I mostly just remember feeling bored a lot more. With the internet and smartphones, I'm rarely bored. Probably both good and bad.
Do you remember life before the internet?
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I read a lot more in the olden days!
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Alot more reading and watching tv!
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hardly! I discovered AIM around age 12
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We had Internet access pretty soon after it was made commercially available, but we only got 10 hours a month in our package. I can't imagine only being able to use the Internet for 10 hours! I read so much more then than I do now though. And watched a lot of tv.
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Yes, and I remember the very first time we dialed in to AOL. That modem sound will forever haunt me.
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Barely. I was 10 when we got our computer at home and I've wasted my life away on the internet ever since.
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A lot of reading and watching TV.
@aprk: I agree - isn't it crazy that the next generation will never know that sound!?!? -
I think we first got AOL when I was 17, summer before my Senior year of HS
Before that, I read a ton, spent HOURS on the phone with my friends, I was an avid sketcher, went to the mall with friends, watched some tv, did homework. Oh, and I wrote tons and tons of letters! I moved a lot as a kid and went to sleep away summer camps, so I had tons of "pen pals". I really miss genuine snail mail!
Sometimes I do get bored with the Internet. There are times when I can't think of anything I want to look at online (after I'm caught up on HB, of course)
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haha, yes! I remember spending a lot of time on my bike and playing outdoors with my friends!
Even once we got the internet, I was only allowed to use it for an hour a day (at least in the beginning), so it wasn't all that time-consuming for me. I read a lot (still do) and watched TV and played with toys.
When I'm at home, I'm not actually on the internet all that much. I'll check my e-mail a couple times and check out Hellobee in the evening, but mostly I only use it if I'm watching TV and want to look up an actor or something. Otherwise, I'll just read a book, watch TV, chat with friends, hang out with the Hubs, or whatever.
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Yes LOL I remember using the phone book a lot more and 411 also. Now we just look it up on fiances smart phone. I rarely use the internet at home though. I'm on the computer all day at work, I have no interest getting on the computer at home.
And I feel like I was older than some on here when the internet really became a big deal (post high school for me...)
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Lots of reading, extracurricular activities, and maybe TV?
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Yes, I think more of my life was lived without internet than with at this point!
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Yup! I remember the good ol' AOL days when my mom would make us set a timer and we'd each have 30 minutes online. Hahaha.
I read so much, played outside with friends, and actually wrote letters.
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We didn't get a computer until I was 17, so I definitely remember! I don't remember being bored at all. I would hang out with friends, have sleepovers, or do crafts or read or write poetry by myself late at night in my bedroom lol. I wish I could hang out with myself and enjoy that kinda stuff but I so often default to the computer or TV when DH isn't home! I miss those Internet-free days.
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Barely! My dad got me an AOL account when I was 8! (Granted, this was in the early 90s - before everyone realized how dangerous the internet could be.) As I recall, they had a "kids only" section that I used to play around on. I still played outside a ton though, and I watched a lot of TV. I didn't start becoming hooked on the internet until I was in middle school... once everyone got AIM!
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We didn't get our first computer until I was in middle school! And in high school, I had to go to my friend's house to "surf the net" (aka, wait 30 minutes until we actually got through on her AOL connection). Good times.
I do miss actual research though - there was always something rewarding about finding supporting information for a research paper by using the card catalog at the library. -
@ladyfingers: I kinda miss is too! I used to actually have "hobbies", haha.
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I was a kid so I played outside a lot lol.
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I remember! I was 17 when we got our first computer. Remember when we actually had to go to the library to do research for a paper??? Now so much of it is online.
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Yup. I did use the Internet until I graduated from college!
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I remember life when we had dial up internet. Glad those days are over!
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I talked on the phone and read a lot.
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