
In the beginning we did everything in person
Or went where we needed to go and do the required
Then we got internet, and everything was done online
Shopping, banking, emails, everything done via internet
What a convenience we say, we can pay the bills from home
Buy stuff without stepping out of the front door
But when the internet gets broken for one reason or the other
We are left stranded without any means to do our chores
I think what we had in the beginning wasn’t that bad after all!
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( yesterday we have a big internet outage and it made me realize how dependent we are on it for everything, even blogging!)
Tuesday writing prompt: Write a poem using the words “In the beginning”
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Perhaps we have become too dependent on the internet. We need to remember face to face interactions are still important.
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I agree with you Patricia! The problem is that all our systems now work with internet 🧐
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It’s true! Every time I think of something I “need” I get on the computer and buy it.
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Yes, that what most of us do. But if the internet wasn’t working, we would be in a lot of trouble
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And things are really a mess when the internet is down at a retail store or restaurant, as they have no way to process sales!
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Yes, exactly! We will be in a serious situation if it stopped working altogether 😱
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I feel the same! And I believe both ways are good, and the biggest challenge we continue to face is learning how to have them both
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*beautiful poetry!
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Thanks
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Very true. We should be able to perform daily tasks without internet too.
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I love your profile picture!
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Thanks Dorothy
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You’re welcome Sadje
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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Now isn’t that the truth! Amen.
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Thanks Suzette
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The electronic banking scares me most of all. We have a situation here where they can’t find help for banking transactions face to face. You have to call to make an appointment to see a live person now!
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It is getting too automated. There should be human beings involved too.
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Errands get us out of the house snd interacting with people which is good 🙂
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That’s true and it’s better this way.
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There would be a lot less scams going around without the internet, as we have gotten used to dealing with people that we have never seen before. If everything went back to person to person, face to face, it would be easier to trust everyone again. Thanks for joining in with your lovely scenario about how the internet changed our lives, Sadje.
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Thanks a lot Jim. Yup, we now live partially in the virtual world where people can pretend to be anyone of anything they want. It is hard to trust them.
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If there’s no internet I wont have any chance to talk with my friends who lives in a far away places on the spot. 🥺
Going out today is like getting rob every day. 🤧😞
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That’s the too. Blogging is totally dependent upon internet and all the social media too.
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So true, Sadje💕
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Thanks Grace.
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My pleasure 💕
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Agreed. It’s important for us to remember to “unplug” from all the technology and remember to do things other ways even just once in a while. The world is too wonderful a place to remain absorbed in a screen the whole time, after all.
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Absolutely right Joyce. We do need to do that. And also hang on to this talent; how to interact with real people.
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Yes!!
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“Blessings come with Burdens”–Internet is a convenience, but our lives seem to stop temporarily when there’s an outage or some other tech-crisis. Some days I wish we could “go back”…but I’m not young enough anymore to do all running around that is no longer necessary, courtesy of online shopping and billing. 🙂
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Well said Leyde! There should be a way in-between the two extremes.
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Oh that would be nice–a way in between! I’d vote for it!
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I would too.
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Yup…Internet has its own loss and benefits at the same time…
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Exactly! Were too affected by the outage too?
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Yup…
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Yes, this is so true about our technology today. In my work, I continue to use paper often, as a direct result of my concern about tech interruptions and issues you are writing about. Though infrequent, backups are helpful.
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Backups are helpful and I think necessary.
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I absolutely agree.
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So true. Though the convenience of these times sometimes can’t be beat …
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Yes, it’s a devil we cannot live without and it’s a devil too love with!
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The internet made us lazy
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And too dependent upon technology
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Exactly
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I do love a black out every now and then, because it does remind you to not be so reliant on the interweb. We had a whole state black out here a few years ago. Ever since then, I am always looking for things to do in case of black out. This post actually has reminded me to refresh all of those, lol. Thank you, lol. It’s been a while, but you just never know.
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Thanks Lolsy! Yes, it’s a reminder to us all to look to other resources too.
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The internet definitely has its advantages but when we don’t have it, we’re lost. We should have some sort of a backup plan, if possible.
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Yes, definitely we should. The worst hit are the money transaction and banking
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Yes, which is very unsettling.
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Yes, I agree
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My dear, what we did, in the beginning, is good up to certain age. Now at 75, I find online shopping a boon. Still miss the touch of clothes, books, and…,
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Yes, though it’s very convenient, if we suddenly didn’t have internet, we would be in hot water.
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We may face a problem then but you know as usual we will come up with some alternative again with our never say die shopping spirit.
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That’s very probable.
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I agree!
We’re so dependent on the internet! I hate it when I am without it! Lol!
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Exactly!
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We are very dependent people, who can easily turn into hermits. I agree with you.
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Thanks Sara
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Interesting post Sadje. I agree the digital era and technology gas changed and transformed the way we used to do things since we now a smartphone is much more of a need than a want🙌📱
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Yes, that’s correct Mthobisi.
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I remember the first time we got a ‘bug’ and were without for several days. Hubby is very big on protection programs. Somethings I can’t run because of them. I am also very careful about what I ‘click on links’ to.
I don’t do all that much on line, but enough that when I can’t use it I feel like I’ve lost some of my family! – I still do much in-person. Like this morning I ran a big circle with five errands. I do try to be careful of saving gas. 🙂
Sometimes I still believe that ‘no news’ is good news. *sign*
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I like doing my shopping and grocery personally too but banking, bills and obviously blogging need internet!
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We do what works best for us 🙂
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Indeed.
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Too much of anything is bad and so is the case with internet.
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Yup, I agree. We’ve become too dependent upon it.
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We do rely on computers far too much. Love ’em when they work but without them we are kind of lost.
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Yes, exactly. Too much dependency
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