Internet Veteran - Does the net feels boring to you ???

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Yep, the internet has lost it's shine.
 
The net will always have new stuff to look at, to do, etc..i have spent less and less time on the net recently because of things changing in my life. I think spending al day every day on the net makes it boring..using it occasionally makes it more interesting.
 
Ashley.
The net will always have new stuff to look at, to do, etc..i have spent less and less time on the net recently because of things changing in my life. I think spending al day every day on the net makes it boring..using it occasionally makes it more interesting.
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Exactly...great point! 👍
Yet, if I'd been on internet occasionally it wouldn't made it more intresting.
 
Games are even getting boring.

The only titles I'm looking forward to that I know will keep me busy for a while are GTR2, Dead Rising, Gears of War, Test Drive, and GT5.

But by September, or August, I'll be taking full time college classes, and GOW, DR, and GTR2 will probably be the last games I play for a while.

I may end up also coming here less and less.

skip0110
Try editing/correcting a wiki page on a topic on which you are an expert.

Or reading a page on which you are not an expert.

EDIT: I do have to say, the advent of blogging lowered the quality of information on the net tenfold. It should not be that easy for idiots to publish their misguided ideas.
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I've been thinking about doing this with the Test Drive: Unlimited page, however, I know some dick will screw it up.
 
1. Find something cool.
2. Post in Forum (s).
3. Email to friend.
4. Find something cool(er).
6. Repeat as needed.

[EDIT] or blog it.
 
Yup. The internet gets BOOOOORING pretty fast.

Allow me to explain:
The first time you get on the net, it's a great place. Lots to do, seems like an endless source of information and fun. So you surf around, find sites you like, learn something new, download a few files... etc. Then you find internet forums and blogs. This is the beginning of the end. You bookmark a few of these pages, and after time your internet habits become more and more regular. Take me for example: I am caught in an endless cycle of "check GTP, check email, check MySpace, check Digg, lather, wrinse, repeat." It gets REALLY old and monotonous, and is a sad way to waste several hours (anybody who has refreshed their email inbox in a state of boredom knows how pathetic this can feel).

There is something about becoming an active member of the internet community, however, that can save you from boredom (or at least postpone it). Make your own site (hell, even a MySpace counts). Join a forum and POST, don't just read. And finally, remember that there is still a real world outside, which is for the most part way more entertaining than the net could ever be. It sounds backwards, but sometimes the best way to make the net interesting is to get away from it for a while. When you come back, it'll feel shiny and new again.

Whew. Long post!
 
I'm not at that stage yet. Some things I do get bored with for a while, such as posting on GTP, so I'll go on hiatis for a bit. But then I'll come back to it, sometimes with a vengeance, sometimes only mildly.

And who ever gets tired of surfing porn?
 
I sure haven't gotten tired of porn. I might once I get a girlfriend, but I can't see that happening any time soon. Oh well, my wang doesn't go "heeheee" or "like...like, like". Of course, it doesn't suck itself either.:guilty:
 
Keef, you almost sound pathetic in that post.

But when I was in High school, I would find myself say on summer break spending ALL DAY on the computer, usually playing Jedi Knight...oh such an awesome game.

I would even try for a day that "Alright, can I make it to where I don't have to step outside today?"

Also of course, web-surfing

Then came college, then came work, then came church/church work...

Only on Monday on my day off (before class of course) I really enjoy myself (Garry's Mod for HL2 for me personally now)

Then I'm usually busy allll day long.

30 Hours of work a week+full time student+church=ouch...but in the end, I will thank myself for enduring...I WILL GET MY DEGREE!
 
Oh, I am pathetic. I'm a senior and don't have a job, you workaholic. But godspeed with that degree.
 
Haha, "can't see (getting a girlfriend) happening anytime soon" coupled with the saying right above your avatar... hahaha!!!


Sorry. I'm really bored.
 
Problem is, I'm unemployed and I don't have many friends due that I'm all close-minded and care of my own business. I don't go outside often but only when I have to. So I'm sitting all day everyday in front of the computer thinking the time will pass faster so I could do the things I plan for the very near future. This christmas I planned to go back to school for summer, well summer still 2 months away so I gotta pass the time... Internet as become boring for me and I don't have money to buy games (hell, there's no interesting game anyway...), so I'm just there trying to do something on the net.

I do have a girlfriend tho so porn isn't a place I go if I'm bored...
 
^ tried working out? maybe go to the library and pick up a book. go for a jog. make a myspace account so beautiful women from your past you've been trying to forget can find you and open old wounds...:crazy: where... where are my pills?:nervous:
 
I just read wikipedia for hours sometimes. Someone'll mention something that sounds cool and I'll look it up on wikipedia. And then I'll click the links in that article that lead to other stuff I don't know about.

The other day I started off reading about Norse mythology and ended up reading up on photography. :dopey:
 
Wikipedia is the greatest thing since sliced bread – coincidentally, I’m using it at this very moment for a homework assignment.

I end up doing the same thing – clicking through a bunch of links and learning all kinds of neat stuff. And if I’m truly bored, I’ll click on the Random Article link until I find something interesting.

Even one of my teachers has used it for a homework assignment (she printed out an article, and had us do a writeup of it).
 
Definitely read. Whether it's books, the newspaper, or even articles and news on the internet.

I'm more of a non-fiction type, so facts and real life stories interest me. I used to read the encyclopedia all the time. I never really thought about reading random articles on Wikipedia, but sounds like I have a new online activity. Thanks guys:tup:
 
I think internet is starting to get boring - all I do on computer is run BitComet, MSN Messenger and GTPlanet. Occasional movies and downloaded TV shows. No point browsing internet anymore.
 
I'm not a reader. I never ever been able to read an entire book of my whole life, I'm just not interested in reading or I don't know... So reading can't work for me...

To answer Gabkicks, workout gyms costs alot and I don't have any job. So no job = no money. A jog ? man, flatfoots will be burning. And about MySpace, it's useless for me, I do have a blog tho.

:)
 
MugenVTEC
I'm not a reader. I never ever been able to read an entire book of my whole life, I'm just not interested in reading or I don't know... So reading can't work for me...
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So true. I only read a book when its a school assignment. Otherwise they're all boring. I do have thru-the-roof reading comp test scores. I never understand people who read like 2 books a week. That there is unreasonable my friend.
 
Sage
Wikipedia is the greatest thing since sliced bread – coincidentally, I’m using it at this very moment for a homework assignment.
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Sliced bread for a homework assignment ?..... That does NOT compute !...
 
HACKr
So true. I only read a book when its a school assignment. Otherwise they're all boring. I do have thru-the-roof reading comp test scores. I never understand people who read like 2 books a week. That there is unreasonable my friend.
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I'm a big fan of the Lord Of The Ring movie trilogy and was wondering what the books looked like. So back at this winter, I rented the three of them at the library. I started reading the first and it was really interesting. I never finished it. When I was reading, I was all dazed and my eyes were all weird, everytime there was a headache starting, I was always distracted by thinking about something else so I was never really in the story... I simply gave...

It always been the same lol
 
I don't know about Lord of the Rings, but back in 7th grade I read a book called The Hobbit, which was one that came before Lord. It had that wierd cave guy in it--what was his name? The main character was named Bilbo Baggins and I remember Gandolf being in it and them fighting dragons and going through a crazy dark forest and then getting to some treasure at the end. That's about all I remember, but that was an awesome book. Oh, it had a neat little map inside the cover which showed the whole area that the character ventured through. Anyone else remember that book?
 
Flerbizky
Sliced bread for a homework assignment ?..... That does NOT compute !...
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So I incorrectly referenced an antecedent – you incorrectly used ellipses – it’s all good. :D

HACKr
I only read a book when its a school assignment. Otherwise they're all boring.
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Not to be rude, but duh all books are going to be boring if all books you read are from school. School is not a good place to find the gems in the rough – most English teachers today have been indoctrinated into following Post-Modernism, so most “academic” literature tends to be obfuscated crap that nobody likes. I guarantee you that if you look outside of the circle of academia, you’ll find many, many, many good books. You just have to be proactive in finding them. ;)
 
Whoooooaa, I guess my idea of an ellipse is slightly different than my own. Please elaborate.

EDIT: Your idea. Yeah, yours is different than mine. That's what I was going for.
 
Ellipses is the plural for both ellipsis and ellipse; I was using it as the plural for ellipsis (Dot-dot-dot…), not ellipse (a conical section with two foci).
 
keef
I don't know about Lord of the Rings, but back in 7th grade I read a book called The Hobbit, which was one that came before Lord. It had that wierd cave guy in it--what was his name? The main character was named Bilbo Baggins and I remember Gandolf being in it and them fighting dragons and going through a crazy dark forest and then getting to some treasure at the end. That's about all I remember, but that was an awesome book. Oh, it had a neat little map inside the cover which showed the whole area that the character ventured through. Anyone else remember that book?
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Yep, I read that book and then the Lord of the Rings. I read one book per summer, so it took me about 4-5 years. Those were about the only books I read that weren't assigned for homework.
 

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