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Word of the Day: Ghost
Even though it’s been around for a while now, online dating is still developing.
It’s also creating a new lingo in the English language, such as swipe right and ghosting.
Ghosting means to end all contact with someone suddenly by not contacting them or replying if they attempt to contact you.
I consider myself lucky to have never dated online.
I met my wife in the old-fashioned way – face to face.
At most, the only technology we used was email.
Wow, those were the days.
As you can imagine, my dating technique is a little dated, but it worked for me.
I’m a happy camper.
Anyways, the dating scene seems to be much more challenging these days.
One of those challenges is ghosting, which means suddenly ending all contact with someone by not contacting them or replying if they attempt to contact you.
If you’ve ever been ghosted, you know it hurts.
After doing a little research, I learned that at least 50% of people who date online have been ghosted, and at least 50% have ghosted someone.
Ghosting is not a new phenomenon; it’s just easier to do in the online world.
People have been walking out of relationships since relationships were invented.
We’ve all heard stories about wives who walked away from their families or fathers who went to work one day and never returned home again.
It may be more prevalent these days because people have fewer social relationships in common.
Back in the day, your friends knew your partner’s friends, and there was always a connection.
These days, people often have no human connections in common, so if one ghosts the other, they effectively instantly disappear.
People can understand hate and accept that things don’t work out.
Ghosting hurts so much because you often didn’t know it was coming and don’t know the reason behind it.
I prefer to receive a good old smack across the face and an angry, “You’re dead to me!” any day.
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