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For those who can remember life before the Internet & cell phones... Is It better now? or worse?

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  1. Palejohn - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by Palejohn Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:40AM

    They are two of the worst inventions of the high tech. age. I feel fortunate to have grown up during simpler times.

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  2. rexsblues - 26-30 years old - male

    Reply by rexsblues Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:51AM

    That's the world I was raised in, prepared for, enjoyed, and expected to be apart of... 20 years down the drain.

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  3. Kahakai - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by Kahakai Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:49AM

    Cell phones are the most addictive thing on earth. It's sad to watch.

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  4. firefightermike - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by firefightermike Apr 28th, 2013 at 7:36PM

    Worse, at least we got to know our neighbors, the kids had to go out and really play. No such thing as all the formalzed team sports that the kids are in nowadays, we had pick-up games that we played on the streets and used the cars and manhole covers as bases and ect.

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  5. Hythloday - 36-40 years old

    Posted by Hythloday Mar 22nd, 2013 at 11:20AM

    Before everyone had a cell phone and was using the internet, my social life was better. I was able easily to start conversations with strangers and make friends that way, if I had gone somewhere alone. Now I can't do that anymore because no one is idle...I'm unable to disturb people when they're using their phones.

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  6. VSteele1 - 31-35 years old - male

    Posted by VSteele1 Mar 7th, 2013 at 6:49AM

    WORSE

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  7. James1956 - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by James1956 Mar 7th, 2013 at 6:49AM

    Internet has made life easier. I could have done without cell phones

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  8. nodsk3 - 31-35 years old - male

    Posted by nodsk3 Mar 7th, 2013 at 3:37AM

    Better, life is more fun now

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  9. lyricalongings - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by lyricalongings Mar 7th, 2013 at 3:36AM

    It's better and worse.

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  10. bookerdana - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by bookerdana Mar 7th, 2013 at 3:33AM

    Mixed marks ..I hate walking into a doctors office ,say and seeing everyone bent over their smartphones,slaves to the grind..those same phones allow people who need to be able to communicate "connected",without pay phones.I doubt cutting the amount of texts sent daily would really do anything but good...on the internet,you can find almost ANYTHING,from images of Jesus on Facebook(true),to medical info,to an entire Graham Greene novel,online..downside: You cn find ANYTHING ON THE NET ,and some of it ain't healthy..one of the worst adverse effects is lack of real human communication,(I heard just yesterday that three of the major internet players are encouraging face to face meetings rather than virtual..hmmm.Also a generation spending inordinate amounts of time gaming and on the internet may really pay for it ,healthwise,in the future.These devices are tools..how wisely we use them is our choice.

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  11. pixelbest - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by pixelbest Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:59AM

    I got my first mobile phone when the kids were young, hard keeping an eye on two toddlers when you are using a public payphone !! That said I now don't use one well hardly at all. Yes they are handy, but it is possible to live life without one. The internet is great. I would say in general life is better with both things, up to the individual to limit how much they use them. I remember Filofax craze, hahaha, people went crazy with those things as well lol. Make technology work for you, don't be a slave to technology.

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  12. Balletmad - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by Balletmad Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:57AM

    Things are better now. The Internet has enabled us to reach out to people all over the world, and gain information which, hitherto, we would have had to trawl through books to discover. We can also speak to loved ones living miles away, via skype.
    Mobile phones are also a useful tool for keeping in contact during potentially dangerous situations, ie, women being out alone.
    The only downside to technology, as far as I can see, is the easy access to *********** in the net, which is damaging to children.

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  13. Cheree - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by Cheree Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:52AM

    I can't stop the use of new technology...I can only manage the degree of its impact on my life...I have to find a way to live peacefully with it no matter what my feelings are about it...It is not going to go away and it will naturally morph into other things as well...

    Is this better or worse?...it all depends on a lot of things....(sorry - I'm very comfortable here sitting on the fence)

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  14. Explodey - 22-25 years old - male

    Posted by Explodey Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:47AM

    I used to get a good night's sleep. But at least now when I stay up all night I'm not just waiting for still adverts with naked chicks in them to come on tv in between all the psychics and car stuff.

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  15. oneoldstud - 66-70 years old - male

    Posted by oneoldstud Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:44AM

    Well it is easier to get in trouble now....

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  16. missmeganxoxo - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by missmeganxoxo Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:42AM

    i don't even remember it and i can tell you its worse. its a helpful tool but there are so many wrong things its used for

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  17. LadyDelish - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by LadyDelish Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:41AM

    better

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  18. hitoribochi89 - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by hitoribochi89 Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:41AM

    Before the internet I had the TV soo not sure :3

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  19. Haramaru - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by Haramaru Mar 7th, 2013 at 2:39AM

    its somehow both I'd say.

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