Internet

Seriously can’t go without it. I do all my shopping on here coz where I live there’s not alot of shops around. Am going away in a few weeks for a month and where I’m heading the rello’s dont have a computer. Aaargghh!!! Trying to talk hubby into a laptop for the journey. He just doesn’t understand my internet addiction. Looks like I will have to seek out internet cafes to get my fix. LOL.

@Bad Manners wrote:

The Internet’s a bloody walking disaster area ennit. Spyware, credit card thieves, porn everywhere (afraid im guilty of occasionally checking it ) privacy issues etc.
Were we all actually better off back in the early 90’s when we didnt have the bloody thing at all? Was life simpler and better?
I said in a thread recently that it was the greatest invention ever, but have we really created a monster?

If you want a simpler life, live in a shed on your allotment! :lol:
We’re human and we demand to know everything. When computers
prove there is no God we’ll be there!

@slayer wrote:

We can all “live” without it but it wouldnt necessarily make our life easier- you can “live” without almost anything electrical

But if we have it, use it – for booking concert tickets, airline flights, holidays, bank online (and w*nk on line too), search for your ancestors, play games, the list is endless- ffs, I managed to book a whole months worth of car hire, plane, train and ferry services, accomodation etc for a country 12,000 miles away all because of the net.

I so want that tattoo………

8)

@tommy-toxen wrote:

I’m only being influenced by my elders! Slayer mentioned it!

But they dont come much older than you…..!

And Slayer is allowed to mention anything cos of that fantastic siggy!

Just thought I’d keep this alive with one of my occasional necroposts….

Reviving this old thread 6 years on……

People have voted with their feet… This is only the second post on this board in this month, and we’re 2/3 of the way through it.

This bears out what people say in the old thread – people aren’t really interested in chatting to strangers the’ll never meet now that the initial few years of novelty have worn off.

Even forums for interest groups like politics, railways, cars or 3D modelling have gone quiet compared with what they were.

In my experience using discussion forums eventually leads to having a slanging match with another member, one who usually takes an extreme viewpoint and then condemns you for disagreeing with them! You only lndeed to look at YouTube and how almost any video on any subject attracts comments of derision and contempt from some people.

The internet is increasingly becoming a tool for practical use and high quality entertainment (I mean quality in terms of performance, not content!) and the poor old general chat room and message board will soon become a thing of the past.