Topic: Impact of the Internet
jaish's photo
Tue 06/16/20 08:58 AM

When I was twenty, there was no internet,
I was an idiot

Now I am sixty, there is the internet
and guys in their twenties know more.
I remain an idiot.

motowndowntown's photo
Tue 06/16/20 09:38 AM
Ain't life grand??

Larsson71's photo
Tue 06/16/20 10:52 AM
A man told his wife he wanted to try out something new in bed that he had seen on the internet.
They started making love as normal, then all of a sudden he froze and stayed perfectly still.

His wife asked him what the hell he was doing.

The man replied, "Apparently it's called buffering."

SpaceCodet's photo
Thu 06/18/20 03:49 AM


When I was twenty, there was no internet,
I was an idiot

Now I am sixty, there is the internet
and guys in their twenties know more.
I remain an idiot.


It just appears that way. You maybe able to find lots of things out on the net as a 20 year old, but you're still a 20 year old.

notbeold's photo
Thu 06/18/20 04:42 AM
LOL. I thought he was going to say 'Planking', but that fad is history.

msharmony's photo
Thu 06/18/20 11:08 AM
I am reminded of something Denzel Washington said "If you don't read the paper, you are uninformed. If you do read it, you are misinformed." That is true of the internet. Too much MISINFORMATION is not the same as being better informed. Knowing more of what is wrong or untrue has less value than knowing less that is right and true.

no photo
Fri 06/19/20 02:40 AM
There are a lot of people who've never met, angrily shouting at each other.

koushik's photo
Fri 06/19/20 09:38 AM

Now I am sixty, there is the internet
and guys in their twenties know more.



The man replied, "Apparently it's called buffering."


so, buffering is internet speak for not being twenty any more

no photo
Sun 06/28/20 10:09 AM
Not so good as many others

Honesty's photo
Tue 06/30/20 11:01 AM

I am reminded of something Denzel Washington said "If you don't read the paper, you are uninformed. If you do read it, you are misinformed." That is true of the internet. Too much MISINFORMATION is not the same as being better informed. Knowing more of what is wrong or untrue has less value than knowing less that is right and true.


Wow, this is fact of life

Stewart Sharpe's photo
Fri 07/03/20 08:43 PM
When in doubt verify & fact check everything more than once

notbeold's photo
Sat 07/04/20 04:20 AM
When you, and I were 20, we read info from books, which were either fiction, or non-fiction. Sometimes they got a little mixed up, but you usually knew if it was B.S. or factual. And the real books have references and/or bibliography to check, not just statements with no provenance or foundation in fact.

On the internet, even sites with references can be bogus, and how would you know anyway ?
Take it all with a pinch of salt.
But the nasty things like viruses, ransomware, and identity theft are real.

20 year olds today have been so dumbed down that without the internet at their disposal they would be completely lost as to how to do anything.
Some can't tie shoe laces, read a clock dial, or even read write and speak coherently.

Acquired Taste's photo
Mon 08/03/20 05:11 PM
Good point, of course i had to read it 3 x to make sure i got it right.smokin