Addiction

[billy]

we have a regular sit down breakie and evening meal. sadly one always has their phone on and earphones in, thankfully the rest of of us have general discussions. in general i hear such things are becoming a thing of the past. i admit to always being online years ago; i got sick of it though, too much shite and too many shitheads to deal with. now i use facebook to speak with family and visit the pen each day for perhaps an hour all told. i use to be a heavy drinker and in my earlier days had a penchant for nose candy. likewise with the drink, i git tired of all the bullshit that came with it. it took two massive heart attacks to avert me from the coke.

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i think that social media detracts from it's namesake. okay, when keeping family members in touch i think it's a good thing, it's also a boon for getting information to a larger audience. i do think that for all it's good points it actually kills our society, it stops learning how to read body language, how to converse face to face. i know some who talk the back legs of donkeys when online yet in a real situation are unable to react with others. maybe online gives some the time to think before speaking and god knows it's sometimes needed. i think by spending all their time in virtual reality contact with others erodes a lot of personal contact. kids nowadays are on social media for hours on end playing games as well as other shit. like most things, i think being online in moderation a good thing, being on to much destroys our real life social infrastructure.