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Welcome to The Age of the Web Hermit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the age-31-lives-in-mom's-basement-hey-waitaminute dept.

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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  1. My Biography by ThePopeLayton · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow, total story of my life!!!

    j/k

  2. Re:Just because you can... by LordKazan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    (go ahead churchies, mark me flamebait for making negative remarks about your fairytail-of-choice)

    when engaging in that social activity means going down to the local establishment filled with a cloud of cancer causing toxins and engaging in an activity that kills braincells OR going to down your local brainwashing center (aka Church) and engaging in mass displays of superstitution and dogmaticism.

    I'll take a pass and monkey around on the net.

    However; no, I am not a web-hermit. My fiancee and I just went down to KC to see her favorite MLS team the Houstan Dynamo kick the K.C. Wizard's blue butts after we had been down there wednesday to see our local team (Des Moines Menace) play them in the open cup. We run, occasionally go camping, etc too. Definantly not a web hermit.

    "socialization" in this country is generally considered poisoning yourself (either physically at the bar, or mentally at church) - that's not socializing in my book, that's insanity. I'll take a pass.

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  3. But I just got an internet... by guruevi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And I can't do all that with it. I can just enlarge some bodyparts with that internet. I think I'll have to add more tubes.

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  4. Re:Unless you also use your laptop as a commode... by humble.fool · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Are you sure about that? What makes you feel this way?

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