what do you think you would be doing if not for the invention of the internet?
do you think the invention of the pc is a bad thing, because of the lonliness/depression that hikki's get?
i mean, do you think you would have turned out to be an ordinary human being if not for the internet?
also: alot of the depressed hikki's continue to use the internet, knowing it is the very cause of their unhappiness. couldn't you just cut your internet connection and try and fit back into society?
i dunno, but just want to get your input over the ethical issues of the internet and your view towards it.
i hope the post doesnt sound too stereotypical anyway, i don't want to offend anyone
hikkis would continue to act the way they do because of the way they think - with or without the internet. they need to change their attitude but that's easier said than done. I know this because I was depressed and was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. Talking with a counsellor helped me get over my social problems.
A lot of highschool relationships would not happen. A lot of people ask each other out and say their feelings over Instant Messaging services. Those services are like walls and people lose their fears and admit their feelings. Just this week I had to find out if a boy liked a friend of mine over MSN, he said no, she was heartbroken. This whole situation would be different had the internet not exist. Thats why I made a pact with myself not to profess my like over the internet.
Watching TV
Reading books. Maybe I'd be a librarian or something, who knows.
I think without the internet I'd actually be spending more outdoor hobbies, cycling and photography, which I rarely do now because of the internet. However, I think it would impede with my current social relationships since I use the internet to keep in touch with my really close IRL friends even if we are very far away from each other. Of course this would result to me meeting a lot of new people every now and then, but I think relationship will only stay at that or "acquaintances" at most.
molesting kids or birdwatching
Yeah, birdwatching is for weenies.