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re: Is the internet the best example of “a gift and a curse” in history?

Posted on 3/27/23 at 9:51 pm to
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51625 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 9:51 pm to
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My number is around 150-175

Close relationships outside of immediate family I'm probably at 5. Definitely sub 10.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
9902 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 9:52 pm to
Pu%%y would be the best example of a gift and a curse.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35967 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 9:52 pm to
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More like mobile phones. Lots of internet would be worthless if people had to dial up and sit at a desk
100%
Posted by yakster
Member since Mar 2021
2458 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 9:56 pm to
Correct. Information on the internet is so full of people, professionals and fakes, feeding you a steady course of garbage. Having to wade through all of it to find what’s actually true is incredibly exhausting and mind numbing. Most of it centers around deceit to get your money or whatever they can get from you. It’s another good concept that has been totally misused.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49086 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 10:06 pm to
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It wasn't difficult
but it could've been easier
Posted by AndyCBR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2012
7932 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 10:20 pm to
There are certainly downsides but the two biggest things I can think of as benefits:

1) Navigation- Younger people do not realize what a huge PITA navigating in an unfamiliar city or state. Having to buy paper maps at the gas station, stopping to make calls at a payphone to get talked in, etc.

2) Shopping for parts-Used to be if you wanted a part for something you had to go to the dealer, get the parts guy to look it up, pay in advance, wait for the part, then make a second trip to pick it up. It was a huge PITA. And the wrong part would show up pretty often.
Posted by USMCguy121
Northshore
Member since Aug 2021
6332 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 10:28 pm to
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If you could pull the plug on the internet for the entire world, would you?


Yes.

*thinks about it some more*

Yes.
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
35036 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 10:59 pm to
Post your address, send me $29-1/6 every month, and I'll mail you dank memes everyday.
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
7285 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:03 pm to
I would do it yes
When it goes down or better yet the whole power goes out inexplicably there's always a little excitement. "Is this it?" And disappointment when it comes back
Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
5755 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:08 pm to
When the internet was just a nerd paradise, it was fine. When access opened up and every dumbass could make a "look at me" webpage, then the advertisers came in and wrecked it.

People used to create "content" as a passion. Now they just do it out of sheer greed and narcissism.
Posted by 6R12
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2005
10498 posts
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:19 pm to
Coming in at 60,000 posts
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
11524 posts
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:18 am to
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When it goes down or better yet the whole power goes out inexplicably there's always a little excitement. "Is this it?" And disappointment when it comes back
Our internet goes down at work about once a month. It's amazing how fast most of the office is like, "Dang, we'll just have to go home, I guess."
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
36254 posts
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:36 am to
Vagina is still #1
Posted by LetTheTigerOut
Member since Dec 2019
764 posts
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:49 am to
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This post was edited on 4/4/23 at 12:30 am
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
11537 posts
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:03 am to
Eh….maybe….
Posted by RedCali714
Costa Mesa, California
Member since Oct 2022
2027 posts
Posted on 3/28/23 at 1:22 am to
Internet is the #1 example of a gift and a curse. The smart phone is #2.
This post was edited on 3/28/23 at 1:23 am
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