Things the interwebz ruined!

danniemcq · 16-08-2013 01:11PM

fibonaccii wrote: »

While i get what your saying, sitting and chatting to people on ventrilo for the night isnt the same as normal interaction. Online gaming ruined my social life for my teenage years, while I had loads of "gaming friends" it means sweet **** all in the real world :P

I get your point but that also could be said in the real world, for instance all my mates form my hometown, I had a fair few but now... I see them maybe once a year, have no idea what most of them are at, and to be honest don't really care.

Whereas people i know form online (on boards is a perfect example) I've seen more of them in the last few months than any of my old friends.

I guess it can go either way. Friends do come and go no matter what as your life and outlook alter. I had a choice in my teens, hang around with x group of people pretending to care about some crap about football/sport/something else but online I was able to talk to people who were like me.

Small town syndrome could have affected that too I suppose, if I was in a city there would have been more people that were into what i was into

pharmaton · 16-08-2013 01:36PM

It reminds me of how when I was growing up everyone was a stoner, the ones who smoke a spliff first thing in the morning type and after that can't be arsed to do anything else for the day, unless they actually work and use it as a way to numb themselves from the boredom of existence. The ones who didn't just hung out all day in someones kitchen/living room getting baked or zoned in some squishy couch trying to beat their high score on mario for ten hours.
They rarely had sex or functioning relationships, as functioning in the real world was so great a challenge that they rarely strayed outside their own comfort zone where few women gravitated and more often they settled with whatever form of the opposite sex came their way, whether they were attracted to them or not.
They ate crisps and chocolate and drank fizzy drinks because they'd have to get dressed to go to the supermarket and the paranoia just seemed like to great a hurdle to overcome when faced with your own ineptitude. Mostly though they just didn't seem to care about anything at all, including their own hygiene.

A few got lucky and met someone who changed their lives, married settled down and smoke became a secondary object of pleasure, savored for late nights and cosy weekend and it's performance enhanced. The internet is still young, hopefully it will get better with age.

Micky Dolenz · 16-08-2013 01:42PM

I've a mate who has always kept abreast of world events and history. He is forever reading and watching documentaries. What he doesn't know about music of the last 50 years isn't worth knowing.

He is a fountain of knowledge down the pub when we are boozing. Often coming out with nuggets of trivial information. Or so we thought until smart phones came on the scene. Turns out the lying bastard is full of sh!t.

thecatspjs · 16-08-2013 02:14PM

pharmaton wrote: »

It reminds me of how when I was growing up everyone was a stoner, the ones who smoke a spliff first thing in the morning type and after that can't be arsed to do anything else for the day, unless they actually work and use it as a way to numb themselves from the boredom of existence. The ones who didn't just hung out all day in someones kitchen/living room getting baked or zoned in some squishy couch trying to beat their high score on mario for ten hours.
They rarely had sex or functioning relationships, as functioning in the real world was so great a challenge that they rarely strayed outside their own comfort zone where few women gravitated and more often they settled with whatever form of the opposite sex came their way, whether they were attracted to them or not.
They ate crisps and chocolate and drank fizzy drinks because they'd have to get dressed to go to the supermarket and the paranoia just seemed like to great a hurdle to overcome when faced with your own ineptitude. Mostly though they just didn't seem to care about anything at all, including their own hygiene.

A few got lucky and met someone who changed their lives, married settled down and smoke became a secondary object of pleasure, savored for late nights and cosy weekend and it's performance enhanced. The internet is still young, hopefully it will get better with age.

Deep man. Real deep.

LeinsterDub · 16-08-2013 02:26PM

Yo Mamma wrote: »

And fully fleshed out here

:pac:

21. Its ruined once decent newspapers

Christ the Redeemer · 16-08-2013 02:36PM

I don't get the same kinda feeling when new music comes out.

the_syco · 16-08-2013 02:59PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

And then there's that magical wait of waiting for your bands new album... going to the record store than morning or after work and the anticipation of hearing track by track. Yeah, it can still be done, but there's a new generation that wouldnt even consider it.

I remember having to shell out £20 on an album I may not even like. I remember not knowing what was happening outside of Ireland, as the newspapers in the local shop only covered Ireland.

Yeah, f**k all that.

SEPT 23 1989 · 16-08-2013 03:00PM

CEEFAX

who_me · 16-08-2013 03:04PM

thecatspjs wrote: »

Used to think I was amazing. Now the internet has hundreds of thousands of videos of people doing everything I do, but way better. Internet destroyed my self esteem and confidence.

I think this is a key point. "The internet" is now your peer group, which you compare yourself against. And as the pace of human interactions increases, we're less prepared to spend time working towards improving our status, we want instant fame.

Worst of all - we're expected to be unique and original. In a planet of 6 billion people where everyone is copying everyone else, following fashions, taking part in memes, the most important thing is to be an individual? Yikes.

Doctor DooM · 16-08-2013 03:07PM

I love the internet, but I REALLY miss the feeling when you saw a trailer in the cinema for a film you really wanted to happen but had no idea was being made.

Duggy747 · 16-08-2013 03:15PM

Everything where Rule 34 applies.........which is everything I guess................no exceptions.

Also, how fun it was to take a picture of your dinner, head down to the pharmacist to get them developed, and then a few days later show the pictures of your meal to everyone.

For that Instagram effect, you just left the picture on the window sill to let the sun beat down on it.

Or how you'd text all your friends to let them know what you're wearing / eating?

wil · 16-08-2013 04:22PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Everything where Rule 34 applies.........which is everything I guess................no exceptions.

Also, how fun it was to take a picture of your dinner, head down to the pharmacist to get them developed, and then a few days later show the pictures of your meal to everyone.

For that Instagram effect, you just left the picture on the window sill to let the sun beat down on it.

Or how you'd text all your friends to let them know what you're wearing / eating?

Ah the nostalgia,

or how you'd board an American bound concorde to hand deliver your hastily written humorous retort to the editor of the NYTimes regarding a page 7 article on the state of literacy in the Bible Belt.

or how you'd nick the latest 70mm print of Indiana Jones from the cinema and show it to all your friends on the wall of the local church after 10 o'clock mass

or how after a slightly miss-timed inquiry the whole pub would suddenly descend in a deafeningly uproarious discussion with hilarious repetition on the merits of the 5 year warranty on torches available from a certain Dunlearified establishment...

wazky · 16-08-2013 04:32PM

Things it ruined?

My knob, so much porn so little time.

pundy · 16-08-2013 04:32PM

pharmaton wrote: »

It reminds me of how when I was growing up everyone was a stoner, the ones who smoke a spliff first thing in the morning type and after that can't be arsed to do anything else for the day, unless they actually work and use it as a way to numb themselves from the boredom of existence. The ones who didn't just hung out all day in someones kitchen/living room getting baked or zoned in some squishy couch trying to beat their high score on mario for ten hours.
They rarely had sex or functioning relationships, as functioning in the real world was so great a challenge that they rarely strayed outside their own comfort zone where few women gravitated and more often they settled with whatever form of the opposite sex came their way, whether they were attracted to them or not.
They ate crisps and chocolate and drank fizzy drinks because they'd have to get dressed to go to the supermarket and the paranoia just seemed like to great a hurdle to overcome when faced with your own ineptitude. Mostly though they just didn't seem to care about anything at all, including their own hygiene.

A few got lucky and met someone who changed their lives, married settled down and smoke became a secondary object of pleasure, savored for late nights and cosy weekend and it's performance enhanced. The internet is still young, hopefully it will get better with age.

but what's that got to do with the interwebz? because they were getting baked while on the internet all day?

IvaBigWun · 16-08-2013 05:57PM

Internet porn has ruined people's expectations.

wil · 16-08-2013 06:12PM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Internet names have ruined people's expectations.

It's like America, everything is bigger over there

Mountain Rescue · 16-08-2013 10:07PM

It destroyed you've been framed,I used to love that show,stupid you tube

Cee-Jay-Cee · 16-08-2013 10:13PM

It has resulted in everyone who has ever been sick or had an ache or pain think they had cancer.

DoozerT6 · 16-08-2013 10:21PM

I actually miss not being able to find out things!

That sounds crazy, but if the randomest question pops into my head I can just Google the answer without having to a) look it up in a book somewhere, or b) ask around until I found someone who knew (or knew someone who knew) the answer, or just remain in blissful ignorance of what the No.1 song was on the day my cat was born. Information is now so accessible that it's taken the effort out of doing anything creative about finding out an answer.

pharmaton · 16-08-2013 10:23PM

pundy wrote: »

but what's that got to do with the interwebz? because they were getting baked while on the internet all day?

its an analogy, the juice is teh internets and everybody's strung out.

Elessar · 19-08-2013 11:22PM

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I actually miss not being able to find out things!

That sounds crazy, but if the randomest question pops into my head I can just Google the answer without having to a) look it up in a book somewhere, or b) ask around until I found someone who knew (or knew someone who knew) the answer, or just remain in blissful ignorance of what the No.1 song was on the day my cat was born. Information is now so accessible that it's taken the effort out of doing anything creative about finding out an answer.

Also, remembering it. Why bother remembering it when you can just google it again the next time you need to know?

My short term memory has literally gone to sh*t because of the internet.

chrissb8 · 20-08-2013 12:55AM

The internet is fantastic. The pros far outweigh the cons. That said the advent of smart phones has ruined everything. The art of conversation....pfft I still talk to people face to face. The fact that people are becoming smarter and more understanding of each other worldwide is beautiful thing. Long live the internet. Anyway sorry back to the smartphones thing. That was a step too far. So horrible to see people glued to their phones all the time. I sit at tables full of friends and just sit in shock and awe. Infact it is insulting to see in peoples company being thrown away for whatevrs happening on their phone. It's not the internet. It's the technology.

Sinfonia · 20-08-2013 02:22AM

I'm sure I could name some cons, but the pro of the Dominos Pizza Tracker is a tough 'un to beat.

ArnoldJRimmer · 20-08-2013 03:34AM

As was mentioned earlier in the thread, Table Quizzes. The last one I went to, we just gave up halfway through. 2-3 tables had all their answers right, and were cheering like lunatics when the answers were being read out. Well done, you can use google.

Irish Guitarist · 20-08-2013 05:12AM

Young peoples excitement for music. When I was twelve or thirteen I used to get £2.00 a week from my father. I would immediately spend it on a seven inch single of whatever song I happened to like that week. I would then play the A side non stop for hours. Then eventually I would turn it over to listen to the B side. When it was my birthday or at Christmas I would splash out and buy some full length tapes or LPs.

Now kids just download whatever they want. If they hear a song they like they can have it on their computer two minutes later. In my view this kills their appreciation of music. They can download as much music as they want and probably don't listen to most of it. If they could only get one single a week they would be more inclined to make sure it was something they really wanted and really listen to it instead of using it as a ringtone or something.

Gummy Panda · 20-08-2013 06:38AM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Internet porn has ruined people's expectations.

Not if you're the generation who started having sex after watching internet porn.

"Of course I'm suppose to shoot over your face"

danniemcq · 20-08-2013 07:52AM

Elessar wrote: »

Also, remembering it. Why bother remembering it when you can just google it again the next time you need to know?

My short term memory has literally gone to sh*t because of the internet.

Einstein was once asked what the speed of sound was he said

Albert Einstein wrote:

[I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. ...The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.

padd b1975 · 20-08-2013 07:54AM

If there was no internet, nobody would refer to it as the interwebz............

That's got to be a plus.

nelly17 · 20-08-2013 09:50AM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Young peoples excitement for music. When I was twelve or thirteen I used to get £2.00 a week from my father. I would immediately spend it on a seven inch single of whatever song I happened to like that week. I would then play the A side non stop for hours. Then eventually I would turn it over to listen to the B side. When it was my birthday or at Christmas I would splash out and buy some full length tapes or LPs.

Now kids just download whatever they want. If they hear a song they like they can have it on their computer two minutes later. In my view this kills their appreciation of music. They can download as much music as they want and probably don't listen to most of it. If they could only get one single a week they would be more inclined to make sure it was something they really wanted and really listen to it instead of using it as a ringtone or something.

I would tend to agree, although I love music just as much as I ever did I now use Deezer which is all well and good. That said however nothing bates hopping on the bus into town and spending the day rifling through "Tapes & Records" at Sound Celler and around the various record specialty shops around Dublin - which dont exist anymore too.

Also when I got into Dance music - even though we had the Net in - order to play Decks you had to go into town to get your vynl there used to be a load of shops all around town which also seem to have died off now.

Town is dead now lacks culture for me just a myriad of foreign cuisine resteraunts, or maby thats just me showing my age.

Mr Benevolent · 20-08-2013 10:11AM

nelly17 wrote: »

Town is dead now lacks culture for me just a myriad of foreign cuisine resteraunts, or maby thats just me showing my age.

So you'd prefer only Irish food restaurants in Ireland? I hope you like coddle and cabbage.

Things the interwebz ruined!

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