One of our reporters received a call a couple of weeks ago from a concerned reader who said she felt discriminated against. She was upset because we were offering extra content online that she was unable to get to.

I shrugged it off and moved on. That was until I read the following headline.

The headline read, "20% of U.S. Has Never Sent E-mail."

I thought to myself that this must surely be a typo. Either that or someone is definitely using some fuzzy numbers. The rest of the read made me wonder if the internet really has completely taken over our culture in the U.S.

The article stated that the research firm, Parks Associates, did a phone interview where they found that around one-fifth of all U.S. households had never used e-mail. I still gave it the benefit of the doubt. Maybe with texting and instant messaging people just weren't using e-mail as much as they use to.

But another survey by Parks found that 20 million households had no internet access period. That's nearly 18 percent of all U.S. households.

"Nearly one out of three household heads has never used a computer to create a document," said John Barrett, director of research at Parks Associates, in a statement. "These data underscore the significant digital divide between the connected majority and the homes in the unconnected minority that rarely, if ever, use a computer."

It has to be noted that seven percent of the 18 percent were all over 65.

This clearly shows the divide between two generations. One generation that sees no reason to include technology in their lives and another that wants it to be used in every aspect.

As a web designer, I personally believe that those who choose to live their lives like computers were never invented will eventually be passed by those who embrace it and run with it.

If you don't have the internet, go to the library (they offer it FREE). If you don't understand the internet, ask an 8-year-old. They'll probably be able to explain it better than anyone else.