So I actually started this post like, a few centuries ago, but things became so hectic and busy with school and I just kind of found other ways to spend my time (euphemism for "I lost interest" or "I was uninspired"). To add to that, when I actually remembered I had this blog and tried to get on it yesterday I couldn't remember my password, thus having to reset it. That's how long it's been. It's actually been a hell of a year for me. And not all in a good way. I don't know about you, though. I'm assuming you've been very productive with your time and done amazing things; helped an old lady cross the road, baked a cake, passed an exam, made someone smile, planted a tree... The bottom line is, I'm back. For good, I hope. We don't want to be speaking too soon now.
Anyway I'm carrying on from the topic that I was supposed to write about ages ago. This is actually kind of a perfect timing for me to write about this topic. It's quite a funny story, but to sum it all up I threw my capo (it's a common guitar accessory, Google for more info) at my laptop screen and now I'm officially laptop-less. It's about time I get a new one anyway. I'm currently writing this using my
I guess what I'm trying to go for here is, what if there's no internet? "Whoa, don't joke like that" will probably be the first thing that will come to mind. Well, it was the first thing that came to mine, anyway. I know not all of us are internet junkies, not all of us find amusement in internet pop culture, but most definitely, not everyone understands. I don't think I can ever express the immensity of the loss it will be without the internet. Yes, it's my life. Pretty much. And if you're reading this, it's probably yours too. Denial is not the way to go, just so you know.
Let's put some perspective here, how much of your life is affected by the net? For me it's about... 60%-70%? I was actually going to say 90% but that'd be exaggerating. Yes, I do, however surprising it may sound, have a life. So say for the remaining 40%-30%, how much of that do you think you'd spend thinking about things net-related? About 50%, maybe? So 20%-15%? Not trying to be good at Math or anything. What I'm trying to say is that the internet has affected such a huge proportion of our lives (I'm speaking generally, but I still know that's not the case for the minority) in good and bad ways. It's a bit sad yet, the internet's also quite amazing. I mean, where would you have gotten all the answers to that English homework? To that History research? To that Chemistry project? The library seems like a reasonable answer, but where else can you get easy one-click access to the biggest archives around the world? The internet. That's where.
Without the internet: (starting with the positives) people would probably have a much more positive attitude towards 'body image' (although that kind of falls more under the loss of media or technology), people would read more, spend more time in libraries, we'd learn the art of chronological archiving, maybe be a bit more organized, actually have lives, better socializing and communication skills, lower rate of plagiarism, and we'd be able to interact more with each other; (now with the negatives) some people won't be as open-minded, traditional (and harder) ways to work, generic and simple ways of learning, no free information, slow individual brain development, limited access to creativity, limited opportunity when it comes to self-expression, no lolcats (relevant), no easy access to new music (buying from iTunes OR illegal/legal downloading - unless of course you buy them from shops but that doesn't really count as 'easy access' now does it), and harder ways of being up-to-date with pretty much everything.
I guess I could've focused on other things too like "What if the sun didn't shine?", "What if animals can talk?", "What if animals can give messages from the other side?", "What if you had a one-night stand with your celebrity crush?", "What if everyone got along?" (now wouldn't THAT be interesting), "What if the world got invaded by rabid mutant hamsters?", "What if electricity wasn't invented?", "What if we lived in Mars?", or "What if we lived in a fantasy world where elves and dragons and giant trolls existed?" (okay that last one got a bit out of hand), but the internet thing was just the most relevant one. I should start a 'What If' blog. That's actually pretty exciting, putting mind-blowing rhetorical questions into the brains of innocent humans. One day.
Next time: Life Advice
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