I think I got internet access roundabout 2007. I was quite young to that time. I think I urged my parents to buy us internet so that I could play video games online. Especially Pokemon. I always was fascinated about the US and Japan. And I was really excited to talk or play against people from abroad. The exchange/communication was limited at first.
I think the first websites I was on were news websites. My parents are very stupid. I adopted most of their media consumption habits. I often visited yellow press websites. That fostered my interest in politics. I did not visit adult websites when I was very young. My parents told me they were dangerous and prohibited it. And I followed that rule in the first years. Though the yellow press webistes sometimes had adult content.
When we first had internet access we had no flatrate. We were told to use it no that often so that the costs were lower. Tbh this was such a stupid deal but damn I was a child and my parents are morons.
I also was very very late concerning smartphones. I know I got an expensive phone to the the time everyone wanted touch-screens. And I bought an expensive one without. Some people called me stupid for that. I was not well educated to that time. However I just adopted the behavior of my parents. Moreover touch-screen phones were even way more expensive.
I resisted many new trends. Like social media. I disliked messengers at first. I was severely bullied at school and I feared cyber-bullying a lot.
The whole thing is kind of ironic. I am still not a fan of many new trends. For example TikTok, metaverse, most gacha-games etc. But I am without a doubt an internet addict. It improved my life quality a lot. I use it as a tool to educate me. I am a slow reader. I ruminate a lot while reading. I think if I only could learn new things by reading I was way way less educated. I use apps that read out loud content. And youtube is an amazing place to learn new things.
I usually avoid a long time period without internet access. Internet is a good way to cope with my pain. Though I am very disciplined when I want to be productive I can also resist the urge to leanr about the newest updates.
The great thing about the internet is the following in my opinion. We all can contribute to the content. This can be a danger for fake news but it is great having the feeling of being heard. Moreover there are so many niches on the internet. Cable TV could not cover all these niches. And the niches we are interested in differentiate us from the usual crowd. We can connect to people that we relate to.
I think the first websites I was on were news websites. My parents are very stupid. I adopted most of their media consumption habits. I often visited yellow press websites. That fostered my interest in politics. I did not visit adult websites when I was very young. My parents told me they were dangerous and prohibited it. And I followed that rule in the first years. Though the yellow press webistes sometimes had adult content.
When we first had internet access we had no flatrate. We were told to use it no that often so that the costs were lower. Tbh this was such a stupid deal but damn I was a child and my parents are morons.
I also was very very late concerning smartphones. I know I got an expensive phone to the the time everyone wanted touch-screens. And I bought an expensive one without. Some people called me stupid for that. I was not well educated to that time. However I just adopted the behavior of my parents. Moreover touch-screen phones were even way more expensive.
I resisted many new trends. Like social media. I disliked messengers at first. I was severely bullied at school and I feared cyber-bullying a lot.
The whole thing is kind of ironic. I am still not a fan of many new trends. For example TikTok, metaverse, most gacha-games etc. But I am without a doubt an internet addict. It improved my life quality a lot. I use it as a tool to educate me. I am a slow reader. I ruminate a lot while reading. I think if I only could learn new things by reading I was way way less educated. I use apps that read out loud content. And youtube is an amazing place to learn new things.
I usually avoid a long time period without internet access. Internet is a good way to cope with my pain. Though I am very disciplined when I want to be productive I can also resist the urge to leanr about the newest updates.
The great thing about the internet is the following in my opinion. We all can contribute to the content. This can be a danger for fake news but it is great having the feeling of being heard. Moreover there are so many niches on the internet. Cable TV could not cover all these niches. And the niches we are interested in differentiate us from the usual crowd. We can connect to people that we relate to.
Waving at anyone else who was into BBSing back in the day. 
