It is currently 1:20 am and I have to work in the morning. Sleep would be nice, but I fear it won't grace me with her presence for a little while longer. So until then, here is a small sample of some thoughts that ran through my head this dark, cold night.
How long could you go with out your internet? Hour? A day? I know I wouldn't want to be without it for too long. I'm not necessarily addicted to social media and such, but I do have an insatiable urge for information. Granted it may not be all that useful of information. Cutest kitty of the day will not be a topical conversation for too many. However, it is information and I treat is as such. So I will take it and catalog it with all the other randomness I learn through a day. All this is obtained through my ability to connect to the internet at any moment with my computer, smart phone, and/or telepathic electroconnectivity... pretend you didn't read that. The point is, is that whether it be useless or not, we all obtain copious amounts of information at any moment for any reason. People seem to believe that it corrupts us and that we are no longer involved in each others lives because we can simply see it on our screens at any moment. It creates friendships that are so very hollow because the only interaction you've had is a "poke". While it is an evil in society, it is a necessary evil. With drawbacks, there are always positives that severely out weigh the cons.
Side note: Helmet, Unsung is a glorious song that is always awesome.
We say we don't "live" our lives, we simply spectate from social media. I like to think that instead, it took us from a first person narrative story to a first person omniscient (to a small level). I think that because of the ease of access to the internet, and thus others lives, we can grow as a society together. Entire civilizations existed and never new one another. Imagine if an internet like system existed back during the first explorations of the Americas.
"We set fourth on this journey to expand mans reach on this world we cultivate into the future!" Posted 8:38am by Christopher Columbus.
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"We'll have dinner waiting." -Native American
Life is different, yes. Bad? Also yes. Good? Also yes. So the thing to take away from this, is you are using the pinnacle of engineering, scientific, creative, and inventive minds' brilliant technology. Leanr something! Like how to spell learn...
-Shaquackey
