Communication does not come naturally to every animal. I speak in the very general sense because like humans, animals can also have trouble getting their ideas across.

That is why things die, or that is why people get into accidents, or that is why the American government is going crazy.

My psycho professor once mentioned to his class that communication was like a tennis match, or ping-pong. If you serve a ball, you’re expected to get it back. But what if there was nobody on the other side? Or what if that someone didn’t want to hit it back?

It was an easy answer, but my prof had to point it out to his class. Stop serving. What was the point of losing all your balls when you’re not getting them back?

But that also doesn’t mean you stop at the first serve, does it? If you do, that makes you an even dumber person.

Would it?

But of course, humans are stupid creatures. They can’t strictly abide by that notion, no matter how hard they force themselves to. They can surely train themselves to do it, absolutely. But in the end…

…in the end they’re still human.

Something is bound to go wrong, something is bound to make them break it.

And what of the other side of that tennis court? Does the lack of response mean disinterest, or does it say, “Try again”? How many tries would they want?

How many balls would you have?