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How old are you man? I think most users here besides Billy, dima, and xena were in their early teens when they joined the internet. This question is basically just comparing "what were you like when you were 10 compared to now?"

PalePeach said: 

How old are you man? I think most users here besides Billy, dima, and xena were in their early teens when they joined the internet. This question is basically just comparing "what were you like when you were 10 compared to now?"

 As somebody who started up on it relatively late I can look at the issue from more of an outside analytical lense. I find its impact on humanity on the macro scale pretty interesting despite being mostly untouched by it. 

I remember my first internet experience, I was in the 2nd grade and did a search in the AOL search bar on his work computer. I had a question and my father didn't know the answer so he showed me how to look it up. I was instantly hooked, how couldn't I be, and would constantly nag him to use his computer every night after he finished working - he'd let me use it. That went on for nearly two years until my father finally gave me his old work laptop after receiving a new one. I became addicted and have spent everyday on the computer since, I drifted from message board to message board until I finally found SC. 

I cannot say it made me a 'better' person as I do not know what that is in actuality, but I do know if has deeply effected my personality and outlook. I am a processor of information and the computer is an extension of myself at this point. All of my productivity, all of my wealth, and all my knowledge are derived from this hyperreality we call the internet. 

It is both my weakness and my strength. 

AliceInWonderland said: 

I remember my first internet experience, I was in the 2nd grade and did a search in the AOL search bar on his work computer. I had a question and my father didn't know the answer so he showed me how to look it up. I was instantly hooked, how couldn't I be, and would constantly nag him to use his computer every night after he finished working - he'd let me use it. That went on for nearly two years until my father finally gave me his old work laptop after receiving a new one. I became addicted and have spent everyday on the computer since, I drifted from message board to message board until I finally found SC. 

I cannot say it made me a 'better' person as I do not know what that is in actuality, but I do know if has deeply effected my personality and outlook. I am a processor of information and the computer is an extension of myself at this point. All of my productivity, all of my wealth, and all my knowledge are derived from this hyperreality we call the internet. 

It is both my weakness and my strength. 

 That actually sounds like a productive way in which to use it. The overall superficial impression I get from the whole internet "scene" is that it is mostly used to channel depravity by many so it's good to see not everyone does that.

Onto my own story, I largely ignored it except for youtube videos until about age 16. This was mainly linked to my gaming addiction and was mainly relegated to gaming related content. I largely ignored any social aspect of the internet aside facebook messenger (for irl people) until a youtuber I enjoyed did an "omegle meetup" and I ended up on omegle trying to talk to them.

Omegle was like this wild west and it intrigued me so from there I ended up on various other chatrooms of the more wild west anon variety and landed here. It changed me in the sense that before I was naive to human depravity and the extent people will go to manipulate and harm others including total strangers. As a result it made me pretty much more jaded and paranoid of others but probably to a healthy extent.

Of course I clearly differentiate the information aspect of the internet from the social aspect. The information segment is amazing, but the social aspect is murky if not slightly addictive and occasionally toxic. I definitely try not to delve into it in excess anymore.

I got my brothers rusty laptop around 14yso and before that used the house computer from when I was 10 or so.

Before the Internet I read a lot of books, played outside, went to middle school, stuff like that. It's insane how much the Internet has changed my life, especially with the last thing. 

InternetExplorer said: 

How did you act before you got on the internet?

Pretty sure I was like seven or eight. 

like a kid, i broke things, went out to play football and climbed trees and didnt tell my dad how much i hated dogs.

I think we need some elderly people in here.

I don’t remember how I found my way around AOL IM but was introduced by my two-time Harvard graduate uncle, my dad’s brother. I think I was eleven. I remember looking over his shoulder while I encouraged him to chat with some Haitian woman in his fluent French. I think he was surprised I recognized she was flirting with him and noticed how he deftly put her off.

We either had Internet service before that or got it promptly after.

At eleven he was also surprised I beat him in chess.

At fourteen I decided it was a good idea to take a “trip” while riding on train to see them. For several years following , my dad’s brother and his wife did not speak to me.

I redeemed myself but my aunt now a widower has disowned me.