Monday, November 1, 2010

The "Change"

People who log onto the internet for prolonged periods of time often go through a change in behavior (most of which are social changes).

More or less, here are the stages of the changes these people go through:
1- "Normal"- The person is a "normal" member of society, this person uses the internet strictly for informational purposes only.
2-Logger- This person has a facebook, myspace, or another website account that they visit often, however they only keep in touch with friends and family for the most part
3- Chatter- This person socializes mostly through the internet via web chat with friends, sometimes with people across the world that they didn't know in person. This person however, does not socialized directly as much as they used to.
4- Dweller- This person stays close to their computer, this person is living a second life at this point over the internet. They still keep in contact with their friends in person but they often insert weird or off topic jargon, memes or phrases that most "normal" people wouldn't know otherwise.
5- Husk- This person stays STUCK to their computer, they dislike being outside with people because everything they like/need is a arms reach away:
a computer with internet access (of course)
video games/ entertainment
snacks
e-friends (if applicable)
and all the visual stimulants you could possibly need (AKA porn)
This person may exhibit extremely witty banter and may know alot about nothing (and by nothing, I mean they know a lot of information on pointless things, such as how to live your life on only 2 hours of sleep a day or how to pick padlocks with soda cans [YES! you can do those!]) once you get past their probable awkwardness and lack of social mannerisms. This person may also be extremely blunt and will say things to the point. (instead of allowing someone of lesser intelligence speak of something they know nothing about, the husk will cut this person off altogether and let that person know exactly how dumb they are and correct every mistake they have witnessed so far.) The husk may also know alot of useful information (this depends on what websites they frequent) such as how computers work, how to work on cars, ect. but they're definatly not the best teachers because they lack the patients to do so.

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