What comes after the iPad?

This one amused me no end…. whens the iContinent coming out?

http://gizmodo.com/5481923/what-comes-after-the-ipad?

Funny Internet Behavior Update 2

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The latest update on  categorising some silly sociological and behavioral reactions that the Internet has on us

humans….

POPUP INERTIA

Frequently going to a website that always spawns a popup which slightly annoys you every time. Being too apathetic to go to the tools to change your security settings to stop the popup from appearing EVERY TIME. Its the modern day equivalent of not wanting to fix the leaky tap or mow the lawn- you just cant be bothered, despite the fact that its easy to do.

HOMEPAGE HATE

Opening up the browser multiple times over the course of a day and having a gut reaction of loathing and revulsion for the homepage because it still hasnt updated with any new information. Then hating yourself for setting such a unhappening homepage.

STATUS GAUGING

Meeting a friend of a friend for the first time and finding them cute. Instead of asking your friend whether that person is single, you find yourself asking them what their status is (ala Facebook). The answer is nearly always “its complicated”.

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SELF PROFILING

Making your Facebook profile as appealing as possible to attract a possible gf/bf e.g. culling your Facebook photos and other peoples photos of you with the specific purpose of keeping the photos appealing. Taking a profile picture specifically for the purpose of looking hot. Trawling and removing any comments which could scare away “prospects”. The modern day equivalent of cleaning your house for the wrong reasons and despite the fact that you really are a slob!

Modernspeak

Alot of things have changed in the last two decades. The lingo and terminology we use now seems almost alien and out of this world. I’ve compiled a few phrases which are common today, but completely out of this world if uttered in the past. Just what would people of yesterday think if they heard the same phrases?

I’LL FACEBOOK YOU

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Modern Understanding: Agreeing to establish more substantive contact with a person, past the initial conversation/meeting, by granting access to online stores of identity information.

Yesteryear: People would probably think it was a form of gangster speak, as its a very aggressive sounding phrase. Typically, the ingredients are likely to involve a large tome (such as the combined greater South American region phone directory) and soundly slapping it to the side of a persons head. A number of times.

“Listen hear punk, see, you better watch out, see, cause I got this book, see, and you got your smiley face, see, and I’ll facebook you if you keep on with that lip of yours, see?!”

DID YOU SEE [INSERT PERSONS NAME] TWEET?

Modern Understanding: Taking note of a persons update via a microblogging site. Apparently, such messages are meaningful only 40% of the time. Apparently, then, 40% of the time, it works, everytime. (Thanks Ron Burgundy) but I still think people take it seriously 100% of the time.

Yesteryear: Sexist phrase indicating an ogling of a body part. No example required, apart from, of course, the following:

“Hey Bill, did you see Jerrys Tweet? Yeah, I did, I was suprised. He must have had work done”.

I GOT IT OFF AMAZON

Modern understanding: Purchased a product online, and had it delivered.

Yesteryear: The person has caught a rare tropical disease and it’s a bit embarrassing to talk about it. Involves myriad spindly minuscule fish that swim up urethral tubes with great ease and cause purpling of extremities and needless queries of extracurricular activities from parties close to the person.

“Um, Jerry, whats wrong, um, er with…. ” “oh yeah, I got it .. off … Amazon, last spring, when I went on that adventure for that glass skull”

I’LL GOOGLE IT

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Modern understanding: Typing a keyword on a search site in return for results for research/reference/better understanding.

Yesteryear: Googling something could mean to take out ones frustrations on an object in a fit of anger

“He said what?? and then he gave you what? I’ll Google it, thats what I’ll do! Where is it Bring it out for me to Google!!”

I’LL PUT IT ON MY FLICKR STREAM

Modern understanding: Uploading a photo onto a website for friends to view.

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Yesteryear: Could be interpreted so that people think you come from a remote Balkan region, where the custom is to put items onto the Flickr stream for ceremonial purposes completely unbeknownst to them.

“Like floating candles on the ocean, the Flickr stream holds close to its watery heart that which is dear to the people of the Flickr region”.