It's Raining Brains

1. Body image and the internet: I think body image is still a huge issue and continues to be so through the advertisements, pop ups, and links to sites. The women seen all over the internet are portrayed as "beautifully" thin. They are electronically crafted images of women that are seen as the perfection of beauty. Another contributing factor would be the amount of dieting pop ups I keep seeing all over the internet. "Try this and you will lose 5 pounds!", "Want to know how to lose those few pesky pounds click here!"...it goes on and on.

2. Time Wasting endeavors all over the internet: Games, facebook, myspace, youtube...yes these are all useful and have a place. They also seem to be giant time sucks. People spend hours on them for no reason.

3. The use of the internet taking over book reading and decreasing the level of literacy among children: Kids spend hours playing video games and internet games and no longer sit down to read a book or play games that require imagination. The children are losing valuable spelling and grammar skills that can be gleaned from books. It creates a facade that everything must be fast and enjoyable. It also makes them think books are less enjoyable because it takes longer to find the enjoyment in them.