLOW ROLLDETROIT.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN YOU SAY SLOW ROLL, WOO!
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOG
AND OUR BEHAVIOR.
DOES TEXTING AND SOCIAL MEDIA
MAKE US A RUDE PEOPLE WHO HIDE
BEHIND THEIR SCREENS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
I AGREE.
I'M TRYING TO NOT BE MY AGE
AND TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THE
NE GENERATION AND I THINK THEY
HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF
HAVE.
>> IT'S NOT A GOOD WAY.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE -- IT'S NOT --
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I'M
OLD AND I DON'T GET IT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YES, THEY ARE RUDE, BUT I GET
THAT IT'S THEIR SOCIALIZATION.
PINK?
YOU HAD SOCIAL SKILLS YOU LEARN
IN SCHOOL.
THEY DON'T HAVE THEM ANYMORE AND
BIRTHED INTO COMMUNICATION BY
TECHNOLOGY AND DON'T HAVE THE
REFERENCE THAT WE HAVE.
>> IT'S AN INTERESTING DEFICIT
AND SOCIAL MEDIA DEFINITELY
DEEPENS IT.
LAST WEEK WITH FAITH GREEN, THIS
WOMAN WENT THROUGH THE MOST
HORRIFIC THING AND LITERALLY THE
HORRIBLE THINGS.
EVEN IF YOU SAY IT'S TRUE, THE
DAY SHE LOST HER FOUR CHILDREN,
THAT?
IF YOU WOULDN'T SAY IT TO HER
FACE, THEN DON'T SAY IT.
>> Tati: I GREW UP, IF YOU'RE
NOT BIG AND BOLD ENOUGH TO SAY
IT IN SOMEBODY'S FACE, THEN YOU
DON'T SAY IT, PERIOD.
>> BUT THE INTERNET GIVES YOU
THE DISTANCE SO YOU DON'T FEEL
PERSON.
>> YEAH.
>>
SN.
YOU WOULD NEVER WALK UP TO
SOMEONE AT MEIJER AND SAY THAT.
>> Tati: YOU WANT TO WALK AWAY
FROM THOSE PEOPLE.
>> IT IS.
>> Tati: IS IT EVER ACCEPTABLE
E-MAIL?
WITHOUT DOING THAT.
>> IF I GET TO A POINT IN A
CONVERSATION WHERE THINGS ARE
GETTING HEATED, I'LL PICK UP THE
PHONE, BECAUSE THERE ARE NUANCES
YOU CAN'T GET FROM TEXTS, AND IT
NEVER GOES WELL.
>> THAT'S WHY I WOULDN'T DO IT
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO
THE HEATED CONFRONTATION ON THE
[LAUGHTER]
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKER
>> AND USE THE EMOJIS.
[LAUGHTER]
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> I WOULD RATHER SEND YOU THAT
.
>> I'M A COMMUNICATOR.
TRY TO PICK A FIGHT WITH ME,
ME.
>> Tati: ISN'T THAT THE
INTERESTING POINT.
BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU SAY,
LET'S TALK ON THE PHONE OR LET'S
GET TOGETHER IN PERSON AND
SILENCE.
>> DEAFENING.
>> I WOULD NEVER HAVE AN
ARGUMENT WITH ANYBODY IN ANY
MEANS, SO THAT'S NOT MY THING.
SO I WOULD RATHER KEEP IT T AN
EMOJI.
CONFRONTATIONAL.
YOU'RE NOT BEING BRAVEENOUGH.
YOU DO YOU.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKER
[LAUGHTE
>> I'M ROLLING MY EYES MORE IN
THIS INTERVIEW.
>> I HAVE A FACE EMOJI.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> CONTINUE FRONTATION IS NOT A
BAD WORD.
IT MEANS FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER,
WHICH I'M SO INTO.
CALL.
DID I OFFEND YOU, CALL ME BACK.
I WOULD RATHER TALK.
>> SO YOU THINK FACE-TO-FACE IS
SLOWLY GOING AWAY?
>> I THINK SO, AND THAT'S BAD.
>> BUT NOT FOR EVERYBODY.
AGREE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT'S A MAN THING.
I THINK MEN ARE NOT NORMALLY
DOWN AND TALK.
>> WE CAN SAY IT IN A FEW WORDS
AND Y'ALL HAVE TO EXPRESS
YOURSELVES AND GET IT OUT.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> I THINK WE'VE GOT A HIDDEN
THERE, BAM!
WE GOT IT RIGHT THERE AND WHAT
YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO THROUGH, ALL
>> I THINK HE'S --
>> I'M WITH HIM.