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[–] NeoNachtwaechter 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Internet in just two words:

  • Cats & porn

The Internet in just one word:

  • Pussy

(not originally from me, but I like it)

[–] Drummyralf 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As a dog person, I always begrudingly wished the dogs would have participated in some sort of memewar. The cats got all the "aww cute" memes, while dogs got all the "herpyderp" memes.

But I guess that's why I like dogs more than dictatory, selfimposed, greater-than-thou cats.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Okay, but what about cat mlems and one orange braincell? Or greebles, cats being scared by cucumbers, cat circles...

[–] gedaliyah 38 points 6 months ago (3 children)

As with most things, musical theater has the answer.

https://youtu.be/j6eFNRKEROw

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Just grab your dick and double click

[–] tpihkal 2 points 6 months ago

I didn't even have to click the link, but I did!

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 2 points 6 months ago

Needs more dancing Tauren

[–] jordanlund 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] beefbaby182 17 points 6 months ago

I have a fast connection so I don't have to wait...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Inspired by DARPA, popularized by porn.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

Asking questions such as these...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Mostly spam, porn, and recipes it seems from the traffic.

[–] wiccan2 12 points 6 months ago
  1. AI/bot communication
  2. Porn
  3. Cat pictures/memes

Listed in order of traffic volume 😜

[–] wabafee 11 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Being a mentally insane fox hyena entity :3

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As I understand it, the original impetus was to develop a communication system that was resilient in the case of a nuclear attack.

[–] beefbaby182 1 points 5 months ago

Now we just use it for sharing pictures of cats and boobs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

its for looking at Silly cats

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Much like life, it is for whatever you make of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Pictures of toes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It’s for everybody to use however they want.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another.

Or, at least it was. Now it's mostly a mall and organ harvesting operation.

[–] Chainweasel 4 points 6 months ago
[–] paddirn 4 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yes.

...it depends on whom you ask, I think. For me it's for info/data exchange, wasting time, contacting people, shitposting. Roughly in this order of relevance.

[–] xc2215x 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Videos and discussing things.

[–] Drummyralf 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I read this too quickly as "videos and disgusting things", which still felt like a true statement.

[–] spacemanspiffy 3 points 6 months ago

Geocities home pages

[–] droning_in_my_ears 2 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

A profile collection tool for effective advertising dispersion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago
[–] Resol 2 points 6 months ago

Ponies, lots and lots of them. Specifically the ones designed by Lauren Faust.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

the new frontier to be colonised

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Advertising

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The computer should only be for education, high morals, and bettering our humanity. Not for pornography and not for exploiting women.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Good luck with that

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Originally, to make the neurodivergent people of the world feel less alone. But then neurotypicals decided to monetise it and make it and use it for social engineering and data collection, so now we have nowhere again.

[–] ExcursionInversion 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I remember the internet of the 90s before social media. It was really nice. Sure you had nasty stuff but you had to go looking for it. You spoke to people on niche forums and then added them to whatever messaging service you used. They new your name and you would occasionally send actual letters to each other or call each other on the phone. It was wholesome and good... This is not.