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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2018 13:20:47 GMT -5
There are bound to be moments when your partner/spouse/family/flatmate tells you you're spending too much time online. I had half such a moment this afternoon and not for the first time. I should hastily add that it's never been any more specific than complaints about me always being sat at that &$@£ing thing (I'm only online when at the computer, you see). Does this sound familiar to anyone else? I'll read about it tomorrow.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2018 14:08:01 GMT -5
Sort of. My parents used to complain that I spent too much time online. When I'd be applying for jobs, they'd get angry when I would only go out collecting physical applications for one day before returning to the computer. I tried telling them that almost every place I went told me to apply on the internet, so that's what I was doing.
Here and there, my mom would relent and admit that if she had access to all her friends and the accumulated knowledge of mankind in her room she'd have probably spent a lot of time online too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2018 18:51:49 GMT -5
There are bound to be moments when your partner/spouse/family/flatmate tells you you're spending too much time online. I had half such a moment this afternoon and not for the first time. I should hastily add that it's never been any more specific than complaints about me always being sat at that &$@£ing thing (I'm only online when at the computer, you see). Does this sound familiar to anyone else? I'll read about it tomorrow. This is why I enjoy living alone. I'm an adult. I do what I want and I will not tolerate guilt trips. Things get done around here on my terms alone. Several years ago I somehow allowed my then-wife to guilt trip me right out of the music biz. She's been out of my life for many years, and I've been doing music ever since!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 5:06:45 GMT -5
Wise words, @iluvleniloud, as always.  I suppose the thing is to tread a middle path between being true to oneself and not offending those you share your home with. sockit: I admit to occasionally suffering from guilt trips for my time online. The only answer I find is compromise. It's a tightrope walk but one I make gladly. Both aspects of my life are far too important. |
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Post by John Manning on Jan 2, 2019 6:29:36 GMT -5
Sort of. My parents used to complain that I spent too much time online. When I'd be applying for jobs, they'd get angry when I would only go out collecting physical applications for one day before returning to the computer. I tried telling them that almost every place I went told me to apply on the internet, so that's what I was doing. Here and there, my mom would relent and admit that if she had access to all her friends and the accumulated knowledge of mankind in her room she'd have probably spent a lot of time online too. Cripes, I suddenly feel that bit older again… there was no such thing as “online” when I lived with my folks! I guess that differentiates me from my own kids too! Creak… |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 6:58:24 GMT -5
Cripes, I suddenly feel that bit older again… there was no such thing as “online” when I lived with my folks! I guess that differentiates me from my own kids too! Strange--being a Junior Member again has done wonders for me.  Actually my own kids had left home before the internet really took off! It's my two eldest grandkids who are reaping the benefits now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 14:04:11 GMT -5
It's a blessing and a curse, especially since we're still in the growing pains stage of things. (Like with the job applications, where the conventional approach still hasn't totally faded away but it's beginning to.)
I think it makes younger generations more knowledgeable about current events, and more open to different groups of people, but also more flakey and emotionally aloof.
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