Why do you love the internet?

[Skip Intro]

What's the best thing about it?

I started to make this a poll. rofl.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Skip Intro...

I love the internet because it has taught me so much...

It allows me to go places and see things that I could not have otherwise...

And it brought me here, to DU. And THAT changed my life.

[donheld]

14. allow's us all to connect with people from around the world we

otherwise would never have known.

[mix]

2. It's my friend.

[quiet.american]

3. It's the Great Leveler. Anything you want to know, there it is. nt

[flvegan]

4. Gettin' that nookie.

What?

[Skip Intro]

5. what?

[flvegan]

12. The nookie.

[NJCher]

6. it's the great database

Any question you have can be answered on the internet.

And yes, me, too: it's my friend, LOL.


Cher

[LeftyMom]

7. megan stole my answer

[crim son]

8. I love information and in the old days, I'd have to find a book

or talk to somebody for answers to all my (endless) questions. Now I can get on the internet and find information on just about anything in the world. I don't consider internet resources the final answer but they make a great starting point when I want to learn. As an old lady of 46, I think it's a miracle!

[Ptah]

9. Mr testerone, the vegetarian.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Best Timesucker Ever.

take YouTube for example...

surfing that site alone, for me anyways.

[kwassa]

11. Caused me to meet my wife.

Before www days, back in Usenet prehistory.

Tin and pine unix newsreaders. That'll date ya.

[Lionel Mandrake]

13. I don't love the internet.

But I find it indispensable.

I use google, wikipedia, weather.com, and amazon all the time. Finding used books is now easier than ever before, thanks to several websites. Library catalogs are now online; the old card catalogs have disappeared. These are just a few examples of how I depend on the internet.

One thing I miss is newsgroups. They were good for many years; then the spam started growing exponentially.

[Roon]

15. It's a great information provider

and I'm an information junkie! :-)

[Bertha Venation]

16. The internet brought me the love of my life.

Mrs. V. read something I posted on Planet Out, was impressed by my grasp of the English language, read my profile, was astonished at a few things we have in common, and sent me an email. This was on October 24, 1999.

[Deja Q]

17. Because it's cheaper and I don't need to bring my computer home to meet my mother

:yoiks:

[Blue-Jay]

18. Because of its musky, Victure Mature-like scent.

[Bunny]

19. I've met a lot of great people through the internet, including someone who

has become a very special part of my life. :loveya:

And it also brought me the lolcat and cuteoverload sites as well.

http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://cuteoverload.com/

[BlooInBloo]

20. Anything I want to know, quickly.

[meow2u3]

21. I'm able to get information about scams to which I'd otherwise fall victim

The internet gives me the tools to fight back against scammers, extortionists, and other criminals who'd otherwise intimidate me.

[Orsino]

22. I got my job and my wife on the Internet.

My job is the Internet. I am the Internet (and so can you), in a way.

[Haole Girl]

23. The best thing?

Information at one's fingertips, of course! I'm always asking questions & now I can often find them myself... or if I'm feeling lazy email or ask someone else online. ;-)

[darkstar3]

24. All these posts, and no one posted THIS yet?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5430343841227974645#
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