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Browsing together anyone?

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The home toilet: the last frontier of an individual's private space, where you can finally lock the door, sit down and do some thinking undisturbed by the rest of the world and its vociferous crowd. Drinking a lot of water is very good not only for your body, but for your mind too, because it gives you that extra excuse to spend time with yourself, reflecting on the meaning of life while taking care of your natural functions. Until recently, browsing was a sort of toilet experience. Done alone. No need to be shy or embarrassed by the daily checking and visiting of sites other people may find weird, useless, stupid, improper, you-name-it. "You browsed what?!" was not a question that needed to be answered, because nobody was there to ask it. The pleasures of a lonely and silent space. Of course, gregarious people have always felt this was not quite alright. The siblinghood of let's-get- togethers love to meet, share, communicate, partake, aggregate, associate. How co...