Are you grateful you were born in an era where the internet invention exists?

[Perhaps]

Do you love the internet?
Can you live without it?

[Seagull]

150%. The world was definitely a poorer place before all the fascinating question threads on The Lounge on SA-UK.

[Perhaps]

Originally Posted by Seagull

150%. The world was definitely a poorer place before all the fascinating question threads on The Lounge on SA-UK.

What do you mean? you almost said the exact same thing in my other thread here:

Originally Posted by Seagull

Resisting the temptation to start a thread?

so I'm really confused and not sure if you are joking or not at this point.

[Seagull]

^ It's a good and valid question (your Internet one)

[Perhaps]

Originally Posted by Seagull

^ It's a good and valid question (your Internet one)

okay??

[Percy]

Very much so, we're living in the age of information.

[Shy_pretty_Angela]

Yes very much. So much to research and information. I dont watch TV

[Laurel]

not sure really, didn't live long enough in a pre-internet era I guess. I think it might cause more people to be isolated, more people opting for entertainment instead of interaction. More people with a 'swap' value. I can swap x for a superior y. Higher spending. Infinite possibilities maybe causing anxiety. More waste time on silly apps, silly sites, silly internet. Lower attention span.

But on the positive- more knowledge, more recipes, more buying freedom,

[Perhaps]

Speaking of the internet as a superior source of knowledge, I find it strange that I never forgot any interesting fact/quote I looked up in a literal book, on the other hand, normally I come across a lot of informative content online, but they just vaporize after a while from my head, as if what comes easy goes easy.

And as someone with social anxiety and poor social skills , I have always preferred the internet as a better friend over actual people.