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I like the internet and 'Is It Normal?'. It's very useful and fun. But I also miss life before the internet. I think the internet begun in 1997. I did so many things both good and bad with my time. I would call people on the telephone or in person instead of emailing them. I still send letters via regular mail. Is it normal to miss life before the internet?
i agree, internet is controlling our lives. i remember back when there was no computers, no internet, no cells, no cable tv.....(like Solimorphic wrote), back in the 70's....and u know what? nobody knew what they were missing. people were a lot active, doing different things, meeting up with friends, going places....life was a lot simpler too.
kids today are so different, all of them playing computer games...
plus its totally addicting, i'm addicted to msn, facebook and internet. fuck internet, it has ruined my life.
THANKYOU. I also feel this way & it's impossible to get a penpal to exchange letters with me. Because of the internets.
Yesss. I loved it back when there was no internet, people were more physical and as the internet wasn't a distraction much there was much more you could get done. I feel sorry for this generation born where the internet is like an addictive hobbie because they will never really appreciate life for what it is, just life infront of a screen controlling your life.
I Fing hate the net. It was supposed to bring people together and improve communications. It has instead served to fragment society even further and has drastically reduced the occurance and importance of face time. The amount of bad information and inaccurate made up crap I have to sift through on a daily basis has gotten way out of control. I'd rather sit in an empty room and be bored than waste another 5 mins of my life watching yet another Youtube episode of 'ow my balls.' Knocking on someone's door to see what they're up to, thats what I miss. All this texting and emailing crap means that I'm in constanct virtual contact but never in real contact with real people. The next time I'm at a table where people are texting eachother instead of just f'ing talking, it will be on like Donkey Kong.
Yeah, I wish I could've known life without the Internet. We'd spend long days running around outside, building tree forts, catching frogs by the pond, playing tag in the field...this is the life I dream of. But I couldn't make it happen without being laughed at.
Those are actually some things we did...left out crawling through storm sewers and lighting fires in the woods. Later we discovered pot
and sex.
Ah, the 70's.
No cable TV, central air, cell phones, home computers or internet. You had to actually go outside and talk to people! EVERYBODY was out in the summer especially. It was too hot and boring inside watching about four network channels.
Useful information of that day was about the PEOPLE you knew, not how to configure the HTML on a myspace page, for example.
Much has been gained, but along with it, a certain quality of life has been lost.
The internet and technology have changed our lives and our world in so many ways. Finding information is super easy and efficient; in the old days people had to go to libraries or look in encyclopedias to learn about the world. When you make everything digital it saves paper and conserves the environment. The internet has been a driving force behind globalization and, as a result, people are more connected to others across the globe than ever before and more aware and conscious of the outside world.
Life without the internet was a lot simpler. But simpler does not mean better.
Internet started in the 1950's as a means of transporting info for government purposes. The World Wide Web started in 1990, and gained popularity ever since.
I miss life before the internet. I grew up in the 80's and there was something special about that time. People were more connected before the internet. I feel for the generation coming up, they only know what life is like with the internet. The internet has done great things for us but I believe it can be addicting for certain people and it serves as a distraction from life. If people are bored and lonely they don't reach out to other people anymore they just fire up there computer and go in a chatroom. Dosent't that sound terrible? Go outside and get some fresh air and sunlight!
i miss life before the internet too. so many people have this exact problem. some don't care. i would rather have a real life.
before the internet i might have been bored but i could usually find friends to hang out with.
in a way its really good becuase i can always cut my boredom in half. but i don't try to do things as much. i don't have near as many friends. its like a substitue for all thethings that suck in life- you can lose yourself here. but your losing your life and time and still basically losing.
i agree. i feel like now I am always trying to get a life. I was pretty young back then and my social life wasn't awesome but I talked to people all the time and have a lot of memories of having fun. Before the internet I definately had a lot more friends.
there is a good side and a bad side but ever sence the enternet came along every one is on the enternet getting fat
yeah I'm right there with you but I'm not sure what I'd be doing right now, being stuck on the couch with a messed up foot.
I miss not knowing about all the fucked up sh*t there is on the internet
I love the internet its brilant can find anything u want on there from strange porn to holidays in space
I thought the internet started in the 80,s ?
NO, it is NOT normal as you can still do all of those things you did before. You just chose to use your time on the internet instead of doing those things. Its like watching TV instead of learning to play an instrument.
ITS YOUR CHOICE TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ONLINE.
i agree the internet has destroyed all innocence and fun no one goes out to play anymore
internets i hates you
It's a mix of then undisciplined society that capitalism has created.
People need to use the internet as a tool to enhance their life not absorb it.
It's cool that you can still send letters. lol.
The Internet actually began as early as 1980, when the first BBS's (like early, text-only websites, which you had to call to) appeared.
Anyway, I enjoy the Internet, but I almost never use email (I currently have nearly 1000 unread messages), MSN or whatever; telephone is much better :)
i love the internet but it annoys me because it keeps me on it for long periods of time it doesnt stop me going out though if i wanna do something i will but in the evening im glued to my laptop and its annoying but i cant get off it.
yes it is, i get the same feelings
before the internet it seemed that technology wasn't there, like you know what i mean? when it came i wasn't like on it ALL the time, cause i was just a kid! but then when the interent came it was like the advance in technology came and nothing was the same.
but i feel the same way, it was cause everything was so simple
Yes, I get the same feelings sometimes. Truth is, reality is what you make it. Don't curse the ubiquity of technology. If you want to get into the habit of calling people, make that happen.
i also miss life before the internet, but thinking about it... if the internet was say 'deleted' everyone would miss it. its part of life now.
Life with out internet would suck for me ( im young though) i didnt live in that crazyy life period with out the internet. I love myspace! i couldnt live with out it
We used to do all sorts of crazy shit when we were kids before the internet. We had to make up our own shit and riding pushbikes a lot too. One day we were playing football and the ball went into our nieghbours water tank so we kicked a hole in it to get the ball out. We got in heaps of shit for that. Sometimes we would fill our pants with sand and let it fall out and make out we were shitting ourselves. I think Id sooner technology
Yeah, it definitely has its pros and cons. Whiel it makes life a lot easier in many ways, it is also keeps many people from being active like sonpro said.
It'll be intersting to see how far down the road the internet has come like in 30-40 years from now. Will all kids be obese? lol...lets hope not!
Kids are already obese and I think the internet is the best thing. Life before all this technology was shit we just didnt know it then. Internet and mobile phones are the best things ever invented I wouldnt be without either of them now
Yes, I'm not doubting the fact that this new technology makes life easier and more fun. I'm just saying that, with all the technology, kids are more involved with viedo games and computer games instead of doing more healthy things. You also can't deny the fact that in the past 20 years, when tech really started getting going, that obesity has risen dramatically. I try to balance both of the two-tech stuff and doing active things.
Do you miss what life was like before the internet and other modern-day technology? What kinds of things did you do instead?
Dude, I was born in 89' so I didn't experience the days where there was no computer and shit. But back the, I know, from my granparents and older relatives that they found stuff to do liek sports. for example, when my grandfatehr was little (in the 50's) they'd get to together with neighbor friends and play some sort of game like football, baseball, etc. And thats how they occupied themselves. The new generations are exposed to a more sedentary lifestyle and as you can tell, obesity is climbing.
Hey, it may not have been as entertaining as today, but back then, kids were a lot healthier.
Well i agree. i mean dont get me wrong i think the internet is an amazing thing, but it keeps to many people from being active. So it is both good and bad in a sence