Comments on: Life Before the Internet http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/ Another Reason to Hate the Internet Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:37:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sassy http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-41132 sassy Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:30:10 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-41132 internet rox internet rox

]]> By: bobby http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-41131 bobby Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:23:28 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-41131 i live in time with internet!!! i couldnt live without it i really enjoy it eg msn hotmail research youtube it isnt pothetic i live in time with internet!!!
i couldnt live without it
i really enjoy it
eg
msn
hotmail
research
youtube
it isnt pothetic

]]> By: corey http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-40802 corey Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:45:34 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-40802 Yeah I remember the days before the internet, and Im only 25. - I enjoyed it more. It was a time when people actually getting off their lazy fat asses and - heaven forbid - went outside and actually talked to other people, and LIVED LIFE Nowdays people are such fucking losers- wasting their lives away on the internet, having every excuse in the world to never leave the confines of their computer Its actually pathetic really. Life is like one big fucking parody nowadays Yeah I remember the days before the internet, and Im only 25.

- I enjoyed it more. It was a time when people actually getting off their lazy fat asses and – heaven forbid – went outside and actually talked to other people, and LIVED LIFE

Nowdays people are such fucking losers- wasting their lives away on the internet, having every excuse in the world to never leave the confines of their computer

Its actually pathetic really. Life is like one big fucking parody nowadays

]]> By: Basant http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-40751 Basant Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:12:40 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-40751 Internet is just like drugs. A little or wise use can help you a lot, but an addiction or misuse can destroy the person in you literally. Internet is just like drugs. A little or wise use can help you a lot, but an addiction or misuse can destroy the person in you literally.

]]> By: yamin http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-40627 yamin Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:09:32 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-40627 I'm 22 but here are a few things I remember from a childhood without Internet: - When there was this new toy on the market that you just had to have, you had to talk your parents into taking you to Toys-R-Us or beg your parents to call the number on the screen. There wasn't a website your parents could go to and order the toy. - When you wanted your pictures developed, you had to go drop off a roll of film at the store. You couldn't post your "digitized" photos to Flickr or Photobucket and have them printed at a local store. - When you wanted to write your friends, there was no email. So you had to put a stamp on an envelope and walk your letter to the mailbox. It was really exciting to get a letter in the mail after waiting a few days/a week to hear back from them. Now it happens instantaneously. - You went to the library to do your research. There was no Google or Yahoo! And you had to find books using the library catalog. The catalog wasn't accessible from your home computer! - You had to drive down to Blockbusters to rent movies - there was no Netflix! - Sharing videos was done by making copies of the video tape and mailing it to your friends. Or, if you were VERY lucky, you could get on America's Funniest Videos. There was no YouTube for you to quickly send links to everyone! I’m 22 but here are a few things I remember from a childhood without Internet:

- When there was this new toy on the market that you just had to have, you had to talk your parents into taking you to Toys-R-Us or beg your parents to call the number on the screen. There wasn’t a website your parents could go to and order the toy.

- When you wanted your pictures developed, you had to go drop off a roll of film at the store. You couldn’t post your “digitized” photos to Flickr or Photobucket and have them printed at a local store.

- When you wanted to write your friends, there was no email. So you had to put a stamp on an envelope and walk your letter to the mailbox. It was really exciting to get a letter in the mail after waiting a few days/a week to hear back from them. Now it happens instantaneously.

- You went to the library to do your research. There was no Google or Yahoo! And you had to find books using the library catalog. The catalog wasn’t accessible from your home computer!

- You had to drive down to Blockbusters to rent movies – there was no Netflix!

- Sharing videos was done by making copies of the video tape and mailing it to your friends. Or, if you were VERY lucky, you could get on America’s Funniest Videos. There was no YouTube for you to quickly send links to everyone!

]]> By: michael http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-40205 michael Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:42:04 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-40205 before the internet, if I wanted to see if someone else had an opinion about some random topic, I had to pick people I knew who actually might have an idea if I wanted to shop for anything pricey that was worth comparing features and looks, I had to go to a lot of stores or get printed catalogs. also I cannot tell you how glad I am every bill is electronic both receiving and paying! before the internet, if I wanted to see if someone else had an opinion about some random topic, I had to pick people I knew who actually might have an idea

if I wanted to shop for anything pricey that was worth comparing features and looks, I had to go to a lot of stores or get printed catalogs.

also I cannot tell you how glad I am every bill is electronic both receiving and paying!

]]> By: jeannie http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-40036 jeannie Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:57:07 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-40036 before i the internet i would spend a small fortune every week on magazines and trailing shops for clothes now i just buy online before i the internet i would spend a small fortune every week on magazines and trailing shops for clothes now i just buy online

]]> By: Baguette http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-39568 Baguette Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:52:40 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-39568 before the internet, a boyfriend and i used to send handwritten letters because calling long-distance was too expensive. now there is skype and all the rest of it! before the internet, a boyfriend and i used to send handwritten letters because calling long-distance was too expensive. now there is skype and all the rest of it!

]]> By: trav http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-23645 trav Tue, 08 May 2007 04:56:45 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-23645 if i wanted the news, i'd have to wait until 6pm to watch it instead of going to 11alive.com (shameless plug). if i wanted to find out the criminal history and background of anyone i'd actually have to make calls and go research through local clerk of court archives... waste days on something that now takes seconds... if i got bored at work, i'd have to do something that people back in the 80s would do when they got bored at work... what the hell would that be? read a book? play cards? i just don't know!!! i boggles the freakin' mind! if i wanted the news, i’d have to wait until 6pm to watch it instead of going to 11alive.com (shameless plug).

if i wanted to find out the criminal history and background of anyone i’d actually have to make calls and go research through local clerk of court archives… waste days on something that now takes seconds…

if i got bored at work, i’d have to do something that people back in the 80s would do when they got bored at work… what the hell would that be? read a book? play cards? i just don’t know!!! i boggles the freakin’ mind!

]]> By: Julie http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-21564 Julie Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:33:51 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21564 How about ... I used to hold my cassette player up to the radio to tape songs. How about … I used to hold my cassette player up to the radio to tape songs.

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