Writer's Block: The Internet

[Error: unknown template qotd] GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE INTERNET:

• Easier to talk to people around the world.
• Access to all kinds of information and alternative viewpoints and opinions you don't hear every day.
• Makes research easier and faster, such as scholarly articles posted online (goes with #2).
• Increasing number of venues for creative expression and homegrown entertainment.
• Easier to meet people with the same interests as you.
• Increased exposure for independent musicians (goes with #4).
• Fun and funny memes (like this one).
• Easier to organize events and activism.
• "Watchdog" for the mainstream media.

BAD THINGS ABOUT THE INTERNET:

• Easier to procrastinate (see: Facebook, LiveJournal).
• Decreases attention span.
• Decline of basic writing skills (i.e. grammar, spelling, syntax, etc.).
• Overabundance of disgusting images (see: Goatse).
• Inability to convey meaning solely through the written word, thus leading to misunderstanding and, ironically, inability to communicate.
• Discourages physical contact with other people and the outside world, thus leading to a sense of depression and apathy.
• One-click entertainment discourages the ability to entertain oneself.
• Amount of information and opinions online can create "information overload."
• Communities of like-minded people may become "tribes" who only hear and see what they like, and who cannot communicate to each other rationally and respectfully.
• Anonymous.  Just ... Anonymous.
• People become merely a username and/or avatar, making it easier to attack others and act out antisocial impulses (goes with #10).
• Easier to pretend to be someone you're not (a contributing factor to quite a few instances of cyber-crime).
• Ease of which one may create an online presence (such as this blog) may lead to feelings of increased entitlement and self-importance (or may be as a result of said feelings).
• Hacking, phishing, and other misuses of technology.
• Risk of identity theft and losing privacy.
• Copyright violations (though this is debatable).

Whoa, a lot more bad things than good things!  Why the hell am I even on the Internet, then?  XD LOL

I'm in a bit of a rush right now, so this list isn't exactly the most coherent.  If you want a clarification of anything, fire away in the comments.

Another meme

Your result for The Are You an Psychopath Test...

Fucking Normal

You scored 7 out of forty on the psychopathy scale

Oh Gods!! You're actually normal. In studies control populations of, “normal” people, show an average score of around 5, so be happy. You may be dull, but you aren't insane. Try to get and do something, have an orgy, kill a kitten, just enjoy yourself.

Take The Are You an Psychopath Test at HelloQuizzy

Well I for one am certainly relieved.  XD  Though I don't think I can bring myself to kill a kitten.  And orgies?  If that means I have to give someone a rimjob, then absolutely not because I don't think I'll ever be willing to taste ass.  If these things mean "enjoying oneself," I'd rather be dull, thank you very much.  :D