• The Chronology of “Chatting”

    The human need to communicate had showed itself through the course of history. Roman emperors always spoke with their friends, if not; the emperors would actually seek them out. In fact, Erwin Rommel, Commander of the Nazi Panzer Army in France, wanted to see his wife so much that he went home during a stormy day, June 6 of 1944. Due to his absence, the Allied forces easily pwned the Germans and sent them running as fast as a rocket, thus known as D-Day.
    In the early days, cavemen communicated at little tribe meetings, and talked about how many animals they slaughtered. (Ugga! Ug! Aik! Gru?) The Ancient Chinese met on the streets, usually during the day in which townsfolk went to buy food. It was extremely sophisticated, but not as sophisticated as the Athenians, who met in their acropolis to discuss issues, such as who did what. Such topics like “xyz fell off a cliff” were common. This meeting was also known as a symposium. The Romans were just the Chinese and the Athenians combined. In the middle Ages, Christianity was dominant. (So dominant that the bishops were more powerful than their mere puppet, the king) The townsfolk congregated at the lord’s castle, or the city church. However, it was hard to communicate with distant friends. Writing a letter was extremely boring and tedious.
    In 1450, Johannes Gutenberg “accidentally” created the printing press. (he was hoping to make “magic mirrors”. Ooooooh….) thus, writing back and forth was so common that postmasters cashed up lots of gold! From the time on, life was the same.
    In the year 1836, Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. This was not used for the common people until the 1900s. Sending messages was just quicker than the Pony Express. Messages were sent more quickly and more efficiently.
    A new invention, however, began to rival with the telegraph. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone, which started the tradition of talking on the telephone for a long time. Family arguments usually began about who should use the telephone!
    Nowadays, we have the convenience of the Internet, such as sending e-mails, IMs, private messages, etc. People also use cell phones when computers aren’t available. This website, Gaia Online, for example, is another chat website. We must thank modern technology, because if it weren’t for that, we would have still met at cavemen meetings!
    Currently, there is a new way of communication that is renewed…
    Its name? Oral speaking.