Comments on: Fifty Things Being Destroyed By the Internet

By: Tom McMahon

Tom McMahon — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:04:25 +0000

Matthew Moore pompously starts out with #1, but it only takes him to #4 show what a pretentious phony he is. What a lame article.

By: bennnnn

bennnnn — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:07:33 +0000

The art of polite disagreement isn’t disappearing. Only an idiot would think that.

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:01:37 +0000

What the heck is the image they ran with that article supposed to be indicating?

Interestingly about #13, Memory… written word was looked down upon by ancient Greek orators.

By: tr

tr — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:13:01 +0000

Colin: What an eloquent confirmation of point #1.

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:34:43 +0000

If by “destroy” this blowhard means “evolution in society for [the] good” then yes, the internet is “destroying” things making the world a better place. Sadly I doubt this world-class old stuffy arsehat meant it “destroy” as such, then again, the Daily Telegraph is (or was) a mostly paper based rag, so his livelihood is another thing being “destroyed,” so I guess I can understand his knee-jerkism.

By: ted

ted — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:30:45 +0000

Yay! Another list.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:03:46 +0000

I love the internet….. *HUGS it mentally*

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:30:29 +0000

Polite disagreement is still alive in uk.rec.sheds, for example.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:57:41 +0000

The singles vs. the album issue: My mothers record collection in the 1960´s only consisted of vinyl singles. And all she had was a tiny little record player optimated for singles. Most teens then had a stack of singles, or a booklet with singles but no albums (probably too expensive), a least here in Denmark.

And i for one still buy vinyl albums at a real life record shop, thank you very much (I also buy music online).

By: WordyGrrl

WordyGrrl — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:42:26 +0000

I agree with Marianne about the reading. I do read a lot online, but I’m not reading classical works of literature that would expand my mind anymore. Not like I used to when I was a book addict.

And how many more hours daily is your typical horndog guy devoting to online porn, now that he doesn’t have to actually go out and purchase a magazine or DVD from a clerk?

I love the internet, but it’s a mixed bag.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:40:21 +0000

Pfft. Analog porn will never die, and the Internet gave Rick Astley’s career back. The later is completely off topic, yet I support it’s place in my paragraph!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:23:01 +0000

MORE people are reading now, because of the internet.

When people say, Oh, no one will READ anymore, we’re producing nations of illiterates. What? The internet is ALL about reading! And reading! And more reading!

People are reading The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times, that would never have read them before.

The internet asserts the primacy and durability and yes, necessity, of this activity . . .

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:34:45 +0000

Yes to newspapers and magazines. Video stores are endangered too.

By: health

health — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:07:07 +0000

If only more people listened to legit bands whose songs didn’t warrant skipping.

By: D Bozko

D Bozko — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:46:33 +0000

The article may say 50 things being killed by the internet but some of those have nothing to do with the internet. They talk about punctuality in terms of texting and watches in terms of a cell phone. In both cases the internet isn’t involved.
However, I do agree that technology as a whole and specifically the internet are changing our lives. Specifically, newspapers and magazines are on the way out because the internet is instantaneous.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:17:46 +0000

I dont think the internet is to blame for people not listening to albums all the way through. I’d say CDs are probably the reason. Skipping the lame songs is nothing new though, I used to move the needle to the song I wanted on records.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:06:41 +0000

50? Oh man, I can’t read them all…I gotta lot of other surfing to do before sleep.

By: Craig in Portland

Craig in Portland — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:21:19 +0000

51 things…
The internet ISN’T killing trees to make newspapers, paper, christmas cards, envelopes, etc…. and it’s doing those same things faster and more efficiently.

By: Juice

Juice — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:14:03 +0000

Radiohead deserves no hearing.