How the World Has Become Smaller Because of the Internet

Nowadays, these things just wouldn't fly. Whenever I say something, I have to always make damned sure that it is accurate, otherwise people armed with quick internet knowledge would readily call me out on every little mistake;

Reno, NV (prHWY.com) June 5, 2012 - How the World Has Become Smaller Because of the Internet

A friend stumbled into my pseudo-workstation / junk room the other day, and was quite taken aback by all the hardware scattered about. Motherboards, optical drives, hard drives; you name it, you could find it in that room.

"What's all this? You looking to set up shop?" he asked.
"Nope. I just love tinkering with stuff and trying to fix them instead of selling used electronics and replacing them with new ones," I said.
"So all these are yours?"
"No, just some of them. A lot are from friends and friends of friends looking to have their stuff fixed for very cheap. Why sell broken electronics and waste money buying new ones when there is a cheaper alternative, right?
"I got my start when my monitorbroke down. I didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars just to buy a new one, or even 50 bucks just to have someone repair it, so I thought I could save a lot by just fixing it myself. I've been tinkering with electronics ever since."

"And just where did you learn how to fix all these?"
"Where do you think? The internet!"
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Alright, that conversation didn't really happen (although the junk room really does exist); and it is a rather kitschy way to open up a blog entry, but whatever. The point I'm trying to make is that the internet has radically changed the way the world works because practically every bit of information is readily available; you just have to know where to look.

I remember that when I was a kid, not too long ago, I could regale my friends with made-up histories about the Transformers because they didn't know any better; I was afraid to ask seemingly silly questions for fear of looking stupid; and I brought my big brother's hussy mag collection to school which made me the toast of the whole 6th grade.

Nowadays, these things just wouldn't fly. Whenever I say something, I have to always make damned sure that it is accurate, otherwise people armed with quick internet knowledge would readily call me out on every little mistake; I could post all the silly questions I want on Yahoo! Answers because of the anonymity afforded to me by online avatars; and kids younger than I was when I first discovered "teh pron" say "Meh" when I tell them what the "Dirty Sanchez" really means.

One would be hard-pressed to find something fresh, exotic, or truly shocking. At just the click of a mouse button, practically everything you could ever want to know about anything can be accessed, whether in the form of dissertation-worthy discussions, or easily digestible just-the-basics articles. And whereas most people only had the options of throwing away or otherwise selling used electronicsp, now they can opt to fix it themselves.

The advent of the internet has definitely been a huge technological leap for the world; but it also has made said world smaller.

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