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The internet was made to be an "information superhighway." But the problem is... sometimes I think we're happier when we don't have all sorts of shit flying at us. People are giving me information that is probably incorrect and that I don't care about, and I am doing the same to them. And why? Because we're bored? Probably. The internet has become the world's biggest vessel for "too-much-information". This appeals to nosy people like me who like to learn the details of lives of people they hardly know, when it doesn't affect them in the least. But I think it might slowly be driving me crazy.
So, since my computer is broken anyway, I am going on an inter-diet. I'm going to take all the communities and people I don't know and talk to in real life off of my friends list, and use the internet only for things like looking up maps and other super useful stuff like that. I'll still check my email but I'm only reading it if it contains content from a real live person who I know and enjoy. I may even get on aim occasionally to find real people to hang out with. But I'm not reading any more stupid crap or wasting time in knitting communities or indiefucks or arguing with a bunch of strangers out of sheer boredom.
I'll probably add everyone back later, and I'll stay a member in the communities, I'm just tired of getting caught up in things I don't really care about just because I'm bored.
There's tv for that.
(To clarify: I'm taking off anyone who I haven't met in real life, seen fairly recently, AND hope/intend to see again in the relatively near future. It doesn't mean I don't think you're swell. If you weren't swell I never would've had you on there. And as long as you keep me listed, I will be able to easily find and re-friend-ize you when I'm done detoxing from all my nosiness.)
Oh, and I'm still allowed to read webcomics. Yes. Fuck you. I make the rules.
So, since my computer is broken anyway, I am going on an inter-diet. I'm going to take all the communities and people I don't know and talk to in real life off of my friends list, and use the internet only for things like looking up maps and other super useful stuff like that. I'll still check my email but I'm only reading it if it contains content from a real live person who I know and enjoy. I may even get on aim occasionally to find real people to hang out with. But I'm not reading any more stupid crap or wasting time in knitting communities or indiefucks or arguing with a bunch of strangers out of sheer boredom.
I'll probably add everyone back later, and I'll stay a member in the communities, I'm just tired of getting caught up in things I don't really care about just because I'm bored.
There's tv for that.
(To clarify: I'm taking off anyone who I haven't met in real life, seen fairly recently, AND hope/intend to see again in the relatively near future. It doesn't mean I don't think you're swell. If you weren't swell I never would've had you on there. And as long as you keep me listed, I will be able to easily find and re-friend-ize you when I'm done detoxing from all my nosiness.)
Oh, and I'm still allowed to read webcomics. Yes. Fuck you. I make the rules.