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PCB66

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19. I'm a Boomer that grew up without Internet

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu May 22, 2025, 05:19 PM

May 22

The Internet is like all technological advances. It is a mixed blessing. However, to me as a 78 year old the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. It has resulted in great advances in productivity and communication.

On the other hand it has taken away from personal interaction and produced a tremendous amount of trash.

I can remember my grandparents back in the 1950s telling my parents that the 15 inch B&W TV that could only get three channels was going to ruin the grandkids. Maybe they were right.

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Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds [View all] highplainsdem May 19 OP

I share their feelings even while I am admittedly addicted to internet (not social media) hlthe2b May 19 #1

I agree with you JBTaurus83 May 19 #4

I'm glad I got to experience life before the internet Skittles May 19 #2

Same here. I first got online a few years before the World Wide Web existed. But I'm so glad I had highplainsdem May 19 #6

same Skittles May 20 #9

Same. The older I get, the more grateful I am for that. I can't even imagine what it would be like growing up with it, Karasu May 19 #7

The internet is fine, social media is the problem Deminpenn May 20 #14

the first time I saw "unfriended" Skittles May 20 #17

I became a teen in 1990 NickB79 May 22 #20

"...46% said they would rather be young in a world without the internet altogether." LudwigPastorius May 19 #3

Life was easier kimbutgar May 19 #5

It was a better world in a great many ways. Hell, the Internet before social media wasn't half-bad, either. At least not Karasu May 19 #8

UK? BaronChocula May 20 #10

This is young people so they probably didn't vote during that election JI7 May 20 #11

Would it help if they learned some self-control? Oopsie Daisy May 20 #12

all social media did was weaponize the bullies. nt Javaman May 20 #13

No doubt that this is the same half (here) who thinks that taxi May 20 #15

These kids have only seen the left over husk of what was once the internet. Oneironaut May 20 #16

" they would rather be young in a world without the internet" speak easy May 20 #18

I'm a Boomer that grew up without Internet PCB66 May 22 #19