Comments on: Are you as distracted on the internet as I am? A poll. http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Rebekah http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3990 Rebekah Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:06:45 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3990 I'm an internet junkie as well- and more so in the recent months to find support or get my thoughts out- I'm passing this sisterhood award along to you because I love the way you share the random (ie internet polls) with the deep (the way grief looks 18 months later)- http://mylifeafterlevi.blogspot.com/2009/04/sisterhood.html take care! < I’m an internet junkie as well- and more so in the recent months to find support or get my thoughts out- I’m passing this sisterhood award along to you because I love the way you share the random (ie internet polls) with the deep (the way grief looks 18 months later)- http://mylifeafterlevi.blogspot.com/2009/04/sisterhood.html
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]]> By: SharonAbelle http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3989 SharonAbelle Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:14:56 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3989 A little different slant here....but I also keep "the guilts" down by remembering that 25 years ago, I may have spent the morning: 1. Calling someone to arrange for a lunch date. 2. Stop by the bank to withdraw cash. 3. Read the newspaper headlines. 4. Watch the morning news. 5. Call the school to check on sporting event dates. 6. Go to Penney's to see if boys' jeans were on sale. 7. Have devotions. 8. Dig through pile of things to find photos for brother. 9. Check weather report for weekend. 10. Phone call to make reservations for backpacking. 11. Balance checkbook and pay bills. Guess what? Now all of that and more is done on line. So most of the time I am online, I'm not "wasting time on the internet". I'm living my life and taking care of relationships and responsibilities! Internet activity does not necessarily mean I'm using my time badly. A little different slant here….but I also keep “the guilts” down by remembering that 25 years ago, I may have spent the morning:

1. Calling someone to arrange for a lunch date.
2. Stop by the bank to withdraw cash.
3. Read the newspaper headlines.
4. Watch the morning news.
5. Call the school to check on sporting event dates.
6. Go to Penney’s to see if boys’ jeans were on sale.
7. Have devotions.
8. Dig through pile of things to find photos for brother.
9. Check weather report for weekend.
10. Phone call to make reservations for backpacking.
11. Balance checkbook and pay bills.

Guess what? Now all of that and more is done on line. So most of the time I am online, I’m not “wasting time on the internet”. I’m living my life and taking care of relationships and responsibilities! Internet activity does not necessarily mean I’m using my time badly.

]]> By: SharonAbelle http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3988 SharonAbelle Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:37:36 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3988 I've deliberately drawn my blogging/Facebook type boundaries pretty narrowly. I also try to keep the expectations of others low with regard to how frequently I'm going to play blog games/poke/send gifts, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc., because I realized early on that that particular beast is never satisfied. I’ve deliberately drawn my blogging/Facebook type boundaries pretty narrowly. I also try to keep the expectations of others low with regard to how frequently I’m going to play blog games/poke/send gifts, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc., because I realized early on that that particular beast is never satisfied.

]]> By: charity http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3987 charity Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:20:27 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3987 Facebook is like dating a guy you know you shouldn't. You are absorbed by him and never talk to any of your friends, who worry incessantly about you as all good friends should. One day you wake up and realize how bad he is for you and realize that you should end it with him, except you cant becuase you cant imagine your life without him and they very thougth scares you. Thats how bad my relationship is facebook right now. I need to end it. But yet... Facebook is like dating a guy you know you shouldn’t. You are absorbed by him and never talk to any of your friends, who worry incessantly about you as all good friends should. One day you wake up and realize how bad he is for you and realize that you should end it with him, except you cant becuase you cant imagine your life without him and they very thougth scares you.

Thats how bad my relationship is facebook right now. I need to end it. But yet…

]]> By: Caryn http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3986 Caryn Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:08:40 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3986 Girl, I know what you mean...that's why I refuse to get Facebook for now. Like right now I'm suppose to be doing my finances but I'm on your blog!!! :-) Girl, I know what you mean…that’s why I refuse to get Facebook for now. Like right now I’m suppose to be doing my finances but I’m on your blog!!! :-)

]]> By: Ebe http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3985 Ebe Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:44:26 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3985 I'm not into Twitter. It kinda freaks me out. And I quit Facebook about a year ago. But my feed reader...yes, I could spend hours reading the blogs of friends and their friends and the friends of friends of friends and so on and on and on... Ah, the Internet. What did we do before you came along?? I’m not into Twitter. It kinda freaks me out. And I quit Facebook about a year ago.

But my feed reader…yes, I could spend hours reading the blogs of friends and their friends and the friends of friends of friends and so on and on and on…

Ah, the Internet. What did we do before you came along??

]]> By: LadyHarley http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3984 LadyHarley Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:40:32 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3984 Happens to me ALL the time! However, I've found it to be a great place to get comfort & encouragement, when needed. P.S. I voted other... & that would be Multiply! Even though I've recently have started Twitter & yesterday signed up with Facebook. (Only because friends had requested me to... not that I needed another thing to do!!) Happens to me ALL the time! However, I’ve found it to be a great place to get comfort & encouragement, when needed.

P.S. I voted other… & that would be Multiply! Even though I’ve recently have started Twitter & yesterday signed up with Facebook. (Only because friends had requested me to… not that I needed another thing to do!!)

]]> By: Sturgmom http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3983 Sturgmom Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:17:50 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3983 I couldn't even vote- I get sucked in equally by all three! Although my feed reader is getting less attention due to how overwhelmed I'm becoming by the sheer number of unread feeds I have. I'm hopeless! I couldn’t even vote- I get sucked in equally by all three! Although my feed reader is getting less attention due to how overwhelmed I’m becoming by the sheer number of unread feeds I have. I’m hopeless!

]]> By: Kendall http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3982 Kendall Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:37:10 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3982 Good - it isn't just me! I have a cup of coffee that I rapidly cooling in the living room because I just walked down to the office to "turn on the computer". And have checked my email, gmail, my reader and three people's (including your) blogs. I haven't even got to facebook yet... And I LOVE coffee. Sigh... Good – it isn’t just me!
I have a cup of coffee that I rapidly cooling in the living room because I just walked down to the office to “turn on the computer”. And have checked my email, gmail, my reader and three people’s (including your) blogs. I haven’t even got to facebook yet…
And I LOVE coffee.
Sigh…

]]> By: Jennifer S http://mollypiper.com/2009/04/are-you-as-distracted-on-the-internet-as-i-am-a-poll/#comment-3981 Jennifer S Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:59:13 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-3981 I call it "chasing rabbits" when I find myself lost in the online world. I am usually reading "good stuff," like blogs of like-minded women, theology blogs, the world's headlines, and writing meaningful correspondence to long lost friends. But it just takes so much time out of my day... I call it “chasing rabbits” when I find myself lost in the online world. I am usually reading “good stuff,” like blogs of like-minded women, theology blogs, the world’s headlines, and writing meaningful correspondence to long lost friends. But it just takes so much time out of my day…

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