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DrPhil

05-02-2010 09:53 PM

The Internet Killed It!

What has (and hasn't) the Internet killed?

From sex to Nigeria to Chuck Norris, the Internet has affected them all

For some people, the Internet is the killer app -- literally. From newspapers and the Yellow pages to personal privacy and personal contact, the Net has been accused of murdering, eviscerating, ruining, and obliterating more things than the Amazing Hulk. Some claims are more true than others, but the Net certainly has claimed its share of scalps.
Here are 10 things the Net is making virtually extinct, plus five that have flourished.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36741144...InternetRuined

I don't know what some of this stuff is. But, I agree with the stuff that I recognize. :) Gosh darn you Greekchat! :mad: Ruining lives one login at a time!!!

33girl

05-02-2010 10:07 PM

Like all similar lists, this one is greatly exaggerated. There's really nothing new under the sun, just different ways of doing it.

christiangirl

05-02-2010 10:07 PM

The Net has all but ruined Mr. Moviefone. I remember the days when there was no Yahoo! or Fandango. If you wanted to know what was playing, you dialed 777-FILM like everyone else. :cool:

ree-Xi

05-02-2010 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christiangirl (Post 1924031)

The Net has all but ruined Mr. Moviefone. I remember the days when there was no Yahoo! or Fandango. If you wanted to know what was playing, you dialed 777-FILM like everyone else. :cool:

Or in the case of unfortunate New Yorkers, 555-FILK.

KSUViolet06

05-02-2010 10:46 PM

Music videos.

World premiere videos on MTV used to be a big deal (at least when I was in MS/HS).

Now you can YouTube pretty much anything, and MTV is 99.9% reality shows.

33girl

05-02-2010 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06 (Post 1924039)

Music videos.

World premiere videos on MTV used to be a big deal (at least when I was in MS/HS).

Now you can YouTube pretty much anything, and MTV is 99.9% reality shows.

I think that MTV's not showing videos killed them (that is, killed them as a cultural force) way before the internet.

RU OX Alum

05-03-2010 12:32 AM

^^^I think it was around the same time.

MTV has sucked since I was in the latter part of HS but at the begining the videos were still a pretty big part of the station.

ASTalumna06

05-03-2010 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christiangirl (Post 1924031)

The Net has all but ruined Mr. Moviefone. I remember the days when there was no Yahoo! or Fandango. If you wanted to know what was playing, you dialed 777-FILM like everyone else. :cool:

I feel a Seinfeld quote coming on...

1stSoon2BePhD

05-03-2010 08:24 AM

I remember my mom having the "take-out restaurant coupon drawer" in the kitchen when I was a kid. Now the deals are listed online, you can order online, you can EVEN tip the delivery driver online.

ASTalumna06

05-03-2010 08:38 AM

^^ Order from Domino's, and you can see when your pizza is being made, when it leaves the store, and when it should arrive at your house... all through the magic of the internet.

Sister Havana

05-04-2010 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christiangirl (Post 1924031)

The Net has all but ruined Mr. Moviefone. I remember the days when there was no Yahoo! or Fandango. If you wanted to know what was playing, you dialed 777-FILM like everyone else. :cool:

Or do what we did in even more prehistoric times: looked it up in the newspaper.

ASTalumna06

05-04-2010 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sister Havana (Post 1924919)

Or do what we did in even more prehistoric times: looked it up in the newspaper.

Hey, I still do that sometimes! :p

KSUViolet06

05-04-2010 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1stSoon2BePhD (Post 1924145)

I remember my mom having the "take-out restaurant coupon drawer".

We stuck them all to the fridge when I was little.

Another thing the internet killed: The Phone Book.

Need a number, Google it.

lovespink88

05-04-2010 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 (Post 1924130)

I feel a Seinfeld quote coming on...

Why don't you just tell me the name of the movie you selected?

ASTalumna06

05-04-2010 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovespink88 (Post 1924939)

Why don't you just tell me the name of the movie you'd like to see?

Chunnel...

:D

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