Forty years ago, two computer techs from UCLA and Stanford came up with an idea of sending information from two computers. One tech wrote the letters, L, then O, and then G. The other tech received the first two letters and the system crashed on the G attempt. This was the first ever instant message and, thus, the Internet was born.  So now, let’s talk about the 5 awesome things about the Internet.

Cable Modem

5. Cable modem. Remember dial up? Some of you do… some of you don’t. The younger ones probably have no idea what the hell I’m talking about, which is making me feel old.

All you young ones that get pissy at a page taking 10 seconds to load you don’t know how good you have it.

You spoiled brats!

Porn

4. Porn. This one is easy because buying and viewing porn used to be a dirty thing. Now it’s commonplace AND FREE!! It almost seems that if you are not looking at porn on the Internet… then what the hell are you doing on the net to begin with… Doing work? Reading for information? Shopping online? Banking? Submitting for scholarships? Taking an online college course?

Yeah…

What a waste of the technology.

YouTube

3. YouTube. There was once a time when stupid kids who pretended to have a Jedi duel with themselves where only viewable if you were the unfortunate parent to walk in on them playing in the bedroom. Not anymore.

Also- what would this crazy little world be like without Youtube losers to mock and make fun of?

Now we all get to enjoy the crazy people of this world thanks to this amazing website.

See the last two after the jump

Social Networking

2. Social Networking. Facebook/Myspace/Twitter. Love them or hate them, they are a great way of avoiding people. If someone you honestly can’t stand posts where they are going to be tonight… you now officially know where not to be. It used to be you would go out, run into the individual, and pretend to be interested in their life.

Thank you status change update.

Instant Messaging

1. Instant Message. I hate your voice, and I don’t want to talk on the phone for the next two hours about nothing that matters to me. But, you do know how to get to the awesome keg party tonight, so this will be a perfect way of asking.

LOL.

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