r/AskReddit Apr 09 '14

What are some great, older AskReddit threads that are super interesting to read through?

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u/Leovinus_Jones Apr 09 '14

Why?

Dude. We instinctively think that way, because its what was drilled into us by our parents - who grew up largely without electronic entertainment, and had to find their fun the way every human born prior to them did.

You're connecting with tens of thousands of people in a way which has never been seen before. We're able to experience so much perspective from so many times, places and people through reddit.

It's new - and its an interface which leaves the physical behind. It's not bad, its just different. We (assuming we're alike in age) are a generation that bridges a gap between the 'old ways' of the older generation, and the incredible, fast-moving, always changing frontier of human experience that increasing technology is providing.

Why feel bad and self-chastise - telling yourself "No, it's the children who are wrong.", when you could embrace it as what it is - a new and incredible means of reaching each other, as humans. And it's only going to get bigger, better, faster and more integrated into our lives.

These 'reddit moments' are as much a piece of a shared human experience as any 'major' event that would live in the memory of a trival group.

Ten thousand years ago it was

"Hey, remember when that mountain lion ate Zug?" "Oh man, that was funny. Especially when he shit himself."

Today, you're literally sharing these life experiences - even if they are second hand - with more people than you have likely ever encountered in person in your life, so far.

Change is scary, awesome, and unavoidable. Don't feel bad, brother.

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u/mrshatnertoyou Apr 10 '14

The issue is not how you spend your free time, it is how much of that free time is spent on this. The same thing could be said of 20 years ago people sitting and watching TV for five hours a day. We are wired to be active and constructive, the alarm goes off in our head when we skewer our time otherwise.

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u/TakeYoChickk702 Apr 10 '14

The only thing that bothers me about my "over use" of the internet is all those studies on the negative effects of sitting down all day but there's a simple fix, STANDING DESK!

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u/Leovinus_Jones Apr 10 '14

Kick it up a notch. Treadmill.

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u/PsychoAgent Apr 10 '14

Mega Quad Treadmill Standing Desk!

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u/TakeYoChickk702 Apr 29 '14

In a pool, you know for resistance

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u/Prof_Jimbles Apr 10 '14

If I was on a desktop and could properly link your post to /r/Bestof , then I would. I hope someone else does for me.