A while back I did a bit of lurking around 4chan, particularly /r9k/. That board is a poster child for people who have given up entirely on the physical world and embraced the digital to the fullest extent.
Once that happens, you become programmed by the addiction, in the same way that opiate addicts end up having their entire lives revolve around their addiction.
Worse I'd say is a place like /r9k/. Any semblance of normality is to be instantly branded a "Normie" and howled at to leave the board immediately. Absolute detachment from the physical world is lauded as the highest achievement. Imagine a board of drug users harassing each other to inject the highest dose, every time.
These people sit around in their own filth and both hate and take pride in their filthiness.
Internet addiction is real, and it can be very, very damaging.
Instead of a drug poisoning your mind and body, it's ideas. Information. Snow Crash
Once that happens, you become programmed by the addiction, in the same way that opiate addicts end up having their entire lives revolve around their addiction.
Worse I'd say is a place like /r9k/. Any semblance of normality is to be instantly branded a "Normie" and howled at to leave the board immediately. Absolute detachment from the physical world is lauded as the highest achievement. Imagine a board of drug users harassing each other to inject the highest dose, every time.
These people sit around in their own filth and both hate and take pride in their filthiness.
Internet addiction is real, and it can be very, very damaging.
Instead of a drug poisoning your mind and body, it's ideas. Information. Snow Crash