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BlackWidow


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Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story)
#18941910 - 10/06/13 07:13 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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So I've recently been wondering about what the effects of all this technology are going to be on kids nowadays. When I was a kid, the internet was still pretty new and it was very slow. So as a kid I always socialized. It wasn't until I was about 15-16 that I started using the internet heavily and then never stopped. My social skills just from this are for the most part f*cked. Imagine how kids will be when they're getting this technology at 3 or 4 years old? Will they ever have time to learn to socialize? Kind of weird thinking about how they will turn out.
Now to my story, last year I became homeless. At first I thought it would suck not having stable housing, etc. I had the most fun of my life! I lost almost all access to the internet. (I couchsurfed for a few weeks until getting an apartment.) So what did I do? I socialized instead to pass the time and just had fun at my friend's houses for the few weeks.
I have internet again now and am back to my normal anti-socialness. 
Anyways, do you guys think the internet is ruining all of our social skills?
Edited by BlackWidow (10/06/13 07:15 PM)
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: BlackWidow] 7
#18941915 - 10/06/13 07:14 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think lazy people are ruining their own social skills and passing these misguided values to their worthless crotch-spawn.
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All of the people I know seem pretty socially well adapted despite being a part of this information age. That being said I think some people take too many pointless pictures which sorts of takes away from the moment lol
As for myself I'm quite the weirdo but I think I'd be that way regardless of whether or not I spend a lot of time on the internet
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Sheekle] 4
#18941940 - 10/06/13 07:21 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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The internet is ruining my relationship with my cats.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Konyap] 5
#18941947 - 10/06/13 07:22 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Illyabo said: The internet is ruining my relationship with my cats.
-------------------- "Ur cat died because he hated u" - Koods "I hope JSB kicks your ass one day." - Vandago "you are the biggest 'internet guy' I have ever come across"- Jokeshopbeard "The more I see you post the more I realize you're just this fuckin tie dye loser who trolls the Shroomery 24/7." - Herbologist "Sheekle you cannot vile the dice of bullshit you have posted on this forum over the years, I like databases" - thelastoneleft "or maybe i just come from a blood line of superior intelligence" - trees R.I.P Kelsy, ?/?/?? - 6/11/16
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: BlackWidow]
#18941969 - 10/06/13 07:28 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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you might wanna stay inside more but no, everybody uses the internet so I wouldn't say it ruins your skills. actually it makes it easier because it's like half of social skills is just...being there...
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: BlackWidow]
#18941970 - 10/06/13 07:28 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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BlackWidow said: So I've recently been wondering about what the effects of all this technology are going to be on kids nowadays. When I was a kid, the internet was still pretty new and it was very slow. So as a kid I always socialized. It wasn't until I was about 15-16 that I started using the internet heavily and then never stopped. My social skills just from this are for the most part f*cked. Imagine how kids will be when they're getting this technology at 3 or 4 years old? Will they ever have time to learn to socialize? Kind of weird thinking about how they will turn out.
Now to my story, last year I became homeless. At first I thought it would suck not having stable housing, etc. I had the most fun of my life! I lost almost all access to the internet. (I couchsurfed for a few weeks until getting an apartment.) So what did I do? I socialized instead to pass the time and just had fun at my friend's houses for the few weeks.
I have internet again now and am back to my normal anti-socialness. 
Anyways, do you guys think the internet is ruining all of our social skills?
Everything about this post is just...ugh.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Shroomerited]
#18941977 - 10/06/13 07:31 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Nothing has ever changed ever.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Shroomerited]
#18941984 - 10/06/13 07:32 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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no way man stuff changes all the time
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Shroomerited]
#18941989 - 10/06/13 07:32 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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So do you have anything a bit more pragmatic to add, or just empty rhetoric?
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: g00ru]
#18941991 - 10/06/13 07:33 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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g00ru said: no way man stuff changes all the time
If stuff is changing all the time has anything really changed?
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Shroomerited]
#18941994 - 10/06/13 07:33 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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ah, yes the eternal flow
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sVs said: So do you have anything a bit more pragmatic to add, or just empty rhetoric?
Mostly empty rhetoric.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: g00ru]
#18942000 - 10/06/13 07:35 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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g00ru said: ah, yes the eternal flow
You get what I'm saying
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Shroomerited]
#18942019 - 10/06/13 07:40 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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I kinda think so. I 32. Things are different. We used to go outside and hang out a lot more.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Shroomerited] 1
#18942022 - 10/06/13 07:41 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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All I know is when I go out to dinner with my friends (all of us 25-30 yrs old)there is always at least one person if not more forever on their phone on FB or texting or whatever. Now I love the internet, but it'd be nice if sometimes people could pry themselves away for their digital devices for 1 hour to have dinner and socialize.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: DeadPhan]
#18942027 - 10/06/13 07:42 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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DeadPhan said: I kinda think so. I 32. Things are different. We used to go outside and hang out a lot more. 
hellz yeah, I remember having king of the hill and tag sports...even some neighborhood rock throwing fights.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: dirty] 2
#18942039 - 10/06/13 07:44 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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The structure of social media gives unimportant nobodies a chance to get the acknowledgement and validation they lack in life. It's a pretty simple thing, that unintelligent people are perpetually glued to Facebook-machines, seeking out likes and what-have-you.
Long story short, stupid people will fall prey to the insipid side of the information age.
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Shroomerited]
#18942044 - 10/06/13 07:44 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Shroomerited said:
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g00ru said: no way man stuff changes all the time
If stuff is changing all the time has anything really changed?
The amount of change we have had in the past century is exponentially greater than the rest of mans time on earth, which is pretty miniscule compared to how long the earth itself has been here. So yeah, stuff has and is changing
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Re: Is The Internet Ruining Our Social Skills? (My story) [Re: Sheekle]
#18942781 - 10/06/13 11:03 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sheekle said:
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Illyabo said: The internet is ruining my relationship with my cats.

That is not a laughing matter.
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