Disgusted with the internet - The Haven

Joe90 Phoenix Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 7702 Location: Great Britain	Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:19 pm?? ?Post subject: Disgusted with the internet I know I use the internet and can't live without it any more, I am still disgusted with the way the internet has basically took over everything and is making companies lose out on business and hundreds of jobs are being lost. It is happening as we speak, and it is very worrying. I have now heard that HMV (UK record shop) is going under because of so many people shopping online for DVDs and CDs. That is my favourite shop, it is the only place I can go when I need to go to a shopping centre (to get some shoes that need trying on or something) and after I get what I wanted I usually go into HMV and have a look, to kill time before the next bus, because I can't hang around in clothes shops for too long, and that's all there is. Now HMV is gone I will have nowhere exciting to look. It's really not fair. So many stupid idiotic people are buying things online, but there are still millions of people that like to actively browse around the shops too, for something to do. I am also worrying that all this internet shopping will soon destroy every retail business and there will be no shops left standing any more, instead everywhere will just get derelict. People don't realise that the internet is destroying everything. It is worrying me. Not only that, the internet isn't that reliable. Computers cost to update, you have to be careful of viruses, you have to be careful of what you're buying, you have to be careful of what you're downloading, and it is easy for people (older people that aren't used to computers, or people who are stupider than average, like me,) to end up getting their bank accounts hacked into. I tried downloading Adblocker the other day from Google, and I suddenly ended up with SweetIM as my browser, and I couldn't get rid of it, and it slowed down all my internet and everything. Now after fiddling around I have finally removed it, but my internet is still having a few problems with speed ever since. Also the connection from the router randomly cuts out and disrupts everything. This can be more frustrating than going out shopping among crowds of people sometimes... _________________ Gender: Female From: East UK Age: 22 Pet peeve: People criticising me
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lostonearth35 Phoenix Joined: Jan 06, 2010 Age: 38 Posts: 688 Location: Canada	Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:29 pm?? ?Post subject: I often wish I could order my weekly supply of groceries online instead of going to the store because I HATE the crowds, and the line-ups, especially around holidays and when people get their monthly checks. I didn't always hate grocery shopping but the store I go to recently got expanded and now it there seem to be more people than ever there and there aren't many other stores that have a decent stock of groceries nearby. When I'm shopping there it seems all I say is excuse me excuse me sorry, sorry for being in your way, SORRY FOR EXISTING!!! And I normally take my time while everyone else rushes around in complete madness. It's like I can't even take a minute to decide what to choose from all the products, prices, and quality and then I turn around and see I'm blocking someone who wants to get past. Are the aisles getting more narrow, or am I getting more wide? I also seem to have a weird curse there when I'm next in line the cashier suddenly seems to forget how to use the cash register or someone calls her and she puts ME on hold, or the person in front of me is an 80-year old and forgets how to use a credit card or cash a check. There are screaming kids and teens yapping away on phones and since I don't have a car or drive I have to call my mother on the phone to drive me back to my apartment. But the store people don't like people having their cars right in front of the doors so I have to lug my shopping cart down to this empty corner on the sidewalk while I wait and it could be freezing or frying but there's not place to go inside. And one time some guy came up to me asking for a smoke. Not a teen but a grown man! I don't smoke and wasn't smoking, so why would he assume I had cigarettes on me, that is so stupid and annoying! Also I have to try to be home before the kids in the high school across the street are let out for the day or there will be cars and buses everywhere and sometimes my mom can't even drive up to the steps to my apartment. So I have to lug my bags of groceries such as big bags of kitty litter even further and then up two sets of stairs. UGH!!! Of course I don't want all stores to close down because where I live there's not much else to do or to go to. There's not a lot outside my home I feel like doing, anyway. But most of the other stores in the "city" I live in are terrible. I'm lucky if they have something that I really want and end up searching all over for it and they don't have it if I ask if they will get it soon the answer is nearly always I don't know. When I was a kid going to town or the mall was like going to Disneyland, but back then the stores were a lot better and everything was more fun as a kid but not any more. and I can't order stuff online even when I want to because I have no credit cards I can't afford them and I don't get this Pay Pal thing or whatever it's called. I know this was a very long rant, but I just had to get it out even though I just let my Mr. Noodles boil into a pot of disgusting sludge on the stove. Good thing I didn't set the place on fire.
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Tequila # You must remember who I am... # Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 23245 Location: Lancashire, UK	Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:08 pm?? ?Post subject: Re: Disgusted with the internet Joe90 wrote: I know I use the internet and can't live without it any more, I am still disgusted with the way the internet has basically took over everything and is making companies lose out on business and hundreds of jobs are being lost. Well, it's happening because it's far more convenient to use the Internet and it's often much cheaper. Would I rather get a DVD online for ?8-?9 and get it delivered right to my door, or would I rather go to Preston and spend ?15-?20 from a brick and mortar store? No contest, really. Joe90 wrote: It is happening as we speak, and it is very worrying. No, it's not. I think it's a good thing if new, successful companies take their place (I can't see this happening at this moment in time). I haven't actually bought anything in HMV for many, many years now - probably nearly ten years. It's easier, cheaper and less hassle just to buy things online, as I said earlier. Joe90 wrote: I have now heard that HMV (UK record shop) is going under because of so many people shopping online for DVDs and CDs. It's also the last major offline music/DVD chain. To be honest with you, I'm amazed it's been allowed to be kept going for as long as it has. I would have expected it to have gone under by around 2008 or 2009. Joe90 wrote: That is my favourite shop, it is the only place I can go when I need to go to a shopping centre (to get some shoes that need trying on or something) and after I get what I wanted I usually go into HMV and have a look, to kill time before the next bus, because I can't hang around in clothes shops for too long, and that's all there is. Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! With the greatest respect, HMV was/is there to sell things - it's not there for you to use it for your own entertainment! Just out of interest, when did you last buy something from HMV? Joe90 wrote: Now HMV is gone I will have nowhere exciting to look. Erm... it's a business, not a venue solely for the entertainment of Joe90. Joe90 wrote: It's really not fair. Boo hoo hoo. My heart is bleeding for you. Joe90 wrote: So many stupid idiotic people are buying things online Thanks for calling me and people like me 'stupid' and 'idiotic'. I can put these descriptors over in that pile of other things that people have called me on here. Joe90 wrote: but there are still millions of people that like to actively browse around the shops too, for something to do. Yeah, but they're not bloody well buying anything. If all the people in Tariq's Newsagents simply went in there to read the newspapers and didn't actually end up buying anything, what would happen to Tariq's Newsagents? Think about it. Joe90 wrote: I am also worrying that all this internet shopping will soon destroy every retail business Can that spawn of Satan himself, PC World, be next? Please please please... Joe90 wrote: and there will be no shops left standing any more Yeah, I can see Tesco, ASDA, Morrisons and M&S going down the tubes as we speak. Joe90 wrote: instead everywhere will just get derelict. Times move on. Any business that cannot move with the times will suffer. Basic market forces, love. Joe90 wrote: People don't realise that the internet is destroying everything. I blame the Bilderbergers. Who's with me? Joe90 wrote: Not only that, the internet isn't that reliable. Look, if the Internet goes down, and we're all doomed (or something, I haven't got the memo on how it will actually happen), what do you think will happen to all the supermarket shops? Also: don't you have a library where you live? They tend to have free Internet access. In some libraries, you can even get a cup of tea whilst you browse. Joe90 wrote: Computers cost to update So do TVs, fridges, and most electrical appliances. Pick a good computer with a decent spec and keep it clean of crap. Joe90 wrote: you have to be careful of viruses Don't buy a Windows PC then. (Yes, I know that Macs get virii, but still.) Joe90 wrote: you have to be careful of what you're buying And you don't in a high-street shop? Joe90 wrote: you have to be careful of what you're downloading Not difficult. Just download crap off dodgy sites without checking its provenance first. Joe90 wrote: and it is easy for people (older people that aren't used to computers, or people who are stupider than average, like me,) a) They offer free computing lessons at the local library for older people. b) Stop doing that. Stop calling yourself "stupider than average". You're not, and it doesn't suit you to keep thinking like that or calling yourself that. Joe90 wrote: to end up getting their bank accounts hacked into. I tried downloading Adblocker the other day from Google, and I suddenly ended up with SweetIM as my browser, and I couldn't get rid of it, and it slowed down all my internet and everything. Now after fiddling around I have finally removed it, but my internet is still having a few problems with speed ever since. Also the connection from the router randomly cuts out and disrupts everything. This can be more frustrating than going out shopping among crowds of people sometimes... Have you downloaded something like CCleaner or HijackThis to get rid of all the remaining crap?
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Joe90 Phoenix Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 7702 Location: Great Britain	Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:22 am?? ?Post subject: a, Most people that I know are upset that HMV is going b, Shops aren't just for walking in and buying something and walking out again, lots and lots of people like to browse, and because I love films, I usually end up buying loads of DVDs in HMV just because of browsing c, I have everything on my computer (ccleaner, anti-virus software installed and updated, and other stuff like that), but my internet is still slow because when I type something on the internet there is a lag so some letters don't get typed which is annoying (so I've got to type every post on a word document then copy and paste it), and I didn't used to have to do that before I accidentally installed that shitty SweetIM crap. I don't even know where this SweetIM came from, it said ''install Adblocker now'' on the button that I pressed d, As if everyone who doesn't use a computer has got time for computer lessons e, you DO have to be careful with what you buy online, because hackers can get in so easily, and there are a lot of scams, etc f, There is a lot of sarcasm in this thread, Mods, please get rid of the thread now, I made a huge mistake and didn't know WP users would be so against it _________________ Gender: Female From: East UK Age: 22 Pet peeve: People criticising me
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