Things the Internet Killed, Unfortunately

[Zoo_View]

I feel like it killed the innocence of childhood overall.

Everything is on camera.

We used to have small worlds...we didn't know much more outside of our communities. Now these kids know everything going on.. In some ways it's cool cause they will be more globally aware. But damn there's no innocence

Are they truly more globally aware?

I doubt they are.

They, like their parents, might think violence and war is more prevalent than it is because they saw massacres in the Sudan and Congo and Ukraine and a brutal stabbing on a light-rail car in a medium-sized city.

 

[aGDevil2k]

I got my son a daily Far Side calendar for 2026. It's still hilarious.

 

[4thgenheel]

I feel like it killed the innocence of childhood overall.

Everything is on camera.

We used to have small worlds...we didn't know much more outside of our communities. Now these kids know everything going on.. In some ways it's cool cause they will be more globally aware. But damn there's no innocence

i am increasingly convinced (and a lot of people who study this stuff seem to agree) that it is really fucking up our brains.

my mental health and brain function have seriously improved since i got rid of all social media early this year.

people are entirely too focused on what is going on with people/places/things that don't really concern them IRL at all to the serious detriment of their actual real lives.

 

[Patb78]

As

I got my son a daily Far Side calendar for 2026. It's still hilarious.

It is.

 

[ZZLPHeels]

People living in the moment and enjoying life. One example is concerts. No one gives a shit about your instagram video of Billie Eilish from 300 yards away. Just enjoy the damn show.

 

[C-Money]

I got my son a daily Far Side calendar for 2026. It's still hilarious.

I used to get one every year at Christmas. And usually one of the big books for it, Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County.

 

[dukeman92]

I feel like it killed the innocence of childhood overall.

Everything is on camera.

We used to have small worlds...we didn't know much more outside of our communities. Now these kids know everything going on.. In some ways it's cool cause they will be more globally aware. But damn there's no innocence

The Challenger blows up every fuckin day.

 

[NOVAHEEL13]

Imagination & Creativity

writing skills

 

[1moretimeagain]

The experience of getting legitimately lost.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

This was a How I met your Mother gag but it really rang true. The Internet killed fun inconsequential arguments based on your best guess. The actors were arguing about which food was the most common in America. Hamburgers, Pizza, tacos, etc. They were all into it. Quick cuts to a dower face looking at a smartphone and the answer was bread.