The Internet

There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding the internet, and people like to put a positive spin on what is essentially a giant waist land. So in this blog I would like to give you my thoughts and opinions on this thing that runs our day to day life, we like to call, The Internet.

I love it when TV commercials say something like “The internet is good for the entire family, the kids can research projects on it, dad can keep up to date with the news and mum can check her email.” Now let me tell you what is really happening. Little Billy is looking at porn when mum is not watching; Dad is also looking at porn when the wife is not watching. Little Sally is arranging to meet a 43 year old man who she thinks is 16, and mum is playing Farmville and maxing out the credit cards. Now that’s what I call making good use of modern technology.

I have never known anyone to use the internet to research essays or projects; the only thing they research is porn and pirated music. I say that we quit pretending the internet is something that it’s not. It’s not the place that your kids are going to be able to do the majority research for that upcoming grade 6 project, It’s not the place that dad is going to sit down at the end of the day and catch up on current events and check tomorrows weather, and it’s not the place where mum is going to share her baking secretes with other housewives across the world.

What the internet is however. Is the place where you are going to look something up to settle a bet with your friends, it is the place that underage boys are going to get there first glimpse of a naked woman, even if that’s not what they were looking for, and it is the place where you are going to be bombarded with people trying to sell you shit.

And if you don’t agree with me, then take off all the internet filters on your home computer, and leave you kids alone with it for a couple of hours. I dare you.