Welcome to The Age of the Web Hermit

tyroneking writes "Phil Hartup on bit-tech.net has captured the Zeitgeist of the web-aware generation: The Age of the Web Hermit describes how some lucky souls can live their lives, earn money, buy necessities and even find love on the Internet. 'Is there anything that we really need good old fashioned Real Life for any more?'; not me!"

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Re:Just because you can...

[StarvingSE]

I totally agree on the second-hand smoke issue. The only reason that smoking in public places is allowed is because of the lobbys from big tobacco.

It doesn't matter where you go: bowling alley, pool hall, restaurant, park, people are smoking, and everyone is forced to breathe it. I am consistently rebutted by people who smoke around me with "its my right to smoke wherever I want" when I ask them to please smoke elsewhere. It is not their right, becuase it is infringing on my rights. Its like saying you have the right to let your dog shit on anyone's property. It makes no sense.

Like the parent said, drinking a diet coke doesn't infringe on anyone's rights. If there was no second hand smoke hazard, I wouldn't care in the least. But the fact is that there is, and I have the right to go to whatever establishment I choose with the expectation of breathing non-poisoned air.