Are there any days of the week you do not get on the internet?

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

I am on it throughout the day 7 days a week. The only time I may skip a day or two is if the power is out. I admit I am addicted. Now with the convince of the IPad...it is that much easier. I am not boasting by any means, in fact I think it is a problem that many people have including ME.

LyndaGee · ‎03-11-2010

Sometimes, I take weekends off.

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

@SeaMaiden wrote:
I am on it throughout the day 7 days a week. The only time I may skip a day or two is if the power is out. I admit I am addicted. Now with the convince of the IPad...it is that much easier. I am not boasting by any means, in fact I think it is a problem that many people have including ME.

It's only a problem if it detracts from your life, keeps you from meeting your obligations, or let it take you down a path where you are no longer a productive citizen. Otherwise, it's a tool, like any other.

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gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

I don't skip any days, no. I'm on the internet a lot.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

HULAGIRL · ‎03-10-2010

I check my bank account every day!! I also check FB, this board, Twitter & Instagram.....some days it's my laptop and some days it's my iPhone.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

I'm on every day because it's part of my entertainment and my relaxation - and my news sources.

Normally I'm not on as much as I have been lately, due to current issues with health. When I'm out of the house I'm definitely on less.

I'm "addicted" as a way of staying connected to the world, the news, friends and family, etc. I love to read and that includes researching and learning. So easy and fun to do online. I shop and bank online. I recentlly downloaded a digital app of Stephen Hawking's Brief History of Time he created as a fun way to learn.

I could read (I do), write (I do), or sew, draw, paint, crochet, garden, craft, or a host of other things instead of being on the internet - but I don't enjoy those things and would rather do what I enjoy. I enjoy being online.

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Preds · ‎12-17-2012

I pop in every morning. I pop in during the day for a minute. Depends on whats going on in the outside world. I like to see what the news is before the news comes on or what we missed after we went to bed.

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SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
I am on it throughout the day 7 days a week. The only time I may skip a day or two is if the power is out. I admit I am addicted. Now with the convince of the IPad...it is that much easier. I am not boasting by any means, in fact I think it is a problem that many people have including ME.

It's only a problem if it detracts from your life, keeps you from meeting your obligations, or let it take you down a path where you are no longer a productive citizen. Otherwise, it's a tool, like any other.

@ChynnaBlue That is a better perspective to take!

wildlifewitch · ‎02-08-2016

I would have seizures from withdrawal.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
I am on it throughout the day 7 days a week. The only time I may skip a day or two is if the power is out. I admit I am addicted. Now with the convince of the IPad...it is that much easier. I am not boasting by any means, in fact I think it is a problem that many people have including ME.

It's only a problem if it detracts from your life, keeps you from meeting your obligations, or let it take you down a path where you are no longer a productive citizen. Otherwise, it's a tool, like any other.

Not being argumentative, but define "productive citizen."

One may be retired, have no obligations other than those they themselves create (appointments, lunch with friends), and not be physically able to volunteer. Are they not a productive citizen because they are unable to "do" anything "productive" except their own activities of daily living? A "non-productive" citizen *might* be so because of many types of addictions, but not necessarily. They might just be non-productive because they're unable to be productive. I can't view that as a negative.

Or, having worked all their lives, have decided they no longer need to be categorized by other people's views on who or what is worthwhile. They might just want to sit on their butt all day because they've earned it, and it's nobody's business how they spend their time unless tgey're breaking the law.

Again, not meaning to attack you, just commenting on what makes, or who decides, a "productive" person and why is "non-productive" a problem?

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