I pit the internet!!!

I see the internet as a place where people with no real life tend to gather! Sure I dabble on line, but some seem to be on line in the morning, the afternoon, the evening as well as into the night! Don’t these people have ANYTHING happening in their REAL life that can offer them more than the empty, mindless communication that people call FORUMS!!!

WHY ARE YOU HERE READING THIS???

Um, I’m in front of a computer most of the day at work, and I check my email in the morning and after work as well. When I do these things, I tend to have an IE window open to this message board.

So basically, fuck you.

Well, up until the 15th of November I had one fulltime (32 hour a week) job and a part time job teaching aerobics and dance at a local university.

I’m also a mom, a sister, a daughter and a girlfriend. I used to post while at work in between things I was doing because that’s what sort of job I had.

I imagine you see people’s posts “morning, noon, and night” NOT because they’re “on the computer all day” but because those are the times that they log on and post for a bit.

Based on the experiences and intelligence level of those on the board (even the jerks), it’s quite apparent most have full lives outside of the internet.

canvass

I see that you really like run-on sentences.

Saturday night here mate, why aren’t you out?

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that you must’ve had an early start on the kero when the cricket got washed out.

Yer bein’ a bit of a galah, cobber.

WHY ARE YOU HERE POSTING THAT??? NERD!!!

I take your point Lord. I too check my emails daily and also open a browser and have a look around. My point is that there are people that post constantly. I’m not just talking about this forum but forums in general. Sure I’ve spent my fair share of time on-line but some places I visit I see the same people there no matter what time I go there. It’s as if they rise from their bed and log straight into a forum and sit there all day just answering anybody that comes along! So often their posts are so trivial that it appears that they don’t really care what they’re saying as long as they’re “communicating” with somebody.

Don’t get me wrong, I think the internet is a great thing and the communication side of it is fantastic. It’s just that some seem to take it all so seriously! Let’s face it, If you turn off your computer your left with WHAT IS.

I’ll dissregard your “fuck you” comment Lord, as I feel that as an adult, I’m beyond such trivial shit!

As a point of interest Loadeddog, it’s 7:04 here and we have a dinner engaugement at 8:00. So I shall away and prepare for said engaugement! Enjoy your artificial stimulation in front of your pc screen! Look out the window! Gee Whizz! What IS that out there???

:rolleyes:

You know what, Aussie Guy? No, I don’t have anything else in my life. I’m a full-time carer and if I didn’t get to ‘interact’ with people on the 'net, I’d be even more isolated than I am.

I don’t post here very much but I spend a LOT more time on the computer, just naffing about, than most people do. Without the 'net, I’d probably go insane.

Do have a delightful “engaugement at 8:00”.

Try very hard not to choke on that dinner.

We would be so sad if you did.

c k ya bugger. I was being polite, and let that one go. Eh, I can only assume the dinner engaugement in question consists of a Happy McMeal followed by several hours of hanging around the mall.

Hehehe… NO! surely not! I’m sure it was an evening of eleeeegant dining followed by a tinny :slight_smile:

If he is lucky the “engaugement” may be followed by “artificial stimulation” of the self applied palmistry method.

Doesn’t it seem like the plural of “forum” should be “fora”? Just sounds more official somehow.

I’ve been convinced for years that the only country that con keep up with America in terms of slang words is Australia. I can only guess that “cricket” is some sort of creek/stream, and kero is a form of “firewater”. Other than that, totally freaking lost.

BTW, if the OP has so much time to cite multiple forums, how fast does he get through them. I tend to post often here, but the time I spend on the SDMB’s takes up all my forum time. Otherwise I’m getting news, sports, etc or working.

Well you might have to add NZ to that list (strange as that list is) seeking truth. Kero is kerosene…mentioned here cause truly tragic alchys would drink it. Cricket is a sport. One aussies like mentioning cause they are bloody good at it.

The OP is a dork.

No, please don’t disregard it. I put it there for a reason.

Riiiiiight. :rolleyes:

AussieGuy makes a pretty good point. I think he is right,
especially when you see someone with 10,000 posts. I really have to wonder how they have time for anything else.

Best question of the day. I will try my best to avoid threads started by AussieGuy in the future.

And internet, if you’re reading this and I know you are, I still love you.

Wellll… your topic is certainly proof enough that there’s ‘empty, mindless communication’ on the internet… lots of it. Too much.
Maybe people could get offline quicker if they didn’t need to sort through all the ill-conceived threads* (like this one!) on what many people consider a fantastic Forum for rich, thought-provoking communication (like this one!) *

Thanks SO much for adding more chaff to our wheat, guy.

:wally
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