At what stage in our lives did social interaction become so 3D?
I decided to do some investigation into our virtual communities (on the internet, no surprises there!), to discover why people are no longer ‘doing lunch’ or going for that good old cup of coffee and a chin wag.
There are so many virtual communities both educational and social I have discovered and to begin listing them all would be pointless. What I found most interesting is that once we enter the ‘virtual’ we no longer exist as human beings anymore….we are now known as avatars - online a movable three-dimensional image used to represent somebody in cyberspace.
I think that people forget that definition and find it difficult to distinguish themselves between fantasy and the real world. Are people so fed up and bored with their monotonous lives that they only way to escape the daily drudgery is online? Or has the majority of society so obsessed in being a new and improved you?
Personally I can see the attraction and thrill, if you will in being someone else, getting out there meeting new people, being more boisterous and over the top than I usually would but at the end of the day I still remember who I am, and its not 34GG Candice necking Tequilas at the bar!
To finish up I came across a site when doing a little bit of research and found it both very funny and interesting for internet addiction recovery. It makes me feel cruel for finding humour when lives have been shattered by such an addiction but have a look all the same at the link below and please don’t be one of those people it’s just not worth it.
INTERNET ADDICTION
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