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50 Things that are being killed by the Internet

12 things about that article i disagree with

#3 is wrong. i don't know how old that writer is, but back when vinyl was all there was, many people bought singles because much of the actual album was weak.

#7 more of a statement on the true nature of humanity and how it is reflected in the internet

#9, a good thing, i don't care what anyone says :icon_lol:

#10 can't be blamed on the internet. cell phones were around before the pc was common, let alone the net

#14 i read quite alot of books, the internet can't replace that.

#17 television is garbage anyhow. our family still watches things together, but now they are downloaded movies

#22 i sure hope not. it's a b.s. argument to begin with

#28 health professionals ruined their own reputations by being incompetant or liars. a good doc is still trusted.

#30 oh sure - we can see how ms teen carolina had a good grasp of geography because of gps

#32 you mean they're not true?

#39 and that's a bad thing? but the reality is, it's still tedious as hell, and it's still the biggest scam going

#45 anyone under 30 these days knows that girls stopped playing hard to get a long time ago. buying sex is totally unneccesary unless you're quasimoto

 
No doubt ... computers and the internet have and are destroying many things.

Thanks C9G for the article! :ernae:
 
I have often thought that imagination is another victim of the computer age, especially when it comes to kids and computers. Who needs to dream anything up when they have a game that can do it for them..
 
Gdavis101 said:
I have often thought that imagination is another victim of the computer age, especially when it comes to kids and computers. Who needs to dream anything up when they have a game that can do it for them..
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Most computer games require much more creativity and imagination than watching the TV does.
 
Anyone can be anyone on the Web. Is CG9 girl really a girl? Can one get those leg pics from anywhere? Guess what I'm saying is that HONESTY is also a casualty of the Internet. Yeah, I'm a 25 year old multi-millionare who looks like Brad Pitt. Really! Honestly!:wavey:
P.S. Bushpilot... Brazil, great movie!
 
Piglet said:
Anyone can be anyone on the Web. Is CG9 girl really a girl? Can one get those leg pics from anywhere? Guess what I'm saying is that HONESTY is also a casualty of the Internet. Yeah, I'm a 25 year old multi-millionare who looks like Brad Pitt. Really! Honestly!:wavey:
P.S. Bushpilot... Brazil, great movie!
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Hehehe....I clicked on this thread and was immediately drawn to C9's avatar too. Didn't even read the post (sorry :engel016:) .
I think I'm in the early stages of developing a leg/foot fetish!!!
LOL!! :medals::icon_lol::bump:


Edit:...just thinking......if there are any laydees that want personalised avatars similar to C9's.....

Have camera....will travel!!

LOL ;P :)
 
Punctuality (#5) is something I was actually talking about recently to a friend, although I blame mobile phones more than the internet. It's far too easy to just call up or text message and fob off or explain why you're late these days.

#6 and #7 (ceefax/teletext and your first porn purchase) are something I completely agree with as well. Teletext was fantastic at the time but looks archaic now, and the first porn purchase was a right of passage!

I miss letter writing and pen pals a lot as well (#12).

#13 (memory) is a pet peeve of mine. It appears everyone is an expert on everything thanks to the internet, we know have "google intellects" who gain all of the knowledge quickly with a browse of google search and wiki without putting in any genuine research and hard work into understanding a subject.

#29 is bang on the money. As someone who can speak a number of languages I can only say that Babelfish and other online translators are awful and should never ever be used.
 
I agree mostly with cheezyflier which but I have one to add

#1 is wrong nothing has changed. This is just good old fashion talking behind someones back. The audience has just changed.

cheezyflier said:
#17 television is garbage anyhow. our family still watches things together, but now they are downloaded movies
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I have not watched television as a habbit in 30 years. I only recently got a TV tuner card for my PC. I still do not own a TV. I look to see what is on the History Channel and thats it. If there is nothing on I want to watch it goes off and I return to teaching myself something else I want to learn. Which I do often.
 
bushpilot said:
Most computer games require much more creativity and imagination than watching the TV does.
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I'm guessing he wasn't comparing playing computer games with watching TV, but with reading books, which does require more imagination than "watching a video game". If so, then I agree.

I'm afraid I'm a bit "underwhelmed" by that whole list. Is he saying he misses all those things that have been "killed"? Since Matthew Moore is "a journalist for The Daily Telegraph and Telegraph.co.uk, with a particular interest in the creativity, community and humour of the internet", there probably isn't a point, necessarily :d. Buggy whips were "killed" by the automobile. Time marches on.
 
Gdavis101 said:
I have often thought that imagination is another victim of the computer age, especially when it comes to kids and computers. Who needs to dream anything up when they have a game that can do it for them..
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Games have the unpleasant property of depicting only a fairly small event in a huge world. As long as you can ask yourself some questions about the world itself, your imagination is doing the rest at trying to answer them.

The mental "movies" I get while playing e.g. Civilization 4 are very,very extensive...
 
14) Dead time
When was the last time you spent an hour mulling the world out a window, or rereading a favourite book? The internet's draw on our attention is relentless and increasingly difficult to resist.

I agree with cheezyflier, the internet can never replace a good book that you can take where ever you want to. I always take a book with me if I know I am going to have to wait, like at a doctor's office.
 
Piglet said:
Anyone can be anyone on the Web. Is CG9 girl really a girl? Can one get those leg pics from anywhere? Guess what I'm saying is that HONESTY is also a casualty of the Internet. Yeah, I'm a 25 year old multi-millionare who looks like Brad Pitt. Really! Honestly!:wavey:
P.S. Bushpilot... Brazil, great movie!
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But....but.....I swear I'm a girl! I know I am a girl...yes, yes...

*looks down one last time and smiles*

Yesiree! I'm definitely a girl!!
 
Cloud9Gal said:
But....but.....I swear I'm a girl! I know I am a girl...yes, yes...

*looks down one last time and smiles*

Yesiree! I'm definitely a girl!!
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:icon_lol: By the way you have commented in some of your posts, I would agree.

ONLY a woman would think like that. ;)

:icon29:
 
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