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02 Feb 05:35am

Filed under: Celebrity, Internet, Selena Gomez, Society

We’ve done it. We’ve finally ruined the Internet with our constant rage and all-caps rants. The vibe of the place has undeniably changed. We can all feel it.

It used to be a place for exchanging videos of animals doing people things and tricking Richard Wilkins into announcing celebrity deaths.

Now, it’s like being trapped in a shipping container full of knives and bees, or spending 20 minutes within a 15m radius of Deni Hines. Engaging with anything online has become an exhausting exercise. Every article, video and picture of George Lucas is accompanied by the ominous drum of sweaty fists pounding keyboards.

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Rob Cummings says:

03:22pm | 18/04/12

More IT jobs will be created in the future due to the undeniable fact that technology and the Internet is here to stay, and anyone who wants to keep abreast of things need to get their heads around the lingo and technology. http://www.apexrs.com.au Read more »
MK says:

06:50pm | 09/02/12

@Mel the real issue, is that the internet has exposed the difference between today’s crop of “professional” “journalists” and any dork with an internet connection! In most cases the only difference is a professional journalist is someone who gets paid to be a dork with an internet connection Read more »

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