Don't Shoot The Puppy

The Internet is good for many things:

• School work.


• Research.


• Blogging!


• Downloading music (legally or otherwise...)


• Keeping in touch.


• Business.


• Online gaming.


• ...and yes, of course, porn.

But one of the best things that the Internet is good for often gets forgotten. It is perhaps the biggest guilty pleasure on the Internet; possibly even more unspeakable; even more taboo, then the dreaded pr0nogaphy that is, so we are told, eroding the very fabric of our society as we speak...

I do you. You do it. I bet even your mother does it.


Timewasting.


The Internet is fucking fantastic for timewasting. Oh, the guilt that courses through you when you look down at the little clock at the bottom of your screen and you see that for the past 3, 4, dare I say 5 hours you've been browsing random articles on Wikipedia; rating the varying aesthetic qualities of the Hot Or Not members; pushing for that high score on BMX Backflips; or sending round those daft joke emails to all your mates.

But it's okay. We mustn't worry aout this. Sure; you're not spending as much time with the family as you should. Yes; you're not filling in those forms for your boss. And indeed; I am not working hard enough for my Law degree. But, at least we're having fun... and we don't even have to shoot any puppies.