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Shock Trooper
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I was just wandering, what do people mostly use the internet for?

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This poll contains 1 question(s). 33 user(s) have voted.
Voting started at March 14, 2005 02:34 PM board time.

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Posts: 258 | Registered: Wednesday, March 9 2005 08:00
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To answer these polls. . .

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"The bad news is you and Latin music go together like chocolate ice cream and an onion."—Simon Cowell about John Stevens
Posts: 458 | Registered: Friday, August 6 2004 07:00
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porno wasnt on there so i had to vote other ;)

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Posts: 296 | Registered: Monday, September 22 2003 07:00
Shock Trooper
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How about relaxation, whatever site that may be :)

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Scandalous Stories, fishing,and great photos
Posts: 294 | Registered: Monday, November 24 2003 08:00
Law Bringer
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All of it. And in pretty equal proportions in fact. Today I used Google to find out something about I Ching divination, Google News to read up on the body count in Iraq, Iran's nuclear development, Wikipedia to learn about the history of the Communist Manifesto (for an internet discussion), Hyperiums and some other text-based morpgs, as well as exactly four message boards.

[ Monday, March 14, 2005 15:54: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ]

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Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Agent
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How about all of the above...

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Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh.

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Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00
Shaper
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An option to check more than one would have made it more accurate. This board, research, other stuff like that, and I can honestly say I have never looked for porn.

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Nena
Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00
Guardian
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Pretty much everything.

Mostly games, and surfing.

Never looked up porn?! Just once try a Google image search for... uhh... something that sounds interesting.

[ Monday, March 14, 2005 16:10: Message edited by: the Real Demonslaya ]

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Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00
Shaper
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Maybe It's because I'm female, or I don't get off on pictures, I don't know :P

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Nena
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Hey, it's not just pictures. A friend of mine spends a considerable proportion of her time online reading erotic stories. This wouldn't be so bad, except that she uses the publicly-accessible computers at the university library to do so...

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Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Shaper
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I don't know I would count erotic stories as porn, it can have the same result, but it's not a visual. That is, it's text.

Edit: I see your point :P , that and I suppose imagination is equivalent to visuals.

[ Monday, March 14, 2005 16:23: Message edited by: Dolphin ]

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Nena
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It's still an irresponsible use of educational resources. :P

(And incidentally, the etymology of "pornography" does derive from the Greek for "writing about prostitutes"; the term was originally applied mainly to written works.)

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Internet porn? Why bother with all the terribly lousy stuff on the web when you can just download a DVD rip of a quality porn movie using a file sharing program?

I tend to use the internet mostly for forums, online journals, sports news, and the Facebook, a social network for college students.

[ Monday, March 14, 2005 17:29: Message edited by: This Glass Is Half Stugie ]

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"Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita.
Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00
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Looks like Stugie has this down.

I recall Eros a writer, correct?

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Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly!

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Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00
Law Bringer
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Eros? As in the son of Aphrodite, commonly referred to as Cupid? He may have corresponded with Sappho once in a while, I guess...

There is erotic art and there is pornography. There are erotic stories and there is pornography. Any medium can be used to produce worthless smut and, because we're talking about the internet here, it is. Frequently.

—Alorael, who is an internet omni-user. If it's online, he uses it. If it's not, it should be! He demands convenience!
Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Shaper
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I only use the Net for research. Is there another use? :o

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Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
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I marked "other" for similar reasons as posted above. Other than chatrooms per se, I use internet for all the other options and, as Stugie remarked, I also do some downloading and ripping.

And I guess the other thing is internet shopping, since that's pretty much the only way I can buy things here. (I still refuse to go to the street vendors and buy pirated DVDs, CDs, etc. It's amazing how open that piracy is here in Venezuela (yeah, that's right interpol agent perusing this post (right) come down here and stir some nests.))

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Posts: 604 | Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Law Bringer
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quote:
Originally written by VCH:

I only use the Net for research. Is there another use? :o
Why the hell are you at these forums?! Reasearching anything? :P

[ Monday, March 14, 2005 21:23: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Shaper
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Why the hell are you at these forums?! Reasearching anything?
Oh Mos Def, these forums are my chief mode of research. How many places can you find such an assortment of mental patients.
I maintain that no matter what site I visit on the Net be it Maxim,Much Music,MacAddict or otherwise I am still conducting research of national importance. So yeah lotz of research. :P

[ Monday, March 14, 2005 21:48: Message edited by: VCH ]

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Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
Agent
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What? Us?! Mental patients?!?

I may have mental problems, but I'm not anyone's patient, because of them, yet.

I use the 'net for alot of stuff. From chatting with mates, during lunchtime, when they're at school to finding images of cute fluffy animals. Like kittens.

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The net is where I get my news and my adult conversation. I play a few games at yahoo too.

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Shock Trooper
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I will post a more accurate poll unless people tell me not to.

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Law Bringer
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Don't, I'd say. This thread is quite fine for discussion, we don't need another poll and another thread filling up the boards. :)

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The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki!
"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Shaper
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Agreed please don't, I only said that for future reference, not for a second almost identical poll to be added.

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Nena
Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00
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I've heard that there is now a reputable and recognized sub-specialty of sociology, appropriately termed cybersociology, that would concern itself with forums. So yes, we may all be guinea pigs.

—Alorael, who has trouble associating "sociology" and "reputable" anyway thanks to his personal prejudices.
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