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Sep 14, 2022, 06:05 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by nonightowl
What does IP mean, Beth?  Above you said someone literally sent you IP.
Inpatient (IP), meaning psychiatric inpatient.
This site used to be much busier. I don't know what happened but even I noticed. I say that because I don't get on here a lot, not daily that's for sure.
Forums in general used to be much more popular. I think more people now frequent Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. instead of forums. I guess trendiness has to do with it.
Some of the most religious people who claim to love their fellow man can be among the coldest and judgemental people out there.
That's the darn sad truth!
Like you I'm trying not to be online as much as I used to. I have to be in the right place or mood to come on here, even though this is the only place I can socialize.  You must be near my age as I also think of the 80's and 90's...well before the Internet and social media. It's not all it's cracked up to be, and because of the tech it's much easier to spread misinformation, bully, or spy! And in those days there was no scam emails/calls/texts since the technology didn't exist. Not saying scams didn't exist but it's much easier and faster for thieves now.  They can send billions of texts or calls out by using a computer.
Too, too many ads online.Drives people nuts when we're trying to read an article and have to keep closing pop-ups. Many people are worried about security, yes.
I'm 59, born in 1962. 
Geez, I remember when EMAIL was a novelty! Back then people called each other a lot, email was quite new. I remember when at one company we sometimes sent messages through something like an email. It used a modem and you heard the dialing/connecting. The message would print out on PAPER, on this green, striped paper with perforated strips you could tear off on both ends, LOL. If you ran out of paper, the message wouldn't print, ha ha. NO screen then.
Email was such fun and SO exciting! Just checking email once in the morning and once at night was an enhancement to life. Now, email is almost all crap stuff...spam, etc.
When you say Internet connections, do you mean the technology, like the signal or do you mean the people that you connect with? It could be either, or both actually.....
I mean the literal connection that the company (provider) charges me a fortune for. The wiring around here, in this town, is old. But the internet companies overload those old lines with new technology, so the entire situation becomes an entangled mess. Buuut...those companies sure do send their bills in a timely manner.
So, with all this complaining - I wouldn't be on this forum if I didn't find an immense amount of relationship here. 
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