Technology. The enemy of my enemy has become my friend.

Pravin Wadhwani

We were all told once upon a time that technology is ruining the way we connect with people and we were also told that it would take over human beings' jobs in this world. Admit it, we all have an uncle who has said something along the lines of "These robots will make us obsolete." Alas we find ourselves living in a world where a "house party" does not even require a house nor does it require red solo cups. The robot has won, but I'm going to refer to it as a gracious victory.  I've been told that mother nature/some form of deity is teaching us a lesson during this Covid outbreak and that lesson is not to learn how to live with ourselves or to love thy neighbour but rather "love thy phone or laptop." I know we've been obsessed with our insta posts and vlogs way before Covid but hear me out people. We are not just obsessed with these devices now, we rely on them to get through the day. Salesman or indeed saleswomen who arrange meetings with their clients are being forced to use Zoom. Therapists are giving online sessions to patients. Even the Prime Minister of Britain is announces to the world that he has tested positive via Twitter. I mean can you imagine that? A world leader TWEETING us letting us know how they're doing.   Instagram used to be a place where people show off their dish at a 5 star restaurant. Now it is now a place where people can share recipes. I've had people tell me that they have messaged folks they haven't spoken to in about 10 years purely because they saw them post their latest in-home culinary and wanted to know how to make it. SPOILER ALERT: It was NOT a picture of Dalgonna Coffee (excuse my spelling. If it's correct however, you are not excused). Technology is brining people together in a different way now.  I recently had a Zoom Call (which turned into a pub quiz) with three of my closest friends. These guys are people I've known for nearly my whole life and we've always lived in different places but NOT ONCE have we had a video call. But in these dark times, I have ticked that off my bucket list. Likewise, I have never partook in a pub quiz. I am quite particularly fond of Pubs and I like quizzes too so how has this not happened before? Once again for a pub quiz to happen, one needn't be sitting in a pub.  These dark times we keep referring to as dark do in fact have a glimmer of light within. I avoided pub quizzes because I found them long and tedious and I wholeheartedly felt that the main aim of going to a pub was to drink, but alas I have partook in 3 quizzes in just over a week. As you can see, the enemy of my enemy has truly become my friend.