How has the internet changed you?

DiamondDust

i was discussing this with a friend the other day. it seems really interesting to discuss because once you take a look at yourself, while saying how and why you changed, you seem much more critical of yourself.

the internet has done much to me. i became a hell of a lot smarter, or just more knowledgable. i became rejected by my friends due to being smarter than them. i sometimes say random memes and hope someone in the room will recognize the meme. unfortunately nobody knows any memes, it seems. so it has changed my personality, looks, intellect, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
how about you?

sorry for my typing, im horrid at good grammar on the internet.
 
hey man there's nothing wrong with using no caps hehe

well, i know that i've become a lot more open and sociable in school. when i first joined a forum i was a very shy, quiet kid. now i'm a little class clown
 
It improved my English a lot

also it's given me access to a lot of knowledge that doesn't reach my country, mostly music and movies (yes I take these as knowledge rather than entertainment)
 
heh, i dont want to sound all... "internet changed my life FOREVER!!! BUY IT NOW" but it did change a lot in me, most particularly by meeting lots of new people and reading lots of new stuff I got to know an enormous quantity of bands and, particularly, completely useless shit.
it did change my real life persona for a while because i kept using penny arcade jokes and no one would get them, but now I have learned how to separate internet and real life.
 
Without the internet I think it would be safe to say I would be a completely different person to who I am now. I've been using it since before I can remember, as a kid I spent hours chatting online when I should've been outside socialising. I think it made me more introverted than I should or could be, and even now I spend a lot of time online when I need to be working etc. Ironically enough, the introduction of MSN messenger was pretty much my social lifeline and I clung to it desperately, trying to use it to build connections and meet people, and it worked to a large extent. My first few girlfriends were girls who I was usually too shy to talk to in person and using MSN to get comfortable enough to talk to them was really useful in my development, I think.

It's now a more positive part of my life, I think. Hell, I'm working for an international computer security firm next year so without the internet I wouldn't have a job!

It's a big part of my life which is kinda sad but I guess I wouldn't be myself without it so who knows what other paths I would've taken. I'm pretty happy with who I am.
 
It had made me much lazier with school work (I still get A's but I forget to do more homework), but this is out of obsession rather than the Internet itself.
On the plus side, it has made me more comfortable in social situations.
 
I recently moved to a new apartment and in there i dont have internet, and i get bored like hell, i think that if i havent found out internet i would be more social, almost all the friends i have i almost never see them, i mostly chat with them so internet has made me less social, but i have learned a lot of stuff too, and i dont think i could live without it
 
The first contribution the internet has made to me that I can think of is music. Without Pandora, radioblogclub.com, file-sharing programs and Last.fm (I am eternally in your debt for the last one Smogon) I would have never gotten into music properly and would still be listening to the same shit that radio stations play over and over.

By seeing how I tried too hard to be funny on Smogon I noticed the same applied in real life somewhat.

On the negative side the internet has offered me all sorts of things to waste my life on: counterstrike is a perfect example. It's also had a good shot at nurturing my narcissism through networking sites, but thankfully I'm over that.
 
Well it has Definitely been a plus for me, as far as making me less social I think that would be a combination of Video games and the Internet, not just one. Although I am still social just not as much as others.

Whenever I get into one of my strange moods where I have work ethic and want to learn something the internet holds all the answers. I have also had the chance to chat with many unique, funny, wierd, etc people that I would not have had these conversations with in person.

Overall the Internet has been a huge help, with very little cons, my work ethic took a hit but I never really had a good work ethic to begin with.
 
At first i was just a lurker, afraid to join because of the risk it would impose on my social life. The internet, as I soon found out, is nothing like that. In the short while I've been on Smogon, I have noticed that I give more constructive criticism irl than i ever did.

The internet also introduced me to real music. Heck, I even got a couple girlfriends once i started using the internet more.
 
Ironically enough, the introduction of MSN messenger was pretty much my social lifeline and I clung to it desperately, trying to use it to build connections and meet people, and it worked to a large extent. My first few girlfriends were girls who I was usually too shy to talk to in person and using MSN to get comfortable enough to talk to them was really useful in my development, I think.
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yeah, me too. I was pretty introverted and shy but MSN and the internet has really helped, but I've spoken to people on MSN first, and now I am more comfortable to speaking people in real life now, which is good.

I also agree with all of the knowledge stuff that has been said
 
spies said:
It improved my English a lot

also it's given me access to a lot of knowledge that doesn't reach my country, mostly music and movies (yes I take these as knowledge rather than entertainment)
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if you think about it...
the internet is a good place to pick up some english, though it may not be proper.

something i didn't mention. i started to dress much different after the internet use started.
 
I never really realized what the internet has done for me. I thought it just made me more likely to shout out some random memes; but after reading these posts and finding that I can relate to them, the pros far, far outweighed the cons.

Before the internet, I didn't relate to anyone. I'll admit, for the first time on the internet, that I'd been a generally quiet person; not quiet as in mute and shy (though I did exhibit some traits) but the quiet as in antisocial. Other than a couple of movies, what I knew about people was very shallow, and all my thoughts and ideals were cultivated into a very ignorant mindset. But as I went anonymously from this place to that around the internet, I got the see the hidden side of other people: their lives, their futures, their regrets, and their outlooks. Suddenly, everyone I knew had a different personality. I saw them with much more vigor than before, and I got to appreciate this newfound enlightment. All the social issues I was torn from in my childhood and early adolescence- the social issues which were to build a normal, approachable human being- were being instilled back into me, and my ponderings of what I'd missed years ago filled inside me. I didn't have any regret, and I moved on to create a life which I should've grown into through social experiences (though it is not really the true life I'd wanted, but merely a reflection of it; I can understand what other people are going through instead of living in enigma.) The life I know now was built from my introduction to the internet... I can't believe I did not realize this earlier.
 
For me, the internet has become an addiction. It's shameful, and it makes my brain melt. On the other hand, I've grown out of my "OMG LOLOLOLOLOLROFL" stage and my "elitist" stage, because I realized that I really wasn't as great as I thought I was. Actually, I think my confidence in my intelligence has plummeted...

The internet does provide me with things to read though, like fanfictions or forum discussions which are always fun. Also, as I don't have an iPod and my CD player is just a piece of broken plastic gathering dust, I listen to music on Youtube.
 
i now know the meaning of imo/iirc/ and a whole bunch of other shortened words.... internet pidgeon........and the gradual degradation of my eyes..Im a lot lazier because of the internet... All positive XD
 
Improved my English skills a lot, and increased my overall knowledge. Definitely had a hand in turning me into what I am today.
 
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