Have you ever wondered why the internet is so popular? Why so many people use the internet daily for hours on end? What draws people to the internet? Why people would freak out without it? Why business would change dramatically if the internet self-destructed? How the internet keeps us sane (or insane)? Why the internet will never grow old?

I woke up with these questions this morning and decided to have a go at giving a couple of answers as to why people love the internet ever so dearly.

Alrighty, let’s do this.

1. They can connect with long lost family
2. Chat to their friends when their phone is confiscated
3. Email, Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, etc., etc.
4. Chat freely with total strangers about politics, bra’s or the UFO’s
5. Can befriend guys from India and girls from Brazil on Hi5
6. Can fly around reading news articles as they wish
7. Can use at their own pace
8. Love knowledge
9. Are curious
10. Is there when they’re ready for it, 24/7
11. Doesn’t talk to you
12. Gives you choice
13. Let’s you choose
14. Doesn’t smell
15. Does what it’s told, instantly
16. Doesn’t complain
17. They can chat to ex-girlfriend, Auntie Jo, Little boy accross the street and watch Rove at the same time
18. They can chat to Grandma without having to endure slobby kisses
19. Express their opinion
20. Be heard
21. Be responded to
22. Become known
23. Become someone
24. Become ‘that guy’
25. Don’t need to have a shower to use it
26. Can chat to 6 people around the globe wearing nothing but their undies (if that!)
27. Can pretend to be someone they’re not
28. Because it kills time
29. Because it saves time
30. Online shopping
31. Saves from walking from store to store looking for ‘the right hue’
32. To read/hear other peoples opinions
33. They can grow their business
34. Make their business look bigger than it really is
35. They can get involved
36. They can be a ‘hater’
37. They can be tough, big, strong, or a ladies man
38. Can be creative
39. Don’t need to be someone to be someone
40. Are set free
41. Can feed their hunger to know:
42. How stuff works
43. Why stuff works
44. Why stuff doesn’t work
45. How to fix stuff that doesn’t work
46. They can learn to:
47. Fix a bike
48. Kiss a girl
49. Be a rock star
50. Type faster
51. Decorate like a professional
52. Hack like a hacker from CSI
53. Smell good
54. Look good
55. Feel good
56. Keep up with the Jones’
57. Ask Father Google what they can do to make their party exciting
58. Invite total strangers to crash parties, houses and cop cars
59. Get their 5 minutes of fame
60. Get a reaction
61. Can call themselves tHe PrInCess Of pInk FairiEs
62. Play games
63. Get free stuff
64. Sell pixels as advertising
65. Record videos
66. Share videos
67. Lie without feeling guilty
68. Fake details when registering to receive the online Dolly magazine
69. Can find out what superfragilistcatedexpealadocious means
70. Can splurge in their love for weirdly, freaky small things
71. Can stalk someone
72. Can stare at a photo of Angelina Jolie without anyone knowing
73. Can add the popular girl at school as their friend on MySpace
74. Use Photoshop to remove pimples
75. Can feel loved
76. Can feel special
77. Be a hero
78. Can tell someone they love them
79. Tell someone they hate them
80. Get stuff of their chest
81. Write a blog
82. Read a blog
83. Watch video clips of Dancing Diva’s from the 1980’s
84. Can download songs
85. Can download movie’s
86. Can feel naughty
87. Can look naughty
88. Can save the world
89. Can chat their way out of anything
90. Order a pizza
91. Leave hate mail
92. Become a poet
93. Can seek the perfect man
94. Find a job
95. Find a car
96. Accommodation, hotels or the closest zoo
97. Favourite their sites
98. Organise their life
99. Plan a world trip
100. See the world
101. Help a stranger

Why do you think people love the internet? Or better yet, why do you love the internet?