MSN is a cold way to communicate

Once I set my MSN nick to "silent arbiter - MSn is a cold way to communicate"...
I really meant it that time...
I was quite...how shall I put this...lonely at that time...and all I want is to hear the voice of someone...
but no...MSN is there...why bother calling and using the telephone if there's MSN...you're online,I'm online...we can talk through the MSN...it's a cheap and effective way...
so it's supposed to be...
but...it's just that...something doesn't feel right if I'm talking through MSN...there's no...mmm...personality in it..
it's just a bunch of words thrown together...it's kinda like sms...but there's a different...I'll talk about that later...
The best is face-to-face interaction of course as you and the other person are there...
If you use the telephone, you can hear the voice of the other party and somehow feel his/her presence as if that person is with you
It's like when two blind people meet and talk (no offense to blind people)...the absence of one sense intensified the other senses..in this case hearing...and it feels good...to know that the other person is there...on the other end of the line...but there...
in writing...well, at least you know it's that person handwriting and his/her presence can be felt through the writing...there's still a personality in the writing...at least he/she made the effort to write...
it's again you feel the presence of the other person...it's like he/she is telling you his/her story through the letter...
but MSN ? no...no personality at all...yes, you can change the font and colour and nick and all that...but you see, those are pathetic substitutes...
when I use the MSN, I can't feel the other person...it's like I'm talking to the machine instead of the person...
it's kinda sad for me...
I know it's convenient and hi-tech and all that...but must we sacrifice all that identies of ours ?
knowing there's MSN, will people start to talk and meet each other less and less ? knowing that if there's something to talk about, they can just use MSN...? will it become the only social interaction in this modern world ?
I shudder at that possibility...
and there's another thing that I don't like about MSN...I think this one is just my problem...
it's that it routinises interaction...
when you're online and other people are online, you won't feel the need to talk to them unless there's something really really important...small talk become burdensome...
it creates awkward situation...when you start a conversation, when you don't have any other things to say, when you finally stop the conversation...it is awkward...at least for me...
and if you meet the other person everyday, in the end there's nothing left to say...
so the whole things become banal and mundane...as opposed if say you call once a while...there's more substance in the conversation...
so...yeah...I still think MSN is a cold way to communicate...it kills relationship...it undermines spontaneity...
so...pick up the phone and dial instead of typing away...
:)