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#19 Internet
Mar. 19th, 2011 09:45 pmWords words words!
I missed yesterday! And Thursday was just a St Patrick’s day post.
The word is …
Internet
Who would have ever dreamed of such a thing when those older ones of us were kids? To be able to chat, email, and connect with people all over the world in real time for less a hundred dollars a month?
When my husband began working in computers in 1980, a computer took up an entire room and the information was fed to it via punch cards or data cards. Remember the old ‘do not fold, spindle or mutilate’ warnings on the cards?
Then came the microchip and boom! We had computers everywhere, tiny little things. The whole world changed and mostly for the better.
We could talk to people anywhere almost instantly but it brought out the worst in people too. Porn had a whole new audience and that surely was not such a good thing. People who would never have even looked at porn became addicted. Normal housewives left their husbands for men they’d never met. Murderers hunted their next victims on dating sites or even Craig’s list, which also has been known to feature prostitutes and drug dealers.
Nothing is secret once it’s online… nothing.
On the good side, I have met some of the best people in the world online. Some I’ve met in RL too and some I probably never will but they are friends nevertheless. I can shop without leaving home, pay bills instantly, listen to music, watch tv and movies… and I’m never completely alone if I wish not to be!
Where else can you get so much from so little?
I missed yesterday! And Thursday was just a St Patrick’s day post.
The word is …
Internet
Who would have ever dreamed of such a thing when those older ones of us were kids? To be able to chat, email, and connect with people all over the world in real time for less a hundred dollars a month?
When my husband began working in computers in 1980, a computer took up an entire room and the information was fed to it via punch cards or data cards. Remember the old ‘do not fold, spindle or mutilate’ warnings on the cards?
Then came the microchip and boom! We had computers everywhere, tiny little things. The whole world changed and mostly for the better.
We could talk to people anywhere almost instantly but it brought out the worst in people too. Porn had a whole new audience and that surely was not such a good thing. People who would never have even looked at porn became addicted. Normal housewives left their husbands for men they’d never met. Murderers hunted their next victims on dating sites or even Craig’s list, which also has been known to feature prostitutes and drug dealers.
Nothing is secret once it’s online… nothing.
On the good side, I have met some of the best people in the world online. Some I’ve met in RL too and some I probably never will but they are friends nevertheless. I can shop without leaving home, pay bills instantly, listen to music, watch tv and movies… and I’m never completely alone if I wish not to be!
Where else can you get so much from so little?