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I love the internet! I love it when I have nothing to do, I love it when I have tons to do, and I even love it when I find the lecture that I am sitting in quite boring. Oh the places that I can go. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Myspace, Vevo, and email access! Oh the list is endless. But while I love the many things that it provides, I can’t help but to look at the destruction that is possible with just a few strokes of the keys. With a couple clicks a child can access pornography, with a little Facebook stalking relationships can end, and with a few messages, lives can be devastated.
You see while the internet provides me with access to almost anything, it limits my access to one thing- person to person interaction. Today I went to lunch with 2 of my close friends and interestingly enough, not many words were exchanged between the three of us. We all had our laptops with us and the internet was only a click away. We were so absorbed in registering for our classes, checking our emails, and responding to our messages on Facebook that the concept of talking to each other sort of slipped our minds. Granted, like I said we are very close friends so a lot can go unsaid between us and we can still walk away feeling like we understand each other, but the same isn’t true for everyone.
And then of course, you have those people that chose to hide behind the internet. You know the ones that talk a big talk through their Facebook status and through chat but never quite have anything to say to your face. The ones that find it necessary to rant and rave about how you did them wrong but are never bold enough to confront you. Yea, those people are priceless. It’s just a shame that the Internet has become so involved in our lives that it has even become the main outlet for our emotions.
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the Internet, which is evident through my use of it to write this blog. I just think that some people need to step back for a bit and put things into their proper perspective. Why do we run to Facebook to leave a message rather than calling and talking to the person? Why do we rant and rave about someone instead of just talking to them face to face? Why can my friends and I sit at a table and barely talk to each other but be so wrapped up in the unresponsive screen that sits before us. Why are we allowing this source of “connection” to slowly disconnect us?
dandaman6007
| 4/20/10 10:09 PM
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