20 Things Killed By The Internet

20 THINGS CHULLED BỶ THE INTERNET PUNCTUALITY Before mobile phones, people actually had to keep their appointments and turn up on time. It's now rude not to text and let them know if you're running late! TELETEXT Most sports fans of a certain age can tell you their favourite Teletext pages (p302 - football scores), but what's the need with the internet? YOUNG NERVES AT FIRST PORN PURCHASE Xxx Most males over a certain age will have been through the 'rite of passage' of buying their first adult magazine in a busy queue. THE MYTH OF CAT INTELLIGENCE Cats, a once proud animal, now seem to be the centre of all meme and caption-based jokes thanks to the internet. WATCHES These days most people prefer having multi-use gadgets; we now use an overpriced brick to tell the time. MUSIC STORES In a world where people don't want to pay anything for music, trying to charge them £10 for 12 songs seems like a losing strategy. HANDWRITTEN LETTERS In the digital age when communications are instantaneous who has time to hand write a letter, only for it to take days to get to the recipient? ? MEMORY In a time when information can be found instantly, why remember facts and details when you can Google something? FREE TIME How often do you take some 'me' time? The draw of our phones, the internet and websites such as Facebook means we never really disconnect now. Tube WAITING FOR SPORTING RESULTS The days of waiting until you buy a newspaper to find out the results of a sporting match are long gone seeing as everyone has the internet in their pocket! DOGGING Gone are the days of late night dog walking and seeing parked cars flashing their lights on and off; the internet has offered a multitude of ways to meet up. 23 REMEMBERING THONE NUMBERS When was the last time you tried to actively remember a phone number? With a contact book at your disposal why would you need to? FOREIGN LANGUAGES Sites like Google Translate offer instant, 'ok-ish' translations of dozens of languages and generally it's understandable! MATS AND DIRECTIONS With everyone owning a smartphone, the need for a map has gone. All we have to do is open up Google Maps or the OS equivalent to get from A to B. PRIVACY In the digital age of social media, privacy is almost non-existent; we attacked governments for the spread of surveillance culture, but now we put data up freely. SOLITAIRE One of the most popular computer boredom breakers has been replaced by the fast-flowing data and games on the web. CONCENTRATION When people spend their work day browsing through personal emails and multiple social media accounts, it's incredible that anyone gets any work done anymore. COMPARING INSURANCES One of the most tedious and time wasting tasks known to man was finding cheap insurance deals; goodbye tedious task, hello price comparison websites! PERSONAL REINVENTION A 'new' you just became much harder when all your friends can view past comments and photos, nothing says a new you like all your old comments! YOUR LUNCH BREAK Do you spend your lunchtime at your desk? Browsing what's happening in the world and wondering what to eat for dinner? SOURCES + REFERENCES broadbandwherever telegraph.co.uk Our memory! broadbandwherever.net