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@Lily17 whoa! That is an intense memory! Were you scared then? Did you finally end up singing on the stage?

@Rajeev2021 It's really nice to hear your journey with the internet. I suppose I understand what you mean by the change in your perspective over time.
I guess, the argument is always the same across eons for something like this. Can a "tool" really be good or bad? Guns protect but also kill. Dynamite is a weapon of mass destruction but also the tool that lets us create tunnels in mountains. AI is transforming all professions but also risking an unprecedented loss of jobs. I guess everything has a flip side. What is it, then, that decides whether something is used for good or evil? Is it dependent on human perception of good and bad? But what if the perception is warped? for example, when a thing that is good for one man may be evil for another. Who decides which man's preference must be followed?

@Ash That is quite nice to hear. I am pretty grateful for this aspect of the internet too. Often, my interactions with people around me tend to either be heavily influenced by the social structure or my educational qualification, to maintain an elusive standard of sorts, it seems. But on the internet, I can be as goofy as I want and not care about facades or pretense. There is definitely some sort of freedom in that.

Over the last five decades, internet use has boomed worldwide. People from across the globe get to be on a single platform, at the same time. It is exciting, yet unnerving. Even just a century ago, this would be considered either sorcery or divination. But today you and I have this magnificent power at our fingertips. But how does this power impact our minds? I was going through this paper (ref below) recently that discussed mental health and internet use and wanted to discuss with it you all. Let me know your thoughts. :)

(Mars B, Gunnell D, Biddle L, Kidger J, Moran P, et al. (2020) Prospective associations between internet use and poor mental health: A population-based study. PLOS ONE 15(7): e0235889. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235889)

@Chilled-soup I don't know which part of the internet you are talking about, but I am tired of all the information exchange the internet facilitates. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that just because ignorance is bliss, we must stay uninformed. It is just that every morning I wake up I see a barrage of negative news, something burning somewhere in the world, some inhuman atrocity happening at another end. It's such a sensory overload. But then, there's also pictures of cute dogs and cats from across the world, so I don't really know whether one would be happier with or without the internet.

@The-Mods well hello, fellow overthinker :). It is surprising but also good that you don't obsess over things. I tend to hyperfixate on a topic for weeks and then once I'm saturated with the content, it gets easy to pick the next pot of honey. Do you have a song that you're stuck with right now?

@Wonder oh yea, I'm probably late on the scene with it. but I just noticed that debris news. insane.

@mikeJB oh, I see. You have my wishes and regards! Get well soon :)

@Ash here's what's playing right now on for me

@Ash haha, what a funny song. XD

@mikeJB Ohno. If it isn't too intrusive to ask, what are you being operated for? I do hope it goes well and you get better soon.

@Ash loving this list.

@Ash ooh what's on your playlist right now?

I'll go first. I have been consumed by #hualian this last week. I just finished the novel and man, I cannot get enough of these two! Please release the next season already! :loudly_crying_face:

@Janet ahahaha damn. I feel like that about ATLA. Though my reasons of crying are sheer emotional pain while watching this

@Janet oh goodness! I can imagine. I'm curious though, how do you feel when you watch that movie again now?

@Dark_raven07 ooh! did you get to climb trees a lot?

I remember being in a park running around a giant slide shaped like a shoe.

My first job was writing a blog against vaping for school. It was weird because I hadn't yet seen a vape irl back then.

"Saturn" by sleeping at last