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sionnach commented on the word the problem with the internet
is that this sort of thing is allowed to go on unpunished.
Because nobody is wrong on the internet. My feeble-minded opinion is just as valid as that of any expert in the field.
December 31, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word the problem with the internet
Someone is wrong on the Internet.
December 31, 2008
sionnach commented on the word the problem with the internet
Another example of what's wrong with the internet:
Try performing a google search on the term
pyewacket restaurant
You will get something like 3550 hits. Click away. How many cul-de-sacs before you finally establish that
PYEWACKET RESTAURANT IN CHAPEL HILL CLOSED IN 2002
Adding insult to injury, one of the hits trumpets that "AOL City Guide has the latest information for Pyewacket Restaurant, located in Piedmont Triad, NC."
Oh yeah. AOL. Right. Never mind.
January 1, 2009
dontcry commented on the word the problem with the internet
Also, it doesn't run the vacuum, which sucks.
*snort*
January 1, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word the problem with the internet
But sionnach, it was even worse before the internet!
January 1, 2009
sionnach commented on the word the problem with the internet
Factual Error Found on Internet
January 3, 2009
rolig commented on the word the problem with the internet
Prolagus, what was worse before the Internet?
January 3, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word the problem with the internet
Finding out that the restaurant you are looking for closed 6 years ago.
January 3, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word the problem with the internet
Rolig, everything was worse before the Internet.
... Except strawberries.
January 3, 2009
rolig commented on the word the problem with the internet
Things may have been more difficult, but not all difficulties are bad. On the Internet, you may discover, after a number of wild Google chases, that the restaurant you were hoping to go to has closed, but before the Internet, you would call them on the telephone and either get the message that the phone number no longer exists, or be redirected to another phone number (and perhaps the new restaurant the owners had opened). You might even end up talking to a real person. Or you would just go there and discover that there was a different restaurant in the old location (maybe), and maybe you would try that one and it would become your new favorite restaurant. In any case, you would have gotten out of the house and off your butt.
No, I am not convinced that things were better before the Internet. Some things were easier, but ease also comes with a price.
January 3, 2009