Useless forms of communication

I hate aim. it's such an empty form of communication. And nobody is ever at the computer when you want to talk to them anyway. It's just a pointless high tech emailing system that posts away messages.

One day I got into that whole talkative mode where you just want to talk to everyone, so I scanned down my buddy list. Out of the 190+ people on my list, only 40 or so were on. Out of the 40 or so, only 11 were actually on their computers. So I imed all 11 of them. For twenty minutes, nobody replied back.

So what's the point of aim? With all the speed of the internet and what not, I couldn't insta-connect with anyone. I've had faster email conversations with people. Email conversations are deeper too, cuz you actually say everything you want in one try instead of hearing fourteen DINGS before the person finishes ONE sentence.

Plus, 70% of your message is lost without verbal or visual cues. How is it possible to have a really good conversation on aim when only 30% of what you're trying to say is getting through? Hard to tell sarcasm and light hearted comments on aim. Oh, but wait, there's smiley faces! Those make up for everything! (see, that's sarcasm. but could you really tell?)

Other useless communication tools:

Why do people have cellphones if they don't pick them up? My one friend turns his cellphone off when he doesn't use it. Most people return a phonecall hours after they're called (I'm guilty of this too). What's the point of having a device that's always on you if it doesn't let you become instantly available?

Don't let your cellphones become a sophisticated text pager. If you wanted that, you could get one for a quarter of the price you're paying now.

Cellphone Voicemail: What's the point of voicemail? First of all, if you agree with the above, then voicemails shouldn't be needed. You would be able to reach anyone when you needed them. If it's not important enough that you had to reach them instantly, then don't leave a voicemail, use another form of communication. Ok, fine, leave a voicemail, but elaborate enough where I don't have to call you back. That's the point right? To communicate some message across.

And I hate voicemails where the person is like "hey, it's *insert name*, call me back." No kidding. I saw on the caller ID that you called and I called you back before I even checked my voicemail.

That's another thing, people who call you back before they check their voicemails. Assuming you don't believe in the above things that I have said, why the hell did you activate your voicemail if you don't check it before returning calls?
There's too many times where after I left a voicemail, the person called back and was like "you called?". Like I said above, I left the voicemail so that I could communicate some message without inconveniencing you to call me back.