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It's a pretty daft generalisation. Some relationships have no doubt been damaged - but then they probably wouldn't have been that strong anyway. On the other hand many real relationships have started or allowed to flourish with the aid of the internet. Some people hide behind secrecy, but some don't. For Pingu's sake!

I agree with Santa. (What a lovely sentence that is.)

I know people whose relationships broke down because of one partner starting something online with someone else.  But I think if it were not the internet it would have been the pub or the tennis court or something else that invited the wedge.

Going on my experience alone, I would say that the internet opens up a whole new world of fun, healthy friendships and romance. Of course one has to be careful when meeting new people but that is no different from meeting new people offline. Many people I know see the internet as a place to meet, play and learn but not as a replacement for in-person fun or business. Just an extension of it.

So to answer the question... I don't think the internet encourages secrecy or damages relationships. However, I do think it can be used as a tool for secrecy which can damage relationships but it's not the cause. The people are the cause. They use whatever tools available to them in any era.

My dad didn't have the internet in the 70s but he sure found ways to cheat on my mother, lie about it and have friends cover it.

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It's a pretty daft generalisation. Some relationships have no doubt been damaged - but then they probably wouldn't have been that strong anyway. On the other hand many real relationships have started or allowed to flourish with the aid of the internet. Some people hide behind secrecy, but some don't. For Pingu's sake!

I agree with the hot bitch  

It's all got to end at some point.

No sense in blaming Facebook.

I think Terry Gilliam is to blame for many breakups. He gets people confused and then they leave eachother. It's because of him they think searching for a third person on the interwebs for a threesome is a bad thing no whilst it might just have been what saved their relationship..

But he did great Gillianimatics.


To say the internet destroyed communication is like saying Kurt Cobain was killed by drugs.
The problem is education. And Skynet. If we don´t rule the machines, the machines will rule us. Also inside us the cold, ruthless part will dominate us if we nurture it.
But all that is very ancient knowledge.

Anyhow, if Gilliams new film rocks I will go see it. Or maybe I will go see it to see if it rocks.