The Future of Humankind's Marriage to the Internet

Paedantic Basterd · 05-04-2011, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

Thats happening because of the internet?

I would say that the common access to videos and images such as 2girls1cup, and the fact that these images are increasingly treated as a joke, is a problem.

Dotoar · 05-04-2011, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I would say that the common access to videos and images such as 2girls1cup, and the fact that these images are increasingly treated as a joke, is a problem.

Why is that? And why shouldn't I get to watch videos of defecation if I wanted to? (Not that I ever would. In fact, I've actually managed to avoid watching "2girls1cup", based on what I've read about it).

TheBig3 · 05-04-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I would say that the common access to videos and images such as 2girls1cup, and the fact that these images are increasingly treated as a joke, is a problem.

Yeah but thats by teenagers who are, as a whole, ****ing ridiculous anyhow. That comes to an end by, say, 24. Its why the demographics are breaking down the way they are.

By the time you're forced to get a job, pay taxes, endure a long-term relationship, and eat actual food, not something microwaved that comes in a bag, you stop having time for **** like 2-girls, 1-cup. This sort of Frat Humor doesn't hold up in the light of questions like "why do I think this is funny again?" Its just like a Will Ferral movie.

I think your concerns are more "Why are we giving the 14-24 crowd easier access to **** they don't need?" And to that end I agree with you. But the 37 year olds still laughing at that **** are punished with miserably benign jobs and a home in the basement of the house they grew up in.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-04-2011, 09:43 AM

Other than buying less music & less magazines I've not noticed any real difference in myself since I came online.

But then I just treat the internet like one more piece of home entertainment.
I'm not the slightest bit interested in 4G phones (Or phones of any kind for that matter), social networking, twitter or any of that kind of thing that means I get interrupted when I'm out doing something, or bore people about what I'm doing.

And someone answer me this, what the hell do you do exactly with an Ipad?

Mr November · 05-04-2011, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

And someone answer me this, what the hell do you do exactly with an Ipad?

You show it off to people and pretend it isn't pointless. Some of them will play along with you.

CanwllCorfe · 05-04-2011, 11:17 AM

2 Girls 1 Cup is nothing. Almost anything on the YNC is worse.

I remember a band teacher in my high school had said that back in the day, while on the trip to where they'd be performing, everyone would be singing and playing games and whatnot. Sometimes he'd have to get them to quiet down a bit, which isn't surprising. But in the last 2 years or so, he said everyone just listens to their mp3 players and text away on their phones. It's sad.

TheBig3 · 05-04-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

2 Girls 1 Cup is nothing. Almost anything on the YNC is worse.

I remember a band teacher in my high school had said that back in the day, while on the trip to where they'd be performing, everyone would be singing and playing games and whatnot. Sometimes he'd have to get them to quiet down a bit, which isn't surprising. But in the last 2 years or so, he said everyone just listens to their mp3 players and text away on their phones. It's sad.

Why is it sad? They're still socializing if they're texting.

CanwllCorfe · 05-04-2011, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

Why is it sad? They're still socializing if they're texting.

And yet they're surrounded by people. Just yesterday I went out for wings with a couple of friends I haven't seen in awhile, and I was the only one who didn't keep checking my damn phone.

Thom Yorke · 05-04-2011, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

And yet they're surrounded by people. Just yesterday I went out for wings with a couple of friends I haven't seen in awhile, and I was the only one who didn't keep checking my damn phone.

I'm not one of those "technology is killing human interaction" people, but this is unbelievably annoying.

CanwllCorfe · 05-04-2011, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke

I'm not one of those "technology is killing human interaction" people, but this is unbelievably annoying.

It really is. I mean, you're WITH friends. I could see if you were with people you didn't know or didn't like, but come on. What happens when you're with the people you're texting? Do you then text the people you were just hanging out with? It makes no sense to me.

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CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	2 Girls 1 Cup is nothing. Almost anything on the YNC is worse. I remember a band teacher in my high school had said that back in the day, while on the trip to where they'd be performing, everyone would be singing and playing games and whatnot. Sometimes he'd have to get them to quiet down a bit, which isn't surprising. But in the last 2 years or so, he said everyone just listens to their mp3 players and text away on their phones. It's sad. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.