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What has the internet ruined?

Redress said:
That was not the internets. That was console gamers and WoW kiddies.
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No, I mean...all you gotta do is go onto gamefaqs, and voila, every challenge is solved for you.
 
KevinKohler said:
No, I mean...all you gotta do is go onto gamefaqs, and voila, every challenge is solved for you.
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Shock clue: not every one goes to gamefaqs...
 
calamity said:
Reading eBooks is not the same. For some reason, I find staring at the screen annoying. Maybe, since I don't look away when reading, it's just too much continuous exposure to blue light. Reading an actual book in sunlight out in the yard or in a comfortable livingroom chair with a white reading light is very relaxing.
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Every try reading from a kindle ? The back-lighting of the device can be toggled on/off, making the reading experience very pleasurable. Doesn't hurt your eyes at all, it's like reading normal paper.

Another advantage with the kindle is the ability to instantly look up words with the integrated dictionary. Ideal for reading books in a language you're not 100% familiar with.

I read on eBooks & normal books. The Kindle has the advantage of being light-weight and non cumbersome, ideal for traveling... however nothing defeats the feel of a traditional book.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I love the internet. I think the world is a better place with it. But like most beneficial technologies, there are usually downsides.

I used to be a pretty serious amateur magician up until I left college. It seems magic today has lost most of its...magic because anyone can just look up how the trick is done on YouTube. I also feel that sites like EBay have ruined much of what makes collecting fun. Namely "the hunt".

What things do you think the internet has ruined or made less enjoyable?
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I do not believe the internet has "ruined" anything. Even as far as social interaction, it has only exposed what we were already like.

There are some things that have become less fun, though. Take eBay, for example. When eBay was truly just a conduit to link small sellers with buyers it was great. Then corporate interests began to dominate, eBay itself discarded the buyer and catered to the corporate seller, and it ceased to be enjoyable. Between 2000 and 2005 I bought and sold often on eBay. Between 2006 and now I have sold, maybe, 3 things via eBay, and purchased about the same.
 
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Lord of Planar said:
Local businesses.

Too many businesses are having a hard time keeping their doors open. People often look at products in a store, waste store employees time getting information on items, just to order them from Amazon or elsewhere.
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Local businesses have been having a hard time long before the internet, if anything the big box stores are going to start feeling their pain. As a consumer I love the internet but I am not crass enough to go into a competitor's place of business to gather info before purchasing from elsewhere.
 
Lord of Planar said:
Local businesses.

Too many businesses are having a hard time keeping their doors open. People often look at products in a store, waste store employees time getting information on items, just to order them from Amazon or elsewhere.
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I do not think it fair for people to abuse a local business to window shop then go buy online. Purposely, and there are indeed people that do that.

But, at the same time, the world changes, always, and local businesses need to be competitive. If I go into a store my intent is to buy from them... presuming they meet all normal requirements, i.e. quality, service, etc... of course. I will even pay a small bit above an online price... but I will NOT drain my wallet to do so. The local store still has to be competitive. Not match or beat the price, just reasonably competitive.

There has been a lot of talk about online sales and sales tax. My state just passed last year a law making people like Amazon charge sales tax. Ok, fine, but for me that means the local store is at an even greater expectation to be competitive, and maybe now even match or beat the price. The playing field has been leveled... now deal with it.
 
Cisero said:
Every try reading from a kindle ? The back-lighting of the device can be toggled on/off, making the reading experience very pleasurable. Doesn't hurt your eyes at all, it's like reading normal paper.

Another advantage with the kindle is the ability to instantly look up words with the integrated dictionary. Ideal for reading books in a language you're not 100% familiar with.

I read on eBooks & normal books. The Kindle has the advantage of being light-weight and non cumbersome, ideal for traveling... however nothing defeats the feel of a traditional book.
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I've only read 1/2 dozen or so actual paper books since I got my first Kindle in 2009 and 600+ ebooks... won't go back.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Kids today will never know the thrill of the Goonies-like adventures that we had to go through to get our hands on a simple Playboy magazine. When I was in middle school my friends and I had a treehouse out in the middle of the woods. Near the base of the tree house was a hole covered by a rock. Inside the hole, wrapped in trash bags, was our ill-gotten porn collection. We had to take turns adding to it, which usually meant stealing a magazine from the bottom of a dad's or uncle's collection. You stole it from the bottom so they wouldn't notice it missing.

Now every type of porn is just a click away. Again, the thrill of "the hunt" is gone.
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I didn't do that when I was a kid... boys :2razz:
 
PirateMk1 said:
The millennials I know don't play video games, they watch people that do. Apparently watching people play video games is entertaining.
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It is entertaining. It is better than watching the trailer.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I love the internet. I think the world is a better place with it. But like most beneficial technologies, there are usually downsides.

I used to be a pretty serious amateur magician up until I left college. It seems magic today has lost most of its...magic because anyone can just look up how the trick is done on YouTube. I also feel that sites like EBay have ruined much of what makes collecting fun. Namely "the hunt".

What things do you think the internet has ruined or made less enjoyable?
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Reading and writing skills... patience and the ability to research properly... talking with people in a healthy manner...
 
The internet has changed dating. I am not sure if it's worse or better, but it has been forever changed.
 
SheWolf said:
It is entertaining. It is better than watching the trailer.
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I am generation x, and most of us like to PLAY the games. Just saying. I find it weird to watch others play games.
 
calamity said:
The internet has made reading books harder, reading magazines something you do only when the doctor's office has no wi-fi or spotty cell coverage and rendered newspapers obsolete.

I've been making a concerted effort lately to read books, cover to cover. It took me about a week just to get started on one again. And, that was weird because I used to read a book a week, if not two. So, now I have a book with me all the time and try to keep my phone on the shelf. I do not always succeed.
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Hell I now can carry around a 1000 plus books in my pocket by way of my nook.
 
calamity said:
Only need one good one though.
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One good book???????

The Quran ,the Torah, the Mormon Bible, Jefferson Bible, Church of Scientology Thetan documents, the thousands of so versions of the Christian Bible and so on?

Name the book please.
 
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BillRM said:
One good book???????

The Quran ,the Torah, the Mormon Bible, Jefferson Bible, Church of Scientology Thetan documents, the thousands of so versions of the Christian Bible and so on?

Name the book please.
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The Martian was pretty good.
 
calamity said:
Flipping pages is nice. As is passing the book along when done or getting one after a loved one has read it.
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Also if you get really annoyed with something your reading, then tossing a e-book across a room and into a wall while may be momentarily satisfying, does tend to be more expensive.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I love the internet. I think the world is a better place with it. But like most beneficial technologies, there are usually downsides.

I used to be a pretty serious amateur magician up until I left college. It seems magic today has lost most of its...magic because anyone can just look up how the trick is done on YouTube. I also feel that sites like EBay have ruined much of what makes collecting fun. Namely "the hunt".

What things do you think the internet has ruined or made less enjoyable?
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As an serious amateur magician I understand your pain.

Yes, there is a lot of exposure on the internet but usually it is done poorly. We had the same concern when the Masked Magician came out in 2000 with his TV show of revealing tricks. The result is that 99% of the people who saw those shows don't remember anything.

For me real quality magic is something that you can not learn in 30 minutes. I currently have a 12 minute long close up act that I have been practicing since December. I practice and refine it everyday. Have changed the patter infinite number of times. I will perform it in one month and am still honing it down. The audience has no idea how many hours go into something so simple looking.
There is a ton of self working tricks out there that even a caveman can do. ...... but who wants to do that.
 
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