Why is our culture so lazy?  How many hours did you spend "virtually" interacting with people today?
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Off and on about four hours. I think our culture has become lazy because we require everything instantly, internet discussions, coffee, quick fixes to our problems.  Society in North America has no time for taking it slow, thinking it out or having patience. We have become addicted to being busy and wanting it right now.
596125
sheesh! I don't know any lazy people because I always surround myself with productive, smart, energetic people ...damn I'M probably the laziest person THEY know! What a disheartening thought! hmmm
391089
Finally--an interesting question...thank you!! It actually made me think.I had never really thought about that before,but upon pondering it,I do believe that may be the case.When I was working at home all day,I longed for human interaction at times--so that I would be ultra friendly to people when I did venture out,to the bank,grocery store...wherever!!Just I guess to TALK to someone.My nature is friendly anyways,but I think even more so then--when I was in solitude more often.
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I think people are more carefree in the virtual world - because the others cannot really touch them and if something goes wrong you can just vanish without  a trace. If there is conflict, instead of resolving it, you can just ignore it by switching off the computer. I sometimes wish that real-life relationships were like that... *smile*
500657
I like meaningless questions like this. I'm at work, with 6 hours to go, including 1 hour for lunch, and only an hour's worth of work to do. When it's this slow, I go to yahoo answers. Have a good day.
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Its 5pm in Australia......I just started answering questions today and cant walk away - i feel that i am addicted to answering questions. \n\nWhy are you still awake\n\nMight try and chat later .....tried it earlier today but just didnt get it - am probably doing something wrong
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We live in a society of instant gratification.  You ask an answer here, and you get an answer instantly.  If you need to research an important topic, you no longer need to make a trip to the library.  Reliable resources are now available online.  Not so long ago, email was the fastest source of communication.  Now we IM and have cell phones.  We no longer make dates a week ahead of time.  We use IM or cell phones to make instant dates 1-2 hours beforehand.  We live in a "fast" society.  Technology has invaded our lives and put almost any information or task at the tips of our fingers, cell phones, computers, or blackberries.  \n\nBut you know what?  That technology has not been able to invade the roads yet.  We have highways and interstates full of wired people who live wired lives.  Every second counts.  All the technology in the world cannot prevent slow traffic, accidents, careful drivers, or folks who are lost.  \n\nIt is time to put that hurry up and get out of my way "rage" aside, and start waving at strangers with all of our fingers again!
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Where did you get the idea we have more leisure time?\nIt is true we have all sorts of machinery (cars as opposed to walking or horse & carriages, washing machines, stoves, telephones, internet) and food comes pre cooked and packaged.........making life easier.\nBut that doesn't increase our leisure time.\nWe manage to overfill our time (in queues: bank, supermarket, post office, government departments and others; in traffic, airports, waiting rooms, on phones and computers) without adding any extra minutes to our leisure.
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Of course technology leads to social isolation in some situations. For instance, the people holed up in their houses for days on end with game systems. Being on the internet constantly...I could go on and on. I have though of it before, and the impact on our society as a whole, but we have to change with it. There are positive aspects, too, such as making deadlines at work via working 'over' at home, e-mailing and IMs to people who you wouldn't normally be able to contact due to high long distance costs, etc.
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whether your 12 or 40, wasting time is a fact of life. no smarts here, just a bunch of people wasting time at diffrent hours of the day!
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i spend a lot of time on the internet, escpecially on weekends.\ni just love the interent and dont know what i would do without it!!\nhehe.....id say 3-4 hrs on weekends (average) and maybe 0-1.5 hrs on weekdays. depends.
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hi heart of glass, was a bit of an online gambler meself... didn't see anyone about it but luckily managed to stop meself before it got too out of hand... What I found was by limiting my computer use to 2 hours per week, i no longer had time to spend when I logged on, just enough to answer emails... drastic I know... but think of the amount you've spent so far. That could have paid fer a nice holiday I bet. Anyway good luck.
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Bored?   I can't imagine what that feels like.....LMAO!!\n\nSaturday night and this is what we choose to do with our time,  I think we're all incredibly bored.\n\nThat's a great question.....the no question, question!  It's perfect!\n\nCheers!
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Yes, it does annoy me.  People claim it is easier to write, but it certainly makes it harder to understand.  What I find really frustrating is that people treat the entire internet as a very informal environment.  In fact, there are many different settings online.  A chat room is quite different than a formal discussion group, and both are different than a business environment.  I wish people would learn to use a level of language appropraite to what they are doing.
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People waste their time because they sometimes are just too lazy to work at the expected pace and keep on delaying the work till the last minute. This wastes time. Sometimes they are indiffernt to the demands of their work that they choose not to prioritize and the time required to do the most important thing is wasted in doing the least important thing first.
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6 day(s) left to answer. \n Why is it that the majority of the qustions on here have something to do with either?\nGod , sex, politics or computers? \n\nI mean, how boring are we as a society, that we must ask the same questions day in and day out? Can't we get a little more creative than that? Peoples minds on here are so limited that I find myself growing ever so bored with this place. Society has become so small and simple-minded that I can't imagine why we would want to continue to populate it with more of the same thing! Some people just shouldn't be allowed to breed. Somebody please give me something interesting to hear. If you are an idiot, rude, or vulgar, I will report you. Just prove that you have intellect PLEASE! \n\nAdditional Details\n\nMar 20, 2006 at 12:51 pm\nWhat happened to educational debates, about space travel, sci-fi, world wonders, interesting animal abilities, rare or extinct animals, tribal people and how they still function without things most of us think we need to live. \n\nYou know, stuff that makes your brain go?
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no not at all. we might be bored sometimes. but i think most people on here have an active mind, want to see what others are thinking/talking about, its amusing, a way to be creative, informative, sometimes silly or stupid, a way to communicate with the world at a fast pace. boring people dont do anything.