Things you want banished from the internet forever

DareGod · 19-08-2015 04:32AM #1

Taylor Swift
One Direction
Stories about Ed Sheeran
Selfies posted by people who are pretending that they're posting said selfie for any reason other than attention-seeking and "Like"-whoring
Click-bait articles / websites (e.g. "You'll NEVER guess what happened next! Hint: It's not what you think!" and other variations of this)
Terrible journalism (e.g. The Journal.ie, which would also qualify as a Click-bait site. Also the Daily Mail, and countless others)
Videos of celebrities "surprising" regular people e.g. showing up at their weddings to play a song

The_Valeyard · 19-08-2015 04:35AM

Serious note:

Child porn
Viruses
Malware

Not so Serious note:

Cats
Clickbait
Thejournal.ie
People posting pictures of their food

steppen · 19-08-2015 04:35AM

Facebook. Which would hopefully put an end to the growth of the perpetually offended.

fatknacker · 19-08-2015 04:36AM

Pictures of me tits and fanny.

What's wrong with food? Food is great.

The_Valeyard · 19-08-2015 04:40AM

fatknacker wrote: »

Pictures of me tits and fanny.

What's wrong with food? Food is great.

No its not, it clutters up peoples newsfeed and no one cares about it.

"Look what my hubby/wife made me, awwwww so lovely xxx"

F*ck off with your food posties and eat the damn thing, nobody cares!!!!

Overheal · 19-08-2015 04:42AM

Stupidity

PayPal

it is a short list.

NachoBusiness · 19-08-2015 05:05AM

Captcha.

syklops · 19-08-2015 05:07AM

I miss the days when you received a modem with poor instructions and you had to figure it all out yourself. It was like an entrance exam for the Internet. There were less stupid people on it back in those days. Now any ninny can get on and post their vitriol via twitter or other social network.

So:

Stupid people
Hatred
Vitriol in all its forms
Float over ads
Flash
Java applets

Edit: And Captchas. There are better ones like "Select the dog from these pictures" which are decent. The standard ^b*&o34a"!rds" crap which takes a real human three attempts to get right, can GTFO.

huutrangqb · 19-08-2015 05:20AM

facebook !!!

syklops · 19-08-2015 05:22AM

huutrangqb wrote: »

facebook !!!

Just delete your account.

19-08-2015 05:32AM

I don't know am I turning into a cranky old cow but I'm sick of all these goodwill stories. Latest one being the cork guy bringing the taxi driver off for the day
Sure, ya it's lovely but I just get the impression it's all done for likes and shares on Facebook

RDM_83 again · 19-08-2015 07:07AM

Verified by Visa!
And I can remember my password (finally grhhhhhhhh)

crazygeryy · 19-08-2015 07:17AM

Overheal wrote: »

Stupidity

PayPal

it is a short list.

Why PayPal?

Big Nasty · 19-08-2015 07:23AM

Those Kardashian and Jenner people.

And the West's too now that I think of it.

juneg · 19-08-2015 07:24AM

Kardashians

The_Valeyard · 19-08-2015 07:26AM

syklops wrote: »

I miss the days when you received a modem with poor instructions and you had to figure it all out yourself. It was like an entrance exam for the Internet. There were less stupid people on it back in those days. Now any ninny can get on and post their vitriol via twitter or other social network.

So:

Stupid people
Hatred
Vitriol in all its forms
Float over ads
Flash
Java applets

Edit: And Captchas. There are better ones like "Select the dog from these pictures" which are decent. The standard ^b*&o34a"!rds" crap which takes a real human three attempts to get right, can GTFO.

Defo captchas!!

Hate them so much.

Akrasia · 19-08-2015 07:32AM

Anesthetize · 19-08-2015 07:40AM

4chan

It's like the gutter of the internet.

19-08-2015 07:40AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

Why PayPal?

Yeah why??

PayPal is s godsend ... I use it all the time!!

theteal · 19-08-2015 07:40AM

DareGod wrote: »

Taylor Swift

One Direction

Stories about Ed Sheeran

Selfies posted by people who are pretending that they're posting said selfie for any reason other than attention-seeking and "Like"-whoring

Click-bait articles / websites (e.g. "You'll NEVER guess what happened next! Hint: It's not what you think!" and other variations of this)

Terrible journalism (e.g. The Journal.ie, which would also qualify as a Click-bait site. Also the Daily Mail, and countless others)

Videos of celebrities "surprising" regular people e.g. showing up at their weddings to play a song

I must use a different Internet, not affected by a single one of those.....well maybe the click bait but there's a secret to dealing with it!

My only gripe is that screechy noise it makes when you connect up the first time

19-08-2015 07:43AM

theteal wrote: »

I must use a different Internet, not affected by a single one of those.....well maybe the click bait but there's a secret to dealing with it!

My only gripe is that screechy noise it makes when you connect up the first time

?

Tzardine · 19-08-2015 07:45AM

YouTube.

I go there to watch a video a friend sends me. 3 hours later I am watching a monkey in a dress skateboard.

kstand · 19-08-2015 07:48AM

change.org

Buona Fortuna · 19-08-2015 07:55AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

Why PayPal?

Its irrational, but I hate Paypal too.

They're just such smug, self righteous cnuts.

Shenshen · 19-08-2015 08:11AM

Trolls. And the people who feed them.

Standard Toaster · 19-08-2015 08:25AM

BonziBUDDY :mad:

It's been popping up on my screen since 2001. Not sure how to get rid of it.

"Celebrity" do-gooders - Quick! Get a picture of me with this hobo!
Duck Faces
Java
Geo-blocking
#Hashtag Activism - #thanksobama #STOPKONY etc