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This is a link post MTV explains the internet in 1995
Should you want to know what Billy Corgan, Sandra Bullock and Coolio made of dial-up.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 2 Sep 2021, 11:13, Reply)
This is a normal post "I got so tired of the rubbish on it that I dropped out again."
Wise words from Bowie there.
 (I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Thu 2 Sep 2021, 19:39, Reply)
This is a normal post It's really quite depressing.
We were handed a technology which practically transformed, or went on to transform literally every aspect of our lives.
We were given instant* access to the world's largest library. A endless resource that could have helped down the cultural and sociological/theological boundaries between nations. It genuinely had the potential to take us into a new era of unification as a species.

But from the get go we were already using it for shitposting and pornography.

I mean, sure. The overall benefits of the internet still massively outweigh the drawbacks. But the gap is quickly narrowing. What a missed opportunity.
 (Tony Hayers DEFUND THE POLICE, Thu 2 Sep 2021, 23:37, Reply)
This is a normal post There was always the rule that you should
never mention religion, politics or money in conversation as it causes arguments.

Hindsight, obviously, but not sure scaling that problem was ever going to lead to anything but the mess it has, especially when done purely with profit as the motivation.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 3 Sep 2021, 0:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Not at all sure the benefits outweigh the negative
For the tiny percent of scientists and researchers it's perfect, but is much more use to Trumps, brexiteers, data miners, flerfers, influencers, anti vaxxers and worst of all... JavaScript developers. Lies travel faster than truth and the internet has magnified this effect till the internet is a torrent of shit

The only saving grace is cat videos

Oh yeah, global corporations who's size and complexity would be impossible without massive cloud infrastructure
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Fri 3 Sep 2021, 15:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah this printing and paper thing must really go
Was so much better when it was scribes and scriptoriums. Everything had more weight to it.
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Fri 3 Sep 2021, 17:07, Reply)
This is a normal post kind of not what i said
I did point out that it provided a great forum for knowledge. I pointed out that there are more fucknuggets than inspirational humans on the internet. Whatevs!
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Sat 4 Sep 2021, 13:10, Reply)