Yeah, well, this is nothing new. How many times have you wasted hours on end searching for something online? Having all this information at your fingertips is not a good thing. What is the reason I do not have a smart phone? I need to be able to walk away from the internet from time to time. It is bad enough I have an iPad. It is a good thing I can leave it at home and function normally.
Even before the internet, I was hungry for knowledge, but I would have to check out books, magazines, or encyclopedias. My biggest problem is that I like to know details about things, such as who starred in the movie and where it was filmed. Does the town in the book I am reading really exist? For movies, this would mean watching all the credits. For books, I read all the author's notes. I am even curious about the writers and film makers, so I would seek out information about them. Biographies, anthologies. I am the person who listens to audio commentaries on DVDs.
The internet has made all this information available in one place. The ability to find the information quickly is a bonus, but we can continue to click on links of anything associated with what is being researched. Three hours later, you can have the biographies of all the superheroes in the Avengers, for example. On top of text, there are videos. I have spent so much time devouring information on any given subject. Take your pick. It is usually what I am currently obsessing about.
I have been doing this for years. Before Wikipedia, I would seek out fan sites for a book, movie or TV series I was interested in. Obviously there are many people out there like me because they are creating the websites I visit. A lot of us are obsessive about things. We want to know. I am not sure why, but I have to find reviews and analyses of tv and movies I like. Validation of my taste?
Right now, I am all about Community. Next week, who knows, maybe I will like Parks and Recreation. Phineas and Ferb is pretty funny. Trust me, I will find something else to pique my interest, and cause me to spend (waste) copious amounts of time online. The Internet is crack.
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