Do you think internet is taking too much control ?

[MikeB]

Now there are some jobs that only let you apply online. I think that's bullshit . It's not any different from papers. I think internet  makes fans more obsessed with their favorite celebrities than they did before internet was invented.I can't wait to grow out of the internet someday. Fans read movie spoilers and refuse to go see the movie. Music albums are selling less because of music downloading.What's the world going to be like in 20 years, no stores , just people hiding in their houses buying stuff off the computer like a bunch of lazy-idiots?The reason I like message boards like on here is because I can let out a thought I have stuck in my head but other than that people are turning a little wierd. I kind of  think the world  is starting to become like the Terminator movies how it was about inventions taking control over humans and nature. Today everything is about  money and material, not about human nature or  cures for diseases and so on but this pathetic world needs help ...

[D]

it takes too much time of my life away.

Its cool that u can furnish your house,buy a car,order food, anything without leaving your house.

great for recluses like me!

[SLCPUNK]

It's more of a help I think.

I can (although I can't believe how many people don't take advantage of this) research ANYTHING online before buying it. Car, home builders, radios, vcrs, you name it, there is a writeup giving the lowdown on it!

The internet has given me all kinds of knowledge on so many different subjects. It would be impossible to gain this at the library or just researching in general. No way could I absorb so much information.

I could get home loans, car loans, medical information, dental information, driving directions, tax information, drug information.....on and on and on. I use it all the time.

I do all my banking, credit cards, bill paying online.

Shopping is a thing of the past. Retail is for suckers. Internet is the way to go. I laugh at prices people pay for things at the malls compared to what you can get online.

You can even buy cars online, totally going around pushy salesmen and buy from the freight manager! Crazy shit man.

Internet is the most useful, informative, convenient tool I could imagine.

I just did a business transaction last month. It took all month: faxing, copying, resending, etc etc etc. PITA! I could only imagine now long that would have taken before the internet.

"You need a copy of this again? No problem...." Scanned and emailed....

"You need me to print and sign? No problem".......Printed, signed, scanned, emailed!

It goes on and on.

You can take classes online, apply for things online. When I moved across country a few years back I did the truck rental, hotel stays, apartment (all lined up), and even job all online. What a snap!

I love the internet.

Plus I'm a total fucking recluse.

[mikegiuliana]

I hate the net because it sucked me in like atari the nintendo did when I was a kid.. I've only had it a few years but I have wasted so much time.. I rather have had no net and never even talked about new gnr.. It has it's good points but it's really making people to fucking secluded and interest in sports is decling.

I moved back to my old block and when we were kids the damn thing was loaded with people playing football punchball whiffle ball or having a catch in the street, now none of the kids do anything outside.. I am on way to much, but I do lift weights almost every day and I do spend a few hours each day at the park or taking long walks with my child.

I check out an adult message board that had a porn gallery that members post pics they find... The damn thing had to be deleted because the guy who ran it said new laws by bush say your nudes have to be expressed in artistic fashion.. I hope that's not true..

[nesquick]

I think there should be laws to regulate internet.