Middieman
Eschew Obfuscation
join:2001-02-05
Elkins Park, PA
| Re: pretty soon It is possible to live without the internet.
Myself I pay bills on-line and buy lots of things that I used to go to the store for.
But I could still mail checks just fine to pay the bills. And going out shopping without really needing anything isn't quite the same.
Maybe the people without the internet are the smart ones.
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY | Re: pretty soon "Maybe the people without the internet are the smart ones."
All I have to say to that is that that is the stupidest statement I've heard in the past few days. | |
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Middieman
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join:2001-02-05
Elkins Park, PA | Re: pretty soon Care to elaborate on your eloquent observation?
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
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Some of us can’t go more than a few hours without access to the Internet before we feel like we’ve become completely out-of-touch with our worlds.
'got that right. And I'm a middle-aged ol' fart. The younger you are, the more you feel that way.
That 30% will go down as it dies off; I'm sure the vast majority are elderly. I still remember the time we had to buy an airline ticket for my mother-in-law and subsquently take her to the airport. It was impossible to explain the concept of "electronic ticket" to her, and we had to get a paper one: no online check-in, no using the express check-in machines in the terminal; it took forever. | |
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orph4824
I Ate What??
join:2001-04-26
Greeneville, TN
| Re: pretty soon I live in a relatively small town and took some friends to the movie theater last year, I'm 38 and they are new to the net when we got there they started to pull out money and stand in line, I walked upto the quick ticket machine swiped my cc and out popped 3 tickets of which I had already paid for online, bypassed the line and went straight on in after I gave them thiers should've seen the looks on thier faces it was a kodak momment, needless to say they now order the tickets online after a quick how-to. 
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Middieman
Eschew Obfuscation
join:2001-02-05
Elkins Park, PA
| Re: pretty soon That'd be part of my point if I felt like making one.
While I would need to make an educated guess about other people's habits, I am aware that I'm capable of spending a great deal of time doing all kinds of stuff on the internet. And I would have to say that there are times that there doesn't seem to be much more that I need either. (Cause I like doing what I do with the internet in my spare time.)
So what can be missing is the question? Oh the internet is a remarkable communications tool, but it doesn't replace people. (Or at least it shouldn't.)
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Corehhi
join:2002-01-28
Bluffton, SC | If your poor that stuff doesn't apply. There are a lot of people who don't have checking accounts. Think about it. | |
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