How did we cope before the internet?

mikemac1

No imdb or google to find that actor you saw in a film

RTÉ had the Last Picture Show on a Friday night
Brian Reddin would introduce the film
So in the absense of google this is how you learned about actors and different films

Saw some quality films

Cutters with a very young Dennis Quad was a personal favourite, loved that film. About a cycling team

Come on RTÉ, bring this back I say!

Nothingbetter2d

phasers wrote: »

before the internet I asked my parents everything. I tend to still ask them first then double check later. If I'm out and I think of a weird question I ring my Dad, he's a goldmine for useless facts

after double checking just how many of your dad's useless facts turn out to be useless fiction?

biko

Quite well actually, it was a slower pace of life back then though.

phasers

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

after double checking just how many of your dad's useless facts turn out to be useless fiction?

About 30 percent... haven't the heart to ever correct him though

mickoneill30

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+did+we+cope+before+the+internet
:P

Bleedin hell. This thread already comes in as the first hit.

Capt'n Midnight

we've had internet since the first telegraphs - some would argue since the first semaphore stations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Victorian_Internet

all that has changed is that the internet is available to everyone not just those in the communications industries


bit like the way printing and spectacles changed thing before them there wasn't much point in the average person learning reading and writing since there weren't that many books and it would really suck if you learnt to read and then you lost your eyesight

Teyla Emmagan

We used to learn more things, then remember them.

You used to have to be able to hold onto information, now you can just let it dribble out of your ears. Sad really.