Wednesday, 20 August 2014

52 reasons to give up the internet

1.Whoever created a world where nothing can be accomplished unless you can remember your login details, was not my type of person.
2. Emails are insufficient and often require a text, call, message...meeting, memo....bla bla.
3. Social media often incite feelings of rage, envy and murder.
4. I have an address.
5. I have a phone number.
6. I have a face.
7. I have a life.
8. My garden needs me.
9. My children need me.
10. My cleaning needs me.
11. My six year old child has banned mobile telephones from the television room, "no phones allowed."
12. Constant phone use only exercises your thumbs.
13. It is anti-social to use your phone; at the dinner table,
14. at family gatherings,
15. on holiday,
16. in the cinema,
17. whilst you're supposed to be having coffee with your friend.
18. It is wrong to use your phone in the bathroom, there are no exceptions.
19. Excessive internet use before bed is bad for sleep.
20. Excessive internet use makes you lazy.
21. It is not a good thing that you can wake up in the middle of the night and buy something useless.
22. Internet shopping is bad.
23.The world is happier to be peopled by the people, for the people, doing people stuff for the people.
24. Real things happen in real time, with real attention and real feelings.
25. Beeps are annoying.
26. Clicks are annoying.
27. Anything you have to check first thing and then periodically throughout the day until bed is an idol and is         potentially sucking the life out of you.
28. Libraries are closing.
29. Books are good.
30. I don't care what celebrities do.
31. Celebrities don't care what I do.
32. I will never pay a monthly payment to communicate...again.
33. I am free.
34. I am a citizen of the world.
35. I am a peace loving, people loving person.
36. I can use the internet for free at my lovely library for as long as I have one.
37. I can go to an internet cafe if I wish.
38. I can use the internet for work at work.
39. In my free time, I can be present.
40. I can use my internet time to; be creative,
41. do my garden,
42. cook,
43. bake,
44. make others happy,
45. go for bike rides.
46. Read.
47. Pray.
48. I can use the money I spend on this unnecessary 'commodity' for other things.
49. It pleases me.
50. It feels right.
51. I love libraries.
52. I cannot un-see.

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