Comments on: Life Before the Internet http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/ Another Reason to Hate the Internet Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: trav http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#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-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.

]]> By: Kevin Kubusheskie http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21281 Kevin Kubusheskie Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:23:27 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21281 You can order a fucking pizza online to be delivered to your house. The pinnacle of the internet. You can order a fucking pizza online to be delivered to your house. The pinnacle of the internet.

]]> By: sarah http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21279 sarah Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:26:01 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21279 dude. you had to look thru a phone book for a phone number and look at the newspaper for movie listings. dude. you had to look thru a phone book for a phone number and look at the newspaper for movie listings.

]]> By: randi http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21278 randi Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:18:46 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21278 I am in college with a bunch of 18-20 year olds that can.not.believe.it when I tell them I used to type papers on a typewriter when I was first in college. I am in college with a bunch of 18-20 year olds that can.not.believe.it when I tell them I used to type papers on a typewriter when I was first in college.

]]> By: trouble http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21271 trouble Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:03:39 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21271 If you wanted a porno, you had to either go into a sleezy adult video store with all the other pervs, or order it in a plain brown wrapper. No amazon.com or limewire for free pornos. And if you wanted a song? You had to go to the record store and buy a cassette tape or album. No downloading it free and burning it to make your own mix CDs. You'd have to have a dual cassette tape or maybe record it off the radio. That sucked. Cinders: Don't you do that anyway? ;) If you wanted a porno, you had to either go into a sleezy adult video store with all the other pervs, or order it in a plain brown wrapper. No amazon.com or limewire for free pornos.

And if you wanted a song? You had to go to the record store and buy a cassette tape or album. No downloading it free and burning it to make your own mix CDs. You’d have to have a dual cassette tape or maybe record it off the radio.

That sucked.

Cinders: Don’t you do that anyway? ;)

]]> By: Omnipotent Poobah http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21270 Omnipotent Poobah Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:58:58 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21270 The first computer I saw was a 7x4 ft monster that set type by reading paper tape. Still better than what my buddy Gutenburg used though. Oh, Blockbuster was still years away as were video tapes and DVDs. When I wrote a funny story it was with a pencil and a piece of paper (which happily never crashed and ate the story) or typed on a manual typewriter. You could make copies though. That cc on your email stands for Carbon Copy which, once upon a time, was actually copied with carbon paper...and I have the still black fingerprints to prove it. If I wanted to leave a quick note for a co-worker...I didn't. The first computer I saw was a 7×4 ft monster that set type by reading paper tape. Still better than what my buddy Gutenburg used though.

Oh, Blockbuster was still years away as were video tapes and DVDs.

When I wrote a funny story it was with a pencil and a piece of paper (which happily never crashed and ate the story) or typed on a manual typewriter. You could make copies though. That cc on your email stands for Carbon Copy which, once upon a time, was actually copied with carbon paper…and I have the still black fingerprints to prove it.

If I wanted to leave a quick note for a co-worker…I didn’t.

]]> By: cinders http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21269 cinders Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:52:55 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/2007/04/17/life-before-the-internet/#comment-21269 If I wanted to get laid, or even just flirt, I'd have to get all dressed up and go out to a bar and drink myself silly. If I wanted to get laid, or even just flirt, I’d have to get all dressed up and go out to a bar and drink myself silly.

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