/r9k/ - ROBOT9999

>>77971 (OP)
shit nobody cares about doe

The internet as a system in and of itself is a very good thing, but it just happened to be born in a fake and gay time period, so naturally it's main use is fake and gay things.

>>77973
i think internet access to the wider public was a mistake and should only be reserved for government officials or atleast in education, it just reveals how retarded the average person is since they mostly use it for slop entertainment and political discourse

>>77975
The early internet functioned well because it basically had a built in IQ test. You would have to be somewhat in-the-know to get things working. So in that way, it was reserved for a select few.

It’s probably even worse. Imagine living in a village and knowing 20 people very well. That alone prevents you from making rash generalizations; maybe you don't even dislike a single one of them (This often leads to a radical political position and lack of critical thinking because your group seems homogenic doe). On the internet, it’s different ev&doe echo chambers become more & more a thing on mainstream algorithmic platforms. People we wouldn’t even notice are the loudest here or on other toxic sites like Xitter or Plebbit. Something that shouldn't actually plague us, now does.For me its easily the 1000 stupid micro details i witness this shit is haunting me. I have to say, though, that the internet is my only empirical view of the world, and it’s not a good one. However, it is also nice to observe people because you could never do that in real life where everything is superficial. Unfortunately, this also leads to a lot of weird types who, due to a lack of real contact, think they are intelligent because they lack actual exchange. The internet is simply not comparable to real life i would actually even say that it's the central plaza of people who don't function normally or who simply don't want to function normally."

It fucked me up. I'm shit at talking to people in my language because i was on it 24/7 which made me more isolated(or maybe im retarded). I was exposed to porn when i was like 8 or 9 (i think i fixed my porn addiction so its not much of a problem anymore).

On the other hand, I made 3 friends on the internet so its ok for me now.

>>77971 (OP)
worst invention of all time, you shouldnt be allowed to access the internet until youre 18

>>78067
one thing i have to say is that is there are plenty of ways to make money online which im sort of glad exists, and makes communicating much simpler and easier
like you could sell some shit to the entire world or start some community across the world (for example this site…)

however i think life without instant access and having to worry about viewing of literally trillions of data, would make living a lot simpler and would probably reset the dating market to local standards, plus not to mention globalisation wouldn't be as easy

I do enjoy it very much. I like it, it has taught me many things as it is indeed very handy when it comes to learning. I know many "nerds" for the lack of the better word curse Internet becoming mainstream, but to be honest I don't worry that much about normies having access to it, since there will be still places like ours.
>do you think your life would’ve been much different without it?
I sometimes cope that if it wasn't for the Internet I would spend more time studying and reading books rather than spend all my free time on 4cuck and soyjaks, but it is probable that I would have found some other thing to waste my time on.

Early internet was when it peaked, the monopolisation of these mass algorithmic cooporations have raped the greatest human invention in decades, now it has become possibly one of the worst mistakes in human history.

Especially with pornography and how accessible it is now, that alone has seriously damaged young people's psyche

>>77971 (OP)
a lot of doomerism about the internet comes from the normalgroid
sure, if you keep scoooling all day you'll have a bad time no shit, if you did literally anything all day long it'd destroy your life
>but muh feed is addictive!
cigarettes and alcohol are addictive, but very few people who drink and smoke do it all day nigga
the solution is to set some specific goal for yourself, the same way smokers and drinkers do "I'm going out wth my niggas tomorrows to drink AND socialize" or "I cant fix this problem rn so I'll take a cigarette break AND consult this colleague"
in the same way you could say "I'm gonna pooost on the bald guy with glasses forum AND chill out" or "I'm gonna use the internet AND see if I can find books about this subject" etc etc
the worst addicts are the ones with no goals for themselves, the ones that drink for the sake of drinking

Im glad for the internet because without it i would have been a lonely sperg who would have killed himself by now

It's a mixed bag, but I definitely would've ended differently without it.
From the positives, I learned a lot of new things and explored different subjects and people, like priests, people talented in their craft and old people who just want to make cool stuff for others to enjoy. Thanks to the internet I could learn the basics of soldering or learn about different instruments and how do they sound like, for example.
From the negative parts, there's a lot of wrong. I got EPI'd at a young age, most social media nowadays is a cesspool, and a lot of it is commiepedotroon tiers of propaganda. Most people became retarded because of it, all they do is scroll short-form content like cattle, and don't even bother thinking on their own, and that's if you're lucky. If you're not lucky, you end up in a discord server with troons convincing you to take DIY HRT, and you eventually become a he/she/they/it-aroace-aromantic-trans-antifa-nambla-queer with zero real interests besides gooning to furry porn all day, political slacktivism and playing brimstone.
In short, the internet can be a good tool, but most use it to replace their real lives and to indoctrinate others.