What's your "world" when you take everything else away?

If you didn't have the internet, would you still know the "world?"  The internet is great for making the trains run on time but it also creates another "world" where its okay to mis-spell.  Some people even think it's cool to mis-spell in internet "world" (you know who you are.)  There's a mystique to illiteracy in internet "world."  We've taken ideas to words to letters to symbol and that's a "world" very different from the legalities of Human Resources in which we work. 

The internet "world" consists of: porn, pills, creams and 'I-need-your-social-security-numbers.'  It's a "world" of uninhibited insanity.  A representation of ourselves.  It's rigidly chaotic.  IP-address specific and virtually anonymous. 

It's scary. 
It's funny. 

It's a "world" encompassing millions daily.  The clustering of bodies round one common cause.  Focusing on the distraction that will get us from today to tomorrow to the Unspeakable. 

That Thing which Causes so much Anxiety.
Our Impending Ceasing To Be.
The End of our "World."

This is the condition to which we've been thrown.  It's not so bad really.  Who wants to live forever anyway?  We've got Distraction unimaginable to our great-grandparents.  A "world" unimaginable when they grew up and, I think, entertainment has enhanced life since their time.  Who wants to sit around and think about their Anxiety all of the time?

In the grand scheme of things, if TV wasn't around: How many people would instead be discovering the cure for cancer?

The TV may be a simple distraction but it sometimes reflects a laid back quality regarding the person watching.  They're not stressing.  They're vegged watching TV.  You have to keep your eye on the people who don't watch TV.  They're not satisfied sitting still.  They're moving around, making things happen.

Making things happen. 
It's so non-commital!

Meanwhile, we've got our distractions and life is not so bad.  We've got indoor plumbing.  We've got heating and cooling.  Who's to complain about that?