vacant_junk_lot (where i dump these thoughts)

Thursday, May 10, 2007
6:28 AM

"Internet generation"

I've read an article in Reader's digest entitled, Youth Gone Wired, well its about the effects of internet to youth. i agree to most of the facts presented there, let's just say it is so true. in one way, internet is good because it is an easier, faster form of communication. some students even do group projects over yahoo messenger, hehe sounds familiar eh?! also, internet paves way for self expression, you know the likes. e.g, blogs, personal pages etc.

now the bad side. internet grants limitless freedom. one can do, say whatever they can do with the internet. however, some people abuses this "freedom" and takes it to another level. this i call "wrong use of freedom." most teenagers use this to exploit themselves. unbelievably true. even 12-year-olds expose their puppies on the net to serve as bait for some pervertive, too "excited" guys. some introverts also bawl and throw all their frustrations, angst and rants on the internet. i'm not saying that they do not have the right to do so because they are introverts, i even think that it's a good thing that they get to have a sort of outlet for their thoughts or else they'll just snap and lose it. but, the negative notion here is they will be stucked to just expressing themselves over technology's gift and remain as timid as ever. this could also breed more grudges in their hearts and make them do weird things. scaryyyy..

okay, so i would not set myself aside. i, too, am an internet user. bloggers think that every thought and ponderings of their is worth telling the world. when most of the time they are not and that other people don't really care. just like what i do hehe..don't be hypocrites guys ok. oh that also includes Friendster, Myspace bulletin posters. hai at least i don't do that, what the heck guys just keep your cheesy heartbreaking stories to yourselves ok. well, i'm not surprised some studies says that the trend now is the "me, me , media." everyone wants to be a star in their own right.

last but not the least, the internet is a portal to multiple personalities. not the psycho related thing ok. you know, people uses the net as a mask and they can create a different person with themselves and live different lives. i know one story about this, freakingly weird. anyway, i think this should not be the case. this feature encourages people to live in an unreal world.

sadly, we are born in this generation. we are corks in the system, it is inescapable but this doesn't mean we don't have a choice. we can use it properly, and i mean properly. hah, i feel like an old lady making a righteous speech. yeesh. anyway 'nuff of these.

think happy thoughts!

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