Tue Oct 23, 2012, 10:45 AM
What's your favorite thing about the internet now that most of us have had it for 10 or more years..
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 What's your favorite thing about the internet now that most of us have had it for 10 or more years.. (Original post) |
WCGreen | Oct 2012 | OP |
| antiquie | Oct 2012 | #1 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #2 | |
| laundry_queen | Oct 2012 | #64 | |
| zen_bohemian | Oct 2012 | #44 | |
| HopeHoops | Oct 2012 | #3 | |
| sharp_stick | Oct 2012 | #12 | |
| HopeHoops | Oct 2012 | #13 | |
| loli phabay | Oct 2012 | #16 | |
| Locut0s | Oct 2012 | #29 | |
| HopeHoops | Oct 2012 | #30 | |
| Firebirds01 | Oct 2012 | #45 | |
| HopeHoops | Oct 2012 | #49 | |
| CaliforniaPeggy | Oct 2012 | #4 | |
| GeorgeGist | Oct 2012 | #82 | |
| Dyedinthewoolliberal | Oct 2012 | #5 | |
| MiddleFingerMom | Oct 2012 | #6 | |
| marzipanni | Oct 2012 | #43 | |
| Aristus | Oct 2012 | #7 | |
| CaliforniaPeggy | Oct 2012 | #8 | |
| Aristus | Oct 2012 | #10 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #23 | |
| Baitball Blogger | Oct 2012 | #9 | |
| Wait Wut | Oct 2012 | #11 | |
| MiddleFingerMom | Oct 2012 | #15 | |
| laundry_queen | Oct 2012 | #66 | |
| Wait Wut | Oct 2012 | #69 | |
| begin_within | Oct 2012 | #14 | |
| loli phabay | Oct 2012 | #17 | |
| NightWatcher | Oct 2012 | #18 | |
| RebelOne | Oct 2012 | #21 | |
| shanti | Oct 2012 | #32 | |
| Phentex | Oct 2012 | #19 | |
| Scuba | Oct 2012 | #20 | |
| LiberalLovinLug | Oct 2012 | #22 | |
| Moondog | Oct 2012 | #24 | |
| alarimer | Oct 2012 | #25 | |
| kwassa | Oct 2012 | #26 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #38 | |
| dimbear | Oct 2012 | #27 | |
| Locut0s | Oct 2012 | #28 | |
| sanatanadharma | Oct 2012 | #31 | |
| Bertha Venation | Oct 2012 | #42 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #51 | |
| avebury | Oct 2012 | #33 | |
| Flaxbee | Oct 2012 | #58 | |
| AsahinaKimi | Oct 2012 | #34 | |
| Neoma | Oct 2012 | #41 | |
| nolabear | Oct 2012 | #35 | |
| CaliforniaPeggy | Oct 2012 | #37 | |
| Nye Bevan | Oct 2012 | #36 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #39 | |
| BarbaRosa | Oct 2012 | #40 | |
| Firebirds01 | Oct 2012 | #46 | |
| Iggo | Oct 2012 | #47 | |
| zen_bohemian | Oct 2012 | #48 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #50 | |
| zen_bohemian | Oct 2012 | #53 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #52 | |
| Rambis | Oct 2012 | #54 | |
| GoCubsGo | Oct 2012 | #55 | |
| mykpart | Oct 2012 | #56 | |
| Media Lies | Oct 2012 | #57 | |
| progressoid | Oct 2012 | #59 | |
| Arugula Latte | Oct 2012 | #70 | |
| aint_no_life_nowhere | Oct 2012 | #60 | |
| jonpaulprime | Oct 2012 | #61 | |
| vanlassie | Oct 2012 | #62 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #63 | |
| vanlassie | Oct 2012 | #67 | |
| Art_from_Ark | Oct 2012 | #68 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #73 | |
| laundry_queen | Oct 2012 | #65 | |
| Arugula Latte | Oct 2012 | #71 | |
| okwlc21 | Oct 2012 | #72 | |
| Habibi | Oct 2012 | #74 | |
| WCGreen | Oct 2012 | #79 | |
| Arkansas Granny | Oct 2012 | #75 | |
| The Velveteen Ocelot | Oct 2012 | #76 | |
| Art_from_Ark | Oct 2012 | #77 | |
| csziggy | Oct 2012 | #78 | |
| zanana1 | Oct 2012 | #80 | |
| luv_mykatz | Oct 2012 | #81 |
Response to WCGreen (Reply #2)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:18 AM
64. LOL!
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Me too! We are weather obsessed. We are both news obsessed too.
Except instead of spending all evening watching the news on TV and ignoring the kids like he did, I spend it looking around DU all evening (and only kind of ignoring my kids).  |
Response to antiquie (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:31 PM
44. I am always looking at the real-time quake map
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:10 AM
3. Porn downloads faster now.
 - come on. You KNEW someone was going to post that.
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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #3)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:52 PM
12. Not someone
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somehow I knew it was going to be you.
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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #3)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 08:23 PM
29. People still download porn? i thought it was all streaming now. nt
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:12 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (141,740 posts)
4. Here's a link to my favorite weather radar:
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 06:37 AM
GeorgeGist (24,612 posts)
82. Thanks Peggy ...
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:16 AM
Dyedinthewoolliberal (13,812 posts)
5. You Tube
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so's I can listen to EVERYTHING, if I want to............ like this
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:22 AM
6. Cornography
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:28 AM
Aristus (58,580 posts)
7. Online flirting.
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I know, I'm a terrible human being...  |
Response to Aristus (Reply #7)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:35 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (141,740 posts)
8. You are NOT a terrible human being, my dear Aristus!
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Besides, both you and WCGreen have done your share of online flirting...
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #8)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 12:23 PM
Aristus (58,580 posts)
10. That's for sure.
Edited to add: I never flirted with WCGreen!...  |
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:36 AM
Baitball Blogger (41,910 posts)
9. wiki movie plots.
Response to Wait Wut (Reply #11)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:21 AM
66. LOL! I do that to my parents all the time.
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Growing up, my dad was ALWAYS right, even when he wasn't. Now with instant fact check, he doesn't argue with me as much anymore
(yes, he's a conservative, are you shocked?) |
Response to laundry_queen (Reply #66)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:59 AM
69. Damn, I wish I had the internet growing up.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:25 PM
NightWatcher (39,284 posts)
18. Instant access to information and worldwide communication
Response to NightWatcher (Reply #18)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 02:29 PM
21. You read my mind. That was my first thought.
Response to NightWatcher (Reply #18)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 09:21 PM
32. yes, exactly!
 it's like having the library at my fingertips. i am never bored with my 'net. there's always something to read for this inveterate bookworm!
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:41 PM
Phentex (15,993 posts)
19. No more phonebooks - HOORAY!
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:53 PM
24. Elimination of the need to maintain massive
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 07:26 PM
25. The fact that I can look up anything at anytime that I might need to know.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 07:47 PM
26. Meeting my wife-to-be 18 years ago on Usenet.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 08:10 PM
27. Buying really obscure things you would never find otherwise.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 08:21 PM
28. Collaborative web sites like wikipedia, crowed sourced projects like kickstarter and microloans,...
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 08:53 PM
31. Cool would be a spherical flat screen technology...
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 09:47 PM
avebury (10,698 posts)
33. Information Instant Gratification
Response to AsahinaKimi (Reply #34)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:49 PM
41. I liked messing with air heads on there.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:52 PM
nolabear (39,588 posts)
35. Shopping! And endless cocktail conversation.
Response to nolabear (Reply #35)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 11:53 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (141,740 posts)
37. I LOVE the conversations too, my dear nolabear!
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And DU has the best ones.
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:37 PM
48. LOL urban dictionary
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whenever a younger person says a word or phrase I am not familiar with, I consult the urban dictionary so I know what they are talking about
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:05 PM
52. There is Zillow as well so you can really see how much people you know paid for their house....
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 04:30 PM
54. I can climb virtual 14ers with Paul Ryan
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:45 PM
56. I don't have to speak to people on the phone.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 09:41 PM
60. Seeing phenomenal musicians' performances on youtube
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:53 PM
61. It has the potential to change the world
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 12:31 AM
vanlassie (4,379 posts)
62. FaceTime. Talking to my daughter in London while I walk around the house in California.
Response to WCGreen (Reply #63)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 06:09 AM
vanlassie (4,379 posts)
67. Remember when a long distance call was so expensive that we tried to keep it to three minutes?
Response to vanlassie (Reply #67)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:02 AM
68. That reminded me of an old Dr. Hook song
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:19 AM
65. Favorite thing: stormchasing streams.
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I've always wanted to be a tornado chaser. Now I can, kind of, thanks to the internet
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:03 AM
71. Come on, Loungers. Obviously the only correct answer is ... KITTY VIDEOS!
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That's why Al Gore invented the Internets, ya know!
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Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 06:42 PM
Habibi (3,529 posts)
74. Scaring the shit outta myself
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 08:07 PM
Arkansas Granny (30,479 posts)
75. I love the amount of information that's available.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 08:14 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (99,875 posts)
76. Being able to look up damn near anything.
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:43 AM
77. I like YouTube
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especially checking out videos that I remembered, or may have missed, from the '60s.
Until Bagdasarian Productions had them removed (  ) I particularly liked the clips from the old Alvin Show, because they took me back to my very earliest memories and helped me understand why I did some of the things I did as a kid (I was imitating things I saw in the cartoon). They also helped me place some of the fragments of memories in my mind (like Alvin enticing a bull to run into a china shop, and the chipmunks playing with a wrecking ball). |
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:01 PM
csziggy (33,519 posts)
78. Being able to interact with people without actually having to
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:25 PM
zanana1 (5,220 posts)
80. I'm a lot less interested in it now. nt
Response to WCGreen (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 01:38 AM
81. Live weather, especially visible water vapor pics via satellite.
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I love to be instantly up in space, looking down on the clouds.
Oh, and cameras for the river bars on the coast and also into one of our local volcanoes.
I love youtube for all the great music from the '60's and early '70's. I like being able to find out who the group/artist was that performed those songs...often the DJ's back then either didn't announce who the group/artist was, or they said it so quick I couldn't catch who it was. A new thing I love: Pinterest. I can pin information about all kinds of stuff on an on-line board, which saves me bundles of $ I would otherwise have to come up with for printer ink. I also like on-line shopping. Can't afford to do very much of it, but I love to have things come in the mail besides bills! And I hate to go out to shop...love having stuff come to my home. And all the rest of the things everyone else has posted: DU  , Google; browsing and reserving books at my local branch of the county library and then getting email when the books/CD's/whatever is ready for pick-up; researching everything watching old cartoons or movie clips; watching clips from Stephen Colbert or Rachel Maddow; emails or chats with absent friends and family, and reading posts from like-minded people. I love DU, and I love the internet. |
