Someone posted this link from a Norwegian blog on Facebook about two weeks ago. I decided to check it out and it turned out to be an AMAZING blogpost. So I decided to translate into English and Estonian so that others can get part of it, too. The original post is here: http://fristendelavkarbo.no/2013/12/11/ny-trend-livet/
In English:
New trend; Life
I meet you on my way to the car. It has been a while since we met each other, we never find time. We stop and chat, talk, update. But then it comes out that we know most of the things anyway. -Yes, I heard that, you say. -I saw on Facebook that you have taken a trip, I say. -Your youngest has become so big, you say. -I saw the picture on Instagram.
We agree to meet again soon. We would have liked to continue with the talk, but we don't have time right now. We hug each other tight and feel that behind everything we know about each other, there is so much we should have talked about. -I'll call you soon, I finish while sitting in the car.
But days and weeks pass. The time from the moment we get home from work until the children are in bed and the kitchen cleaned, is filled with homework, food, activities, training, shopping, preparations, watching TV. After that we, grown-ups, want to rest and have time for each other. It is so hard to find time for a cup of coffee with you in the everyday life. It's much easier to take the smartphone and read how are you doing on Facebook. Click 'like' to the things you post, show you that I see you, I follow your life. I just don't have time for you.
We postpone our meeting. We don't need to meet. We experience each other on the Internet, and we're updated about each other. Sometimes we even send an sms to kind of prove that we actually think about each other.
But we have no idea how it is actually going. I don't know how are you doing behind your status updates. I can't see laughter in your eyes or know how you are actually doing through the words in a text message. To know that, I need to hear the sound of your voice or see your eyes.
Suddenly I miss the talks. Talks over a cup of tea, legs curled to a sofa or over a glass of wine in a café. A talk where we chat about solved and unsolved things. A chat where we solve the world's problems and create new ones, not to mention the times where we let each other deep inside ourselves and talk about things that really matter. A talk that tells me how you really are doing, that goes deeper than a shiny update about what you have or where you are. Those fantastic talks that mean so much.
It says that Norwegians are so trendy. Apparently we throw ourselves over trends. Therefore I would like to propose a new trend, trendy in real life or trendy irl (yes, it has to be in English. Apparently, that's also trendy). To follow friends' life through social media is hereby announced so 2012. To call or go to a visit, to meet for a chat, that's trendy. Chats are hereby announced to be super-trendy. IRL is the new thing.
And in Estonian:
Uus trend; Elu
Ma kohtan sind teel auto juurde. Viimasest kohtumisest on tükk aega möödas, me ei leia kunagi aega. Me peatume ja ajame juttu, jutustame, viime üksteist asjadega kurssi. Kuid siis selgub, et me teame suuremat osa asju niigi. -Jah, ma kuulsin seda, ütled sa. -Ma nägin facebook'is, et te käisite reisil, ütlen mina. -Su noorim poeg on nii suureks saanud, ütled sina. -Ma nägin pilti Instagramis.
Me nõustume, et saame varsti jälle kokku. Me soovisime jutuajamist jätkata, kuid meil ei ole hetkel aega. Me kallistame üksteist kõvasti ning tunneme mõlemad, et vaatamata sellele, mida me üksteise kohta teame, on nii palju asju, millest me oleksime pidanud rääkima. -Ma helistan sulle varsti, lõpetan ma jutuajamise, istudes autosse.
Kuid päevad ja nädalad mööduvad. Aeg sellest hetkest, kui tuleme töölt koju kuni lapsed on magama pandud ning köök koristatud, on täidetud koolitööde, toidu, tegevuste, trennide, šoppamise, ettevalmistustega ning teleka vaatamisega. Pärast seda tahame meie, täiskasvanud, puhata ning kahekesi aega veeta. Igapäevaelus on nii raske leida aega tassi kohvi jaoks sinuga ja nii lihtne on võtta kätte nutitelefon ning lugeda, kuidas sul läheb, facebook'ist. Klikkida 'like' asjadele, mida sa postitad, näidata sulle, et ma näen sind, ma jälgin sinu elu. Mul lihtsalt ei ole aega sinu jaoks.
Me lükkame kokkusaamise edasi. Me ei pea kokku saama. Me kogeme ju üksteise elu internetis ning oleme üksteisega kursis. Me saadame isegi aeg-ajalt sms'e, et nagu tõestada, et me tõesti mõtleme üksteise peale.
Kuid meil pole aimugi, kuidas tegelikult läheb. Ma ei tea, kuidas sul läheb sinu staatuse postituste taga. Ma ei näe naeru sinu silmades ega tea, kuidas sul tegelikult läheb läbi tekstisõnumis saadetud sõnade. Et seda teada saada, pean ma kuulma sinu hääle kõla või nägema sinu silmi.
Korraga igatsen ma vestlust. Vestlust tassitäie teega, jalad diivani peal enda all või klaasi veini juures kohvikus. Vestlust, kus me lobiseme lahendatud ja lahendamata asjadest. Jutuajamist, kus me lahendama maailma probleeme ning loome uusi, mainimata neid kordi, kus me laseme üksteist endale väga lähedale ning räägime sellest, mis tõeliselt midagi tähendab. Vestlus, mis ütleb mulle, kuidas sul tegelikult läheb, mis läheb sügavamale kui üks hiilgav postitus sellest, mis sul on või kus sa oled. Need fantastilised jutuajamised, mis tähendavad nii palju.
See näitab, et norralased on nii trendikad. Nähtavasti pühendume me trendidele kogu hingega. Seetõttu soovin ma teha ettepaneku uue trendi osas – trendy in real life või trendy irl (jah, see peab olema inglise keeles. Nähtavasti on ka see trendikas). Seega kuulutan sõprade sotsiaalse elu jälgimise sotsiaalmeedia vahendusel 2012 aasta trendiks. Nüüd on trendikas helistada või minna külla, kohtuda jutuajamiseks. Jutuajamised kuulutatakse seega supertrendikaks. IRL on uus asi.
