Keep talking, sweetie, I got gamin' to do

A few days ago, I saw one of the most insane things I've seen in a long time.

This young couple, a guy and a girl, were sitting next to me in a Dim Sum place around midnight. The girl was chatting, gesturing, laughing, seemingly having the time of her life. The guy, I kid you not, was staring down towards his Nintendo DS and playing it constantly while the girl talked. The sound was absolutely on, if only slightly. Oh sure, he bobbed his head and smiled occasionally, but his eyes never left the game screen. I was sitting behind him, so I could tell he was playing some stupid racing game (and winning, it seemed, judging by the bobbly letters spelling "Winner!" popping up every few minutes) so there was no way in hell he actually understood a word the girl was saying.

Strangest of all, she seemed okay with the whole debacle. She kept chatting and flirting as if nothing was the matter. I mean, it was blatantly obvious she was into him, so much so that she clearly must have made a point to hide the desperation with which she was trying to get his attention. She kept smiling, making eye* contact (*eyebrow?) and looking at the guy with no hint of annoyance or surprise.

I swear to god my incredulous grin started to swell out so far, I had to cover my mouth to maintain any semblance of politeness. What the hell is going on here?

Well, as far as I see it, since the girl's deftness with her chopsticks suggested she wasn't blind, she's either mind-numbingly oblivious to the fact that her man is ignoring her or she's so desperate that nothing he does could throw her off the chase. The first option seems too ridiculous to be true, so it's gotta be the second, pragmatic option. Maybe the guy is some hotel-tzar's rich son or something, or maybe he just has a cock like a nightstick. I probably should have been a rude bastard and asked.

Am I losing my mind, or does this strike you as insane too? If this is normal, or a sign of things to come, then man, the kids mostly certainly aren't all right...