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Gene363 Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Feb 8 2023, 10:59 PM EST
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Remember before the internet when we thought stupidity was down to people's lack of information?



Well...




Turns out it wasn't that way.
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 12:35 AM EST
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Remember that god awful dial up jingle when you had to use your phone line. Whoooo ding ding. Bleee.
Huzza3045 Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 5:45 AM EST
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Jakethesnake86 wrote:
Remember that god awful dial up jingle when you had to use your phone line. Whoooo ding ding. Bleee.


Oh yeah. And the internet would disconnect if someone needed to use the phone. 😂
DrMaddVibe Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 7:49 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
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I can remember getting an encyclopedia set in our home and thinking we had all the information at our fingertips and no more getting kicked out of the library because they were closing.

Said it before and I'll say it again, the Internet is the last bastion of total freedom.
Cheno Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 9:05 AM EST
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There was a time before the Internet?
RayR Online
#6 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 9:20 AM EST
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The Internet opened up a flood of information and debate to people that otherwise would never be exposed.
Though some people benefited intellectually, some people stayed stuck on stupid.
The moral of the story is you can lead an idjut to knowledge but you can't make them think.
Brewha Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 10:20 AM EST
Joined: 01-25-2010
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George Orwell would have looked at the internets and said "I told you so".
Gene363 Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 10:33 AM EST
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Brewha wrote:
George Orwell would have looked at the internets and said "I told you so".


He would say Nineteen Eighty-Four was a warning, not a manual.
plinytheelder Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 4:30 PM EST
Joined: 10-24-2006
Posts: 8,838
Gene363 wrote:
Remember before the internet when we thought stupidity was down to people's lack of information?



Well...




Turns out it wasn't that way.


LOL Applause
Speyside2 Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 10:04 PM EST
Joined: 11-11-2021
Posts: 2,390
You ain't seen nothin yet. Quantum computing is the next world changer. It is still awhile from now.
frankj1 Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Feb 9 2023, 11:29 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,221
I've been getting by on Artificial Intelligence for decades
DrafterX Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Feb 10 2023, 3:03 AM EST
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,555
I ran over a squirrel yesterday... Mellow
tonygraz Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Feb 10 2023, 9:38 AM EST
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,262
you bassard !
Brewha Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Feb 10 2023, 3:29 PM EST
Joined: 01-25-2010
Posts: 12,182
I think these internets polarize people - like the bears.
Gene363 Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Feb 10 2023, 3:48 PM EST
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,820
DrafterX wrote:
I ran over a squirrel yesterday... Mellow



One less fluffy tailed tree rat. ThumpUp
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