It's a good question, posed by this guy from Craigslist:
LANGUAGE HAS FAILED, LET'S GIVE INTERPRETIVE DANCE A SHOT - 28
I'm so tired of speaking. My relationship with language has gotten far too intimate -- we know each other's secrets now, which is a bit scary, since I've never sure when the spoken word is going to fly off on a random tangent and start alliteratively exposing every embarrassing event in my life to someone I'm trying to impress. It's like that uncle you have who always gets drunk at the Christmas party and starts quizzing you in far too much detail about your sex life, and it's really uncomfortable because you don't want to be rude, but does he really need to know about your toy collection? No, he doesn't. And without words, none of this would even be an issue.
Complication: I still want to date. Anyone out there feel like getting together and grunting at each other? We can make elaborate hand gestures too, possibly even obscene ones (if you've ever seen Bjork describe something as "erotic", you'll know what I'm talking about), and see if we can communicate with looks -- a big plus if you have a killer eye-roll, though puppy-dog stares do make me melt.
What about words makes you want to take a vow of silence?
New Thoughts
3 years ago
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I saw a portrait in a museum a long time ago that had this phrase written under it: "Be silent, unless what you have to say is better than silence." I liked it so much, I still remember it.
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