What is your idea of "the good old days"?

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[–]Vulptex 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If you think life is better without the internet, why do you use it? Everyone complains about how much better the old days were, yet no one actually wants to live that way.

[–]Alienhunter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's not that life is better without the internet. It's how you use the internet.

I go to the shop to buy a sandwich and they want me to sign up for some app that sends me alerts and advertisements constantly. I don't need that shit. I just want the sandwich.

The internet letting me order a sandwich from my phone for delivery? That shit is great. But I still have to wade through a bunch of adds. Question, why can't I just call on the phone. Answer, I can.

Internet over complicates socialization with a bunch of shit we don't need.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's just the increasingly conformist and invasive attitude of society. The internet itself suffers from this, most sites now require you to have an account to even view anything, and the security is usually so strict that doing so is nearly impossible for 60% of people, and they also tend to make you give up your identity and phone number and personal information.

[–]0rco 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The question was about the good old days and my response was recalling my childhood- (delinquent) adolescent years which were the 80s and 90s. I should have added more details.

Its a little tricky not to use the internet these days.