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     Re: Stamina(cdmnky), (sdf.org), 08/18/2018
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User cdmnky wrote a few words about the pain of not having 
internet in these modern times, and the loss of physical 
stamina[1]. I think the two ideas were placed next to one 
another for a reason, but maybe that's just me.

One of the things he said was: "Maybe if I grew up in the 
70's or 80's, I'd have a much better time coping with
this."

Speaking as one that grew up at least partly in the 80's 
(having been born at the tail end of the 70's) and having 
raised kids in the current generation, I can say that you're 
really not as defunct as you might feel. Many people today 
are in the same boat of internet dependence as you, 
regardless of when they were born. And many of us are in the 
same predicament with our physical health as well. Both 
problems, I would wager, are at crisis levels in many 
places.

If it makes anyone feel better that's reading this and is in 
cdmnky's shoes, I had a similar issue while moving recently. 
I had internet on my phone, but I had to reserve it for 
work. Anything personal I wanted to do, I really had to 
travel to the library for. I have a car, and that helps (or, 
that hurts perhaps), but there was still the pain and 
withdrawal stemming from a form of internet addiction that 
we all share but don't really talk about.

In any case, cdmnky, keep riding that bike. That's going to 
help you more than anything, if you keep it up. And start 
viewing the internet in terms of its costs and benefits, and 
in terms of how it modifies and manipulates your reward 
center[2]. If you're really lucky, you can end up a paranoid 
and anachronistic z80 computer user in a couple decades, 
like me :)

[1] gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/cdmnky/phlog/2018/aug/7
[2] gopher://gopherpedia.com:70/0/Mesolimbic pathway