When you first discovered iin, did you think this too?

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I happened upon this site and haven't been able to leave! And the whole time I am reading people's stories and polls, I'm saying to myself, "Man, I wish the internet was around when I was growing up!" I think I would be a totally different person if I had a place like this to realize I wasn't crazy, weird, alone or sick-minded when I was younger.(well, maybe a little hahaha). What a difference it would have made. *On the other hand, I curse the internet quite often, having children. Trying to protect them but not shelter them is an ever-changing struggle...so, my very 1st question to all of you is:

Does anyone else, who grew up without the internet think some of those things too? Is that a normal experience for some of you?

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago | pl

    I DID have the internet while I was growing up. That is why I am crazy, weird, alone and sick-minded.

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  • DefinitelyNotNormal89
    13 years ago

    My first thought was "YESSSSSSSSSSSSS, I'M NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!"
    I grew up with the internet so I'm full of useless facts and now I have left school the internet seems to be my new teacher; "I wonder if a pregnant dog takes a pregnancy test will it actually work? Google."

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    My father recently showed me some pictures of him and some chums from the 1970s. I was amazed because they, and I mean everybody in the photos, were very thin. Or what we'd call thin today. I thought it odd and asked him about it-why he and all his friends were so skinny. (He is over six feet tall and in the photos weighed 160 pounds) A bit naive I admit.

    He said that's the way everybody was before the internet. Thin and fit was the norm.

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    • Anti-Ares75
      13 years ago

      carolann (61440) : That is HILARIOUS! I never really thought of that..but it's sooooo true! Thanks for sharing :)

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  • kickbutt
    13 years ago

    i agree w first commentor. it's true and simply the reality of the internet.

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  • 1776
    13 years ago

    wow!! this first comment says it all

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  • Legion
    13 years ago

    I Still feel like that about this site! This is one of my favorite websites!

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  • DannyKanes
    13 years ago

    To the OP, I didn't think this being the first story I ever read on IIN was about someone who put a small cut on the end of his penis, so he can use the blood as lubricant while he masturbates. So my very very first thought about IIN was "WTF?"

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  • tori
    13 years ago

    I grew up before the internet was invented. I'm in a quandary. I appreciate having the Internet greatly. And also thinking back when I was a teenager, the world seemed to be a much bigger place. The world today appears to be a smaller place with the Internet. News from everywhere in one spot. Twitter this, twitter that. If I wanted to see or speak to a friend I ran down the street and knocked on their door.

    I don't know if I'm getting across what I really mean. It's in my head but it's not coming out right.

    I worried to death when my kids were in their teens and a social website popped up. Way before Myspace. Nothing happened but as a parent you still worry.

    Take care

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I think people under 18 should go on to the internet, have a computer or a mobile phone. All it is doing is making them dependent on electronics and should be given time for their brain to function to its fullest. Of course alot of teens/children will complain that shouldnt happen but that just goes to show im right I mean whats the big deal if someone cant text their friends with gossip etc?

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    • Legion
      13 years ago

      uhh, dont you mean they shouldent, because they are too dependent on it?

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      • [Old Memory]
        13 years ago

        Yes I ment shouldnt I usualy only go on this site when im tired which leads to misspelling. So yes I ment "Shouldnt".

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      • [Old Memory]
        13 years ago

        He wants the new generation to fail.

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        • [Old Memory]
          13 years ago

          Technology is evolving. The human race isnt.

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          • [Old Memory]
            13 years ago

            Development of the human brain is influenced and affected by stimuli during formative years. Enzymic and hormonal impact brought forth by this stimuli can lead to certain areas of the brain being more active or even larger than other areas. Children of the web might be good typists, but are retarded emotionally and socially due not to a lack of socialization but to actual changes in brain chemistry.

            So in 10,000 years descendants of the web will have a visual range of two feet, twelve fingers, no legs and be unable to talk.

            Now that's evolution.

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            • [Old Memory]
              12 years ago

              I wouldnt call that evolution just de-evolution.

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            • chewy
              12 years ago

              thats very negative of you not everybody acts like that so there is hope for the planet sure there is less social interaction in real life but that doesnt mean that well happen i mean come on

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            • EPR73
              12 years ago

              yep. I fully believe in this notion, but honestly, every time I go into public, I struggle to comprehend peoples stupidity and it results in me isolating myself once again back onto the internet. humans suck, I am about to get a wall-e and call it day.

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    • chewy
      12 years ago

      i dont give a fuck what you think you overthink things shut your brain off and relax

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      • [Old Memory]
        12 years ago

        If you dont care then why are you replying to me? and I think its abit hard for someone to turn their brain off.

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        • TheManagement
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          12 years ago

          Watch it.

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          • [Old Memory]
            12 years ago

            Management that was me basically trying to make an ending comment to stop the replying. When I reply to people I usually dont want to but do it out of respect to the person replying to me because they replied looking to communicate with me. My reply wasnt to start an argument or a disscussion infact I wanted to say something else but would of been against our agreement which is why I said "why are you replying to me" in hopes that they wont and the brain thing I was only trying to make a friendly joke by stating the obvious. My reply was in no way an attack or any part of an argument and I hope this comment explains that.

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            • chewy
              12 years ago

              i have realized fighting like this isnt worth it so can we be in peace now?

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  • Dude36Git
    12 years ago

    No I wish I was growing up in the 80s when people actually talked in person all I get now is strange looks, people use social networking sites wayyyyyyyy to much for anyones good, think about 10yr olds gaining access to Internet porn and it brainfucking them...and what ever happened to dating in person

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  • Flowers
    12 years ago

    Bless this site. :)

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  • lola27
    13 years ago

    I'm fascinated by the idea that there are people half my age who are on this website and, and are the age I was when we first got the internet (and we're still the same generation, fancy that. Anyone remember Comm 64s and Windows 3.1? Yeah baby, the internet for lay people came after that.

    It's a double edged sword, like the OP said. Knowledge is empowering, but then again, this is the internet.....(most of it's crap! but there are gems floating around).

    Still I like the idea of actually being able to get away...like properly. Mobile phones and the internet took that from us.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Yes. I think the Internet and the World Wide Web(the software that runs on it)are fantastic. I am blessed and grateful to be born at a time whereby all of these opportunities are opening up and I am able to see the recession of brick and mortar gigs in favor of virtual careers, seeing as how I am a bit of a misanthrope and never could stand office politics, drama, or douchebag coworkers.. And, the fact that global communication is sooooo astounding; that we are able to communicate with and to befriend people on this planet that, prior to the advent of the Internet, we would never have known...that is absolutely INCREDIBLE. I think I would be a very unhappy camper if I were not provided with this tool to rant, to vent, and to reach out to others and to life opportunities.

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  • takeiteasy12
    13 years ago

    Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
    -H. G. Wells

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