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Internet Use Said to Cut Into TV Viewing and Socializing
New York Times ^
| 12/30/04
| JOHN MARKOFF
Posted on 12/29/2004 9:39:18 PM PST by freespirited
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The study, titled "What Do Americans Do on the Internet?" Why didn't they contact me? The answer is "avoid liberals."
To: freespirited; All
Yeah I feel so unwanted on this article
I think I am socialize if you talk about FR and surf internatiioal news wire
I think I am normal LOL!
I think Freepers are normal
it is DU crowd that not normal
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posted on
12/29/2004 9:41:04 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: freespirited
Less TV. It's a sign of the decline of civilization.
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posted on
12/29/2004 9:41:08 PM PST
by
REDWOOD99
To: freespirited
This sounds like a vain attempt of the MSM and the left to discredit the "net". As with all things that they can't succede in harnessing which work against them, they attempt to destroy.
I don't give them high odds at succeding. What do they know about "socialization" anyway?!
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posted on
12/29/2004 9:45:22 PM PST
by
hiredhand
( "Pudge the Indestructible Kitty" lives at - http://www.justonemorefarm.com)
To: freespirited
Oh goodie, I finally get to rant about this: Cable has really gone down the toilet.
Discovery Channel is now the Monster Garage Channel.
The Learning Channel is now the Home Makeover Channel.
The Travel Channel is now the World Poker Tour Channel.
Of course I don't watch this crap.
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posted on
12/29/2004 9:48:02 PM PST
by
Musket
To: freespirited
When you consider the garbage that's on TV these days, this comes as no surprise.
To: hiredhand
What do they know about "socialization" anyway?!They certainly have a knack for calling people that don't agree with them retarded or stupid. That was evident in this past election.
To: BigSkyFreeper
When you consider the garbage that's on TV these days, this comes as no surprise. The writer of this article seems to have forgotten what Alvin Toffler wrote 25 years ago in The Third Wave: as communications technologies improve, people will seek out alternative means of getting entertainment and information. The public Internet has become perhaps the biggest of these alternatives, especially with the rapid ascension of broadband Internet usage in the last few years.
To: freespirited
I find TV very boring and much too much liberal!
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posted on
12/29/2004 9:55:25 PM PST
by
SweetCaroline
(Whenever the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future -REV 20:10)
To: freespirited
The 'group of political scientists' needs to broaden their definition of 'socialization' because hanging out at places like FR (note that I think of FR as a 'place') is a form of socializing IMO.
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posted on
12/29/2004 9:59:23 PM PST
by
elli1
To: BigSkyFreeper
Yes. I've trolled DU in the recent past, and I'm convinced that they simply don't understand the "culture of the net". They DO however understand that it works against them in a big way for conservatives. Therefore, in their minds, it's a bad thing.
What amazes me about that article is that the global WAN is entirely about facilitating communications. To communicate amongst ourselves is a social function in itself. But from the looks of it, they don't see it this way. They just don't GET IT.
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:02:33 PM PST
by
hiredhand
( "Pudge the Indestructible Kitty" lives at - http://www.justonemorefarm.com)
To: freespirited
"People don't understand that time is hydraulic," he said, meaning that time spent on the Internet is time taken away from other activities.People do understand just how stupid rich liberals think they are.
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:03:12 PM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: freespirited
"You can't get a hug or a kiss or a smile over the Internet."Not entirely false -- it's better in the flesh -- but not entirely true.
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:08:25 PM PST
by
dighton
To: freespirited
Does posting on FR count as socializing?
For that matter, does reading in the bathroom count as multitasking?
And what the heck is "cheese food" anyway?!?
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:11:45 PM PST
by
Redcloak
("FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS!" -Teresa Heinz Kerry)
To: freespirited
To: freespirited
The more time spent on the Internet, the less time to be brainwashed by Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, Ted Koppel, Chris Matthews, CNN, MSNBC, etc.
To: freespirited
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:19:08 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Let us pray for the 100,000 + victims of the tsunami and their families.)
To: dighton
Mysterious cryptic symbols on the computer:
:)
:o
:D
To: Musket
How is it that there are at least four shows on cable devoted to body shops? Body shops were where the losers used to go after failing to graduate high school. Now they have their own following on TV. And how many shows are there with interior decorators hot-gluing stuff to people's walls? Is this remotely interesting to some people? And poker tournaments, you already nailed that.
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:21:09 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: freespirited; All
"You can't get a hug or a kiss or a smile over the Internet." ((((((HUG)))))) *MMMWAAH!* < :D < :P
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