Posts from INTERNET ADDICTION: A DISEASE OR A NEW STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION?

I do like to chat, of course. But honestly, I just love talking. I'm like that in real life too. Why not? Interesting people.
IN SHORT, I LIKE TO TALK. But it would be a problem if I only chatted online, but I chat everywhere and with everyone.

I haven't been connected to the internet for very long, but I already think it's addictive. However, one thing saves me: if I have to choose between spending money on the internet or on beer and girls, I'll choose the latter because a computer is just a piece of hardware.

A computer is a very powerful tool... for everything. With its help, you can write term papers and hack CIA websites, spread culture and porn films... In short, it all depends on the person, and the computer amplifies their desires (healthy and not so healthy). And we shouldn't blame it for that.

It's not the knife that's dangerous, but the maniac wielding it...

_and I am sick, heal me_

I'm addicted, and that's not a bad thing.
However, there will always be clumsy and unskilled people who don't know how (or don't want) to use the internet and will criticize it.

Actually, yes, although the article itself is very controversial. For example, the part about online stores is complete nonsense, in my opinion.

We're a bit dependent. Just a little. Ah! I wish I could write something else! :smile08: klrzdpekshshpotshshpavshyrp
*wipes drool off the keyboard* =-O

Of course, I am dependent on the internet... however, I've always been saved by my innate indifference and strong willpower. When I feel that I can't do without a particular forum/website/way of online communication, I cut it off for myself forever. Without warning the people I communicate with, which results in dozens of mysterious speculations about my disappearance. Some people find it easier to believe that I never existed and that I am just their own invention, not a real person. I love to go somewhere in the summer where there is no internet, no phone, and maybe even no electricity... the main thing is that there are people, dogs, and horses... or just dogs))) But then you come back, and for a while, you can't understand what you found so appealing in these silly internet things... but it doesn't last long, and in about ten days, the addiction wakes up again and starts consuming my brain.

I've never been addicted to anything. I just hang out on a couple of forums, and now I've found yours:o
And I'm also on ICQ and Odnoklassniki:p

The Myth of the Sirens, or the Internet as a New Drug
People who connect to the Internet can no longer give it up. They lose interest in life outside the computer, and apathy sets in. The Internet is essentially a new drug, and it is extremely difficult to fight the addiction to it.
Let's start by figuring out what drug addiction is. It includes several points: psychological, physical, and reactive dependence.
There is no physical dependence on the Internet by definition. Because it strictly requires intoxication of the body, i.e., it occurs at the biochemical level. A computer is not equipped with an IV drip, so we are free from this. Period.
Having discarded this nonsense, let's move on to the issue of psychological dependence, without confusing it with psychological dependence.
Psychological dependence is the constant thought about an object, especially in its absence. And the Internet draws you in when you are sitting at the keyboard. An Internet addict may indulge in web surfing during moments of idleness, rather than being busy. That is, psychological dependence does not apply here.
And what about psychological dependence? It's a little more complicated. It includes more harmless phenomena, such as the need for a certain activity or pleasure. If you are a philatelist, then you are dependent on stamps, if you are a loving father, then you are dependent on children, and so on. What's wrong with that? Nothing, as long as you don't go beyond reasonable limits, but that's already a matter of common sense.
A grain of truth.
The Internet is essentially a constantly replenishing source of information. And a person has a natural craving for information and can become overly attached to a particular way of obtaining it.

The internet is primarily:
1. A source of information.
The media won't write the truth, and it won't be shown on TV. Could you have learned, without the internet, who kissed little Nikita on the belly button, and whose daughters live abroad, etc.?
2. An escape from reality, where social justice is violated. Played computer games and felt better.)))
3. Entertainment.
I bypassed the Roskomnadzor block. Downloaded "The Tale of Cossack Golota," rewatched the movie, and once again appreciated the Russian people for their talents and broad soul, and believed that they have a future...

And there's a lot of political stuff on entertainment forums online. For that, the death penalty wouldn't be an excessive punishment (this is in reference to the adjacent thread).