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Downsides to Intrafamily IM?
Frisky070802 writes "The NY Times has run a column on how many families now use instant messaging within a household, for instance to ask what someone wants for dinner. This is especially popular as whole houses get wired (or wireless) and computers are scattered throughout the house. This is the case at my house but I tend to be the only one who stays on AIM reliably. Can Slashdotters offer some personal experience, pro/con, with being instantly and constantly accessible to one's spouse and children? Does this tend to break down your 'personal time'?"
And what if you don't spend every waking moment tied to you PC? What if you actually went outside and did something else for a change? Like maybe in a garden or got a real life where you didn't sit surfing trash all day?
I use computers in my work. Have every since they were invented. That means I am not on them continously ESPECIALLY if I got home from doing the same damn thing at work.
What the hell is it with you people?
Get a fscking pet and quite stroking your desktop.