I think you guys do not understand perversion. That is your basic argument. The internet, like your thoughts, is only bad if you let it pervert your mind. Snip bad thoughts in the bud, and you're okay.

What bothers you guys so much about the net?

Originally posted by Bleeeeep

What bothers you guys so much about the net?

Nothing.

What does bother me is humanity relies on it, and for some, wont be able to function without it.

Originally posted by Bleeeeep
I think you guys do not understand perversion. That is your basic argument. The internet, like your thoughts, is only bad if you let it pervert your mind. Snip bad thoughts in the bud, and you're okay.

What bothers you guys so much about the net?

Just because I remember before the internet.
Reason enough.There is no perversion.
It's about time ,it's about a time were you were not tethered to something other than a schedule.

My wife fusses at me all the time about me leaving my 4s iphone behind when I go run an errand.

I tell her,did I have one 20 years ago when I met you,and did I not come back?

Sometimes too much information can consume your life and prevents you from living it.

So your argument is life aint life unless you're getting dirty? Or do you mean, the internet takes a bit of the humanity out of humanity, by allowing them socially interact in a new way? Or is it both?

The way I see it, you can have your cake and eat it too, as long as you do not let yourself get perverted. I don't see a problem with making friends on the net instead of in person. It's a lot easier to find like minded people, thus allowing you to live a more enjoyable life - if that's what you enjoy.

Is there some deeper level of fear that you guys have? Something besides, "I'm tired of the net cause my friends wont come out and play?"

I think you could probably find someone on the net who likes to play in the garden or go on hikes or whatever it is that you want to do in nature. That's the beauty of the net. You can find people with common interests, and like minds, very easily.

Originally posted by IntelRetard
Go outside plant a garden, have a beer down the street, or take a walk.

There is plan B right there.

Those of us who navigated through life before cell phones and the internet will probably cope quite nicely.
Thrive even.

A peer to peer network with a combination of Omnidirectional , Semi-directional, or Highly-directional antennas should do the trick for plan b.

As for surviving without the internet: I don't think most people (on ATS, any ways) are really are concern about living without the internet. I think the concern is living without the ability to hear different point of views from individual sources versus solely corporate controlled entities. Do we have any laws that enables the gov't to shutdown traditional news sources: tv, paper press, and radio to be shut down by the gov't? What about ham radio and other forms of bi-directional communications?

Originally posted by TrueMessiah

Certain info can also be taken and stored/printed out.

That is what I have been doing for years, anything I like or think I will need I store it or print it for later.

I would LOVE for the internet to go down soon at this point.

The only reason I have it is that I advertised free wireless for my tenant.

I LOVED life before the net, it was friggin awesome!

I feel like I got what I needed, and now I want to let it go.

It is an addiction we ALL share to some degree..... i would love to go down the block or out for lunch or to the beach with people who arent looking at their phones the whole time.

Soak in the sun and the scenery again.

I feel like an alien just because I have a landline and no cell phone.

I feel this pressure like I am inconvienecing everyone for not being available enough for them

I even did the unthinkable *GASP* I SHUT DOWN my FACEBOOK!!! lol.... I am already making some people have a super flip from leaving facebook, imagine if I shut down my email accounts too and they have to call me on the phone like the olden days??!?!?! lol....

Yup, sad it is at this point.

you didnt throw your vintage porno mags away when the 'net took over did you

bad move dude

Either go back to phone in BBS's or use packet radio to access listservs.

Plan B is going back to the primitive and actually reading books and newspapers.

As far as things like ATS or Facebook or u tube my plan B is the same as before I was on to begin interacted to people face to face. We all can still make videos and had them out to people. Or make phone calls to friends