The web makes the world happier
- Thread starter Miss Chicken
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Yes, mostly because I've moved around a lot and have friends and family all over the world. Without the internet I wouldn't have nearly as much contact with them as I do. Also I've never been one for keeping written journals but I use Livejournal for ranting and raving and, again, staying in touch with international friends. And online shopping is a serious bonus. 
I have contacted several friends I had lost touch with thanks to the internet.
I also have been able to find information about my family history that I wouldn't have otherwise find including old photos of family members.
I love online shopping. It makes my life so much easier.
I also like the easy access to information.
I also have been able to find information about my family history that I wouldn't have otherwise find including old photos of family members.
I love online shopping. It makes my life so much easier.
I also like the easy access to information.
Definitely Yes.
The people I've met online have absolutely made me happier. I've come in contact with quite a few kindred spirits, very nice and talented people.
Online shopping is not only easier, but gives me access to books (and DVDs et cetera) that would be very hard to track down otherwise. It also allows people (such as myself
) to distribute their creative works directly, bypassing traditional methods. I've been able to obtain a bunch of "amateur" books, films et cetera that are very much superior to "professional" works.
The Internet makes the world better for everyone.
The people I've met online have absolutely made me happier. I've come in contact with quite a few kindred spirits, very nice and talented people.
Online shopping is not only easier, but gives me access to books (and DVDs et cetera) that would be very hard to track down otherwise. It also allows people (such as myself
) to distribute their creative works directly, bypassing traditional methods. I've been able to obtain a bunch of "amateur" books, films et cetera that are very much superior to "professional" works.The Internet makes the world better for everyone.
I make the web happier.
online shopping definitely makes life easier. as I stated in another thread, I haven't had to set foot in a retail establishment during November or December in over 10 years. I can't even remember what the inside of a mall looks like.
and I definitely love the easy access to information. knowledge is power.
Huge YES.
Professionally, the Internet allows me to work from home and, yes, collaborate with my co-workers and clients as easily as if they were in the office next door. Moreover, it enables me to choose where home is, rather than being tied down by geography. It puts untold amounts of reference information within immediate reach, increasing my productivity and reducing my stress.
Personally, it allows me to stay in touch with far away family, meet new people from all over the world. I can play Uno with my mother in Connecticut, my sister in Greece, and my wife upstairs, all the while video conferencing on Skype. We share laughs, tears, ideas, and more. It's the next best thing to breaking bread at the same table.
The Internet saves me tons of money too - which enables me to do other things. SkypeOut costs $3 per month for unlimited calls to the US and Canada. The same connection with AT&T UVERSE is over $35 per month when you count up the fees. Buying my television shows on iTunes or watching on Hulu saves me $400 per year (again compared to AT&T UVERSE, and my usual viewing habits). I find the best prices for all kinds of products and services online -- to say nothing about avoiding pitfalls by reading reviews in advance of purchases.
From work, to entertainment, to communications, money, and more, the Internet has definitely had an enormously positive impact on my life.
Professionally, the Internet allows me to work from home and, yes, collaborate with my co-workers and clients as easily as if they were in the office next door. Moreover, it enables me to choose where home is, rather than being tied down by geography. It puts untold amounts of reference information within immediate reach, increasing my productivity and reducing my stress.
Personally, it allows me to stay in touch with far away family, meet new people from all over the world. I can play Uno with my mother in Connecticut, my sister in Greece, and my wife upstairs, all the while video conferencing on Skype. We share laughs, tears, ideas, and more. It's the next best thing to breaking bread at the same table.
The Internet saves me tons of money too - which enables me to do other things. SkypeOut costs $3 per month for unlimited calls to the US and Canada. The same connection with AT&T UVERSE is over $35 per month when you count up the fees. Buying my television shows on iTunes or watching on Hulu saves me $400 per year (again compared to AT&T UVERSE, and my usual viewing habits). I find the best prices for all kinds of products and services online -- to say nothing about avoiding pitfalls by reading reviews in advance of purchases.
From work, to entertainment, to communications, money, and more, the Internet has definitely had an enormously positive impact on my life.
Definitely yes.
It makes staying in contact with friends--particularly my hard-of-hearing friend--so much easier, and with no long-distance phone bills. I can buy hard to find presents for my nieces and nephews, and have them shipped, without leaving my home.
I've found a way to participate in my writing hobby, and I get responses from people with similar interests, who live in countries all over the world.
I can research most anything at any time, find books and music, locate great restaurants in my town, and get maps instantly---which is important, since I am directly-challenged. Now I'm more willing to drive to new places, because I know I won't get lost.
Plus---I found this place---a place I can my complete geeked out self, and still fit right in. I'm even made some real-life friends here; it's made me a tad more social and little more willing to be outgoing, which was always hard for me.
I can definitely say that it has, in most every way, made my life better and me a happier person.
It makes staying in contact with friends--particularly my hard-of-hearing friend--so much easier, and with no long-distance phone bills. I can buy hard to find presents for my nieces and nephews, and have them shipped, without leaving my home.
I've found a way to participate in my writing hobby, and I get responses from people with similar interests, who live in countries all over the world.
I can research most anything at any time, find books and music, locate great restaurants in my town, and get maps instantly---which is important, since I am directly-challenged. Now I'm more willing to drive to new places, because I know I won't get lost.
Plus---I found this place---a place I can my complete geeked out self, and still fit right in. I'm even made some real-life friends here; it's made me a tad more social and little more willing to be outgoing, which was always hard for me.
I can definitely say that it has, in most every way, made my life better and me a happier person.
Definitely yes.
It makes bizarre penguin fetish porn soooo much easier to access and publish, and I can stay in contact with all my close penguin friends whose careers I've helped, and in many cases who I discovered and talked into mating on camera in movies like "March of the Penguins" and "Farce of the Penguins."
Even though Internet access to Antarctica can be iffy sometimes, it's still better than waiting four or five months to see which of your hot young starlets or experienced actors has survived the brutal winter, found enough fish to keep their body fat up, and in many cases successfully raised a chick.
It also allows them to query me for parenting advice on questions like, "Fledge is refusing to eat herring, and it's all I brought in my tummy. Should I make him eat it for his own good or waddle back to the ocean and try and find some smelts?"
These are the kind of questions that make me feel essential and needed instead of just a penguin pimp wearing a producer's hat.
It makes bizarre penguin fetish porn soooo much easier to access and publish, and I can stay in contact with all my close penguin friends whose careers I've helped, and in many cases who I discovered and talked into mating on camera in movies like "March of the Penguins" and "Farce of the Penguins."
Even though Internet access to Antarctica can be iffy sometimes, it's still better than waiting four or five months to see which of your hot young starlets or experienced actors has survived the brutal winter, found enough fish to keep their body fat up, and in many cases successfully raised a chick.
It also allows them to query me for parenting advice on questions like, "Fledge is refusing to eat herring, and it's all I brought in my tummy. Should I make him eat it for his own good or waddle back to the ocean and try and find some smelts?"
These are the kind of questions that make me feel essential and needed instead of just a penguin pimp wearing a producer's hat.
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Most definitely, yes. Around where I live, if you don't talk about guns, god, money or wrestling, you've got nothing to talk about. I believe the internet has saved my mind from certain insanity.
Absolutely yes. Nuff said.
And don't forget, you make it lovely to look at as well.
And don't forget, you make it lovely to look at as well.
..so the answers is obviously YES
Definitely yes, for most of the reasons already mentioned plus the fact that, due to being able to research experimental protocols online, my eldest sister lived for about a year longer than projected.
After emergency surgery for a rare and malignant brain tumor, she was given about 3-6 months to live. Any therapy we wanted to try would have to start immediately if it were going to be of any use at all. My family got online to research experimental protocols for this type of cancer and we were able to find and qualify her for one within 48 hours.
Without the internet we never could have even found it, much less quickly enough to do any good. Thanks to the 'net, she had another year of good quality of life to see her sons grow up. This was back in 1997.
Jan
After emergency surgery for a rare and malignant brain tumor, she was given about 3-6 months to live. Any therapy we wanted to try would have to start immediately if it were going to be of any use at all. My family got online to research experimental protocols for this type of cancer and we were able to find and qualify her for one within 48 hours.
Without the internet we never could have even found it, much less quickly enough to do any good. Thanks to the 'net, she had another year of good quality of life to see her sons grow up. This was back in 1997.
Jan
I wished the people who posted No had posted their reasons.
Having realized that the Web does not make them happy, they left, never to return. 
You mean those people that you're always parenthetically quoting?
But they're the ones that keep putting me down!
[Suck on it, Ravescene - everyone]
