What the internet is doing to our brains. - Page 2

Dozer McDozer · 02-07-2010, 10:05 PM

maybe you should stop drinking so much coffee while your on the computer. that stuff constricts the flow of blood to your brain ya know. 2 cups max.

flappy · 02-07-2010, 10:14 PM

It's not about whether Dozer can read..it's about ideas. It's like the guy said...There are 3 types of people. Not too bright, smarter and smartest.
Not too bright : They talk about things.
Smarter : They talk about people.
Smartest : They talk about ideas.

The Rev · 02-07-2010, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Anonymous4674

I consider the internet a good thing. Of course, the parts I am referring to are: porn, access to information, porn, and more access to information and porn.

Don't forget porn. God I love the Internet for that. Sure, Playboy is fine and all, but with the net, I save $7 and I don't have to look at fauxhawked fags modelling $300 jeans that I'm supposed to want to buy. I can just skip straight to the underage in the mirror cell pix. It's a true quantum leap forward for fapping.

The Rev

The Rev · 02-07-2010, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by flappy

It's not about whether Dozer can read..it's about ideas. It's like the guy said...There are 3 types of people. Not too bright, smarter and smartest.
Not too bright : They talk about things.
Smarter : They talk about people.
Smartest : They talk about ideas.

What about people who talk about porn?

The Rev

Dozer McDozer · 02-07-2010, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by The Rev

What about people who talk about porn?

The Rev

huh...

porn combines all three so...

not sure what that makes you other than The motherfuckin' Rev. Sir!

Human-yo · 02-07-2010, 11:55 PM

I like how people over forty always say, "it's amazing, the technology these days."

And they're right.

**Bearsy** · 02-08-2010, 12:31 AM

My mom always says it's "scary".

I don't really understand what she means.

Everything new she says is scary. Weird.

Grieves · 02-08-2010, 01:33 AM

people are conditioned to fear change...

Mescalito · 02-08-2010, 02:26 AM

Man.. the internet is like everything else.. best in moderation.

M

flappy · 02-08-2010, 06:22 AM

I hear Bearsy is reading the 3000 page health care bill this afternoon.

The Rev · 02-08-2010, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Human-yo

I like how people over forty always say, "it's amazing, the technology these days."

And they're right.

It's cuz we can remember when there were only 3 channels of TV, and you had to adjust the antenna every time you changed the channel. If you wanted to see a movie on TV, you had to wait 3-5 years after it came out in theatres for it to come on TV, and then it was full of commercials and edited for content. The thought of taking the phone with you when you left the house was a science fiction fantasy.

We old folks started out being used to living with alot less; we didn't know any different. So all the shit younger people take for granted is all cool new shit to us. It's the consolation prize we receive now that sex has lost its novelty.

The Rev

verklingen · 02-08-2010, 08:56 AM

isn't internet/computer use actually helping to keep our brains spry?

Study finds Internet searches boost brain - UPI.com

Internet 'speeds up decision making and brain function' - Telegraph

First-time Internet Users Find Boost In Brain Function After Just One Week

BibleGuy · 02-08-2010, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by The Rev

It's cuz we can remember when there were only 3 channels of TV, and you had to adjust the antenna every time you changed the channel. If you wanted to see a movie on TV, you had to wait 3-5 years after it came out in theatres for it to come on TV, and then it was full of commercials and edited for content. The thought of taking the phone with you when you left the house was a science fiction fantasy.

We old folks started out being used to living with alot less; we didn't know any different. So all the shit younger people take for granted is all cool new shit to us. It's the consolation prize we receive now that sex has lost its novelty.

The Rev

I remember those days, Rev. Tuning the TV was a hard twisting of a mechanical dial that went "ka-chunk" when it clicked into position. The first remotes were these goofy, clunky, ultrasonic things that caused a motorized mechanism in the TV to turn the ka-chunker for you, when they worked, then you had to get up anyway just like you said to adjust the antenna. It was full of tubes and transformers and weighed as much as a car. We lived in the city and could get all four channels!

BibleGuy · 02-08-2010, 11:04 AM

And back in the day we used to play Lunar Lander on a teletype via dial-up where you actually plugged the phone handset into a coupler on the modem... computing at 300 bits-per-second!

The Rev · 02-08-2010, 11:18 AM

Yeah, I was watching Wargames with my wife a couple of weeks ago, garnering many lulz at the hi-tech shit Matthew Broderick had (he had one of those modems). Who knew that one day, the evolution of all that genius would lead to the greatest porn repository the world has ever known.

The Rev

flappy · 02-08-2010, 01:47 PM

I agree.

**Bearsy** · 02-08-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by flappy

I hear Bearsy is reading the 3000 page health care bill this afternoon.

What the fuck is your problem with me? I've never once said anything to you and now you're all over my dick cause I'm reading some books.

verklingen · 02-08-2010, 02:59 PM

flappy doesn't like to talk about things, just people. other than that he comes here to post things from others that he feels are relevant. to what, who knows; it counts as a thing

Ego Tripping · 02-08-2010, 03:21 PM

Flappy =

Don't fuck with him, he's a master at searching Infowars AND PrisonPlanet at the same time. Naturally, do the internet destroying his mind.

my_scatterheart · 02-08-2010, 04:56 PM

you mean

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flappy YaHookan Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 807 Thanks: 48 Thanked 102 Times in 85 Posts	It's not about whether Dozer can read..it's about ideas. It's like the guy said...There are 3 types of people. Not too bright, smarter and smartest. Not too bright : They talk about things. Smarter : They talk about people. Smartest : They talk about ideas. __________________ <> <><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><> <>

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Human-yo Posts: 32,562 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 4,364 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 83 Thanked 105 Times in 76 Posts	I like how people over forty always say, "it's amazing, the technology these days." And they're right. __________________ Love, Human Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

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Grieves Biblioburro... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terra Sancta Posts: 11,588 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,903 Thanked 2,559 Times in 1,424 Posts	people are conditioned to fear change... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

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verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,031 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,470 Times in 940 Posts	isn't internet/computer use actually helping to keep our brains spry? Study finds Internet searches boost brain - UPI.com Internet 'speeds up decision making and brain function' - Telegraph First-time Internet Users Find Boost In Brain Function After Just One Week __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

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BibleGuy YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 329 Thanks: 137 Thanked 136 Times in 85 Posts	And back in the day we used to play Lunar Lander on a teletype via dial-up where you actually plugged the phone handset into a coupler on the modem... computing at 300 bits-per-second!

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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,674 Thanks: 4,716 Thanked 5,059 Times in 2,710 Posts	Yeah, I was watching Wargames with my wife a couple of weeks ago, garnering many lulz at the hi-tech shit Matthew Broderick had (he had one of those modems). Who knew that one day, the evolution of all that genius would lead to the greatest porn repository the world has ever known. The Rev __________________ "You're seriously flying close to the fag-sun, icarus." -Flamingnun

02-08-2010, 01:47 PM	#36 (permalink)
flappy YaHookan Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 807 Thanks: 48 Thanked 102 Times in 85 Posts	I agree. __________________ <> <><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><> <>

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verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,031 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,470 Times in 940 Posts	flappy doesn't like to talk about things, just people. other than that he comes here to post things from others that he feels are relevant. to what, who knows; it counts as a thing __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

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Ego Tripping Are you in? Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,461 Thanks: 229 Thanked 657 Times in 438 Posts	Flappy = Don't fuck with him, he's a master at searching Infowars AND PrisonPlanet at the same time. Naturally, do the internet destroying his mind. __________________ God appears, and God is light, To those poor souls who dwell in night; But does a human form display To those who dwell in realms of day.

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