Why 2007 was the worst year for the internet - An analysis of why the internet has declined since 2007

[ToroidalBoat]

a couple of relevant articles:

This Is What It’s Like To Not Own A Smartphone In 2018

List of countries by smartphone penetration - Wikipedia

(It's surprising the fraction of users in Japan -- known for being high-tech -- is only about 1/2, while USA's is about 3/4.)

 

[Freddy Freaker]

The most interesting part of the "not having a smartphone" article

The Light Phone, which came out last year, is marketed as an “anti-smartphone.” It only sends and receives calls, can store just 10 phone numbers, and is designed to be used “as little as possible.” It’s so popular that there’s currently a waiting list to buy one.

https://www.thelightphone.com/#page1

 

[Sun Shihong]

Smartphones were a mistake.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Smartphones were a mistake.

I think the phone should've stayed landline.

 

[Quijibo69]

2007 was a strange year for me. I got stalked by some pedo I didn't know was one online IRL. I found a better job than the one I had at the time, went to shit 5 years after I started..

 

[Agent of Z.O.G.]

Hopefully Alex Jones is right about 5G and it'll fry all the smartphone users' brains.

 

[Kacchan]

2007 was a decent year for memes. It's all been downhill from there.

Harambe was the final blow to the meme honestly, and anything after that has been a bloated zombie.

You noobs don't know the internet was taken over by normies in September 1993?

Eternal September - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Oh fuck, I forgot about Eternal September. Though SJWism is nothing compared to Eternal September.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Oh fuck, I forgot about Eternal September. Though SJWism is nothing compared to Eternal September.

It's the direct result of eternal september.

 

[Syaoran Li]

2007 was a decent year for memes. It's all been downhill from there.

Harambe was the final blow to the meme honestly, and anything after that has been a bloated zombie.

There are still good memes out there, but they all get deemed "problematic" and can get you banned on Twitter. I'm not even talking about your /pol/ memes, but even stuff like "Learn To Code" is deemed anathema in the eyes of the Woke.

 

[Freddy Freaker]

There are still good memes out there, but they all get deemed "problematic" and can get you banned on Twitter. I'm not even talking about your /pol/ memes, but even stuff like "Learn To Code" is deemed anathema in the eyes of the Woke.

The ADL just published a scare article about the -pill memes that included "white girls fuck dogs". Theres also an article in A&H about how the Coomer and No Nut November are antisemitic alt-right memes. They'll find a reason to go after anything.