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I've long held a theory that people over a certain age (which includes myself) can OD on the internet. The digital natives don't have this problem.
I really like this statement, I'm not sure if it is true, but "digital natives" really tickled my fancy. I'm back at work in the classroom everyday, and see the digital natives in full blown addiction, tock tick'n, or whatever the heck it is, avoiding reality for days at a time, completely submerged in the digital landscape of trash talking and the ten second fix. I also witness complete OD's on a regular basis, when some kid thinks their world has blown up because I ask them to put the phone in the locker for the class. It can actually turn violent.
So, in general, I think us older folks can walk away from internet stuff fairly easily, because we have other things in our life that matter. If the internet gets you riled up to the point where you are thinking about it during real life, then it is time to hang up the modem, and go paddling.