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fandomsecrets2014-08-07 07:26 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-08-07 07:26 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #2774 ⌋
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Re: Small things that annoy you
How old are your parents? I ask this because I can understand why they might be concerned about you spending "too much" time on the internet; it can be a way of avoiding interacting with the world around you or of escaping from real world problems. But if you've explained to them what you get out of the internet and what you're using it for, I don't get the objection. If they're not regular internet users and don't social media and don't have any internet friends themselves, it may be hard for them to understand that you can have meaningful relationships with people you only interact with on the internet. My dad has never even had an email. Ever. *shudders* My mom is super internet literate; she even teaches online courses. But I still have to remind her she can buy things online or look things up online, and she does no social media. They would be deeply suspicious of my online friendships if they were aware of them.
Sorry if this is too much diagnosing your ills without really knowing anything about them. And I'm not excusing your parents at all here. Just wondering if that's what's going on.
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Um well,49ish I think. I'm pretty sure the issues isn't so much them worrying about safety because I think they're well aware for the most part that I've spent enough time online to be wary. I mean my dad jokes that people online are "fat guys in prison" but I think that's just a joke.
It's not so much them worrying but them just...thinking it's weird for me to spend a lot of time online. Like my dad will sometimes tell me to get off the computer for no other reason then I've been on it a lot. That's what it seems like. Personally I don't see the big deal. I do the dishes , and I always take out the trash and walk the dog, and I'm looking for a job.
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That jives with how my parents would probably have reacted if I'd been living at home when the internet became ubiquitous.
I think your parents genuinely don't get that you can have meaningful interactions with people on the internet (which doesn't excuse them dismissing your feelings at all).
My parents used to be that way about me going outside. If they thought I'd been inside too long, even if I was doing something like reading, they'd send me out to play in the hot-ass summer with all the mosquitoes.
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They don't I think. They are convinced it's some sort of "addiction".
My parents used to be the same, sending me outside when we were kids. They eventually stopped when we got older though.
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I am a climate controlled individual. LOL
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