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50 Things that the Internet Has Made Obsolete

As we become more-and-more invested in using the Internet and other new technology, more and more things are becoming obsolete as they are being rendered useless.

Payphones?  No longer needs as everyone has a cell phone.

Telephone books?  There’s a huge cutback on printing and distributing them as everyone just looks numbers up on the Internet or calls 411.

Ethernet cords? Why bother running a 20′ long cable from the wall to the kitchen table if you can go wireless?

In that vein, the Telegraph has decided to put together their list of 50 THINGS THAT THE INTERNET HAS KILLED.

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10 Things Internet News

The 12 Most Annoying Facebook Users

Here’s an update to a Web Watch posting from a few months ago on 10 Ways To Be a Facebook Offender.

It seems that CNN has taken that idea and twisted it around a little bit, releasing their own list of 12 MOST ANNOYING FACEBOOK USERS.  Perhaps you can recognize yourself or one of your friends in these descriptions:

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News

Multitasking Sucks. And if You’re a Multitasker, You Suck Too.

Finally, a study has come out from Stanford University that proves what Web Watch has been thinking all along:

MULTITASKERS SUCK.

It’s true.  And you know it.

You see them every day at the office or at the house.  Maybe you’re even married to one who claims to be more successful than you are because they’re a “multitasker”.  They can do more things before breakfast than you’ll do all day.

Oh, la-di-freakin’ dah.

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How To shopping

Want to Stimulate the Economy? Buy Underpants

A new study has come out that equates MEN’S UNDERWEAR PURCHASE WITH ECONOMIC STIMULATION.

Because nothing says “stimulation” than seeing that the men’s underwear market is a US$5 billion a year industry, give or take a little.

And these business analysts say that the economic ups-and-downs we’ve been experiencing lately are all tied to how often men purchase their tighty-whiteys, boxers, boxer briefs, thongs(!), and banana hammocks.  (Web Watch includes those latter items for our European and more adventurous readers.)

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Funny News Travel

Smelly People Should be Banned from Buses and Roller Coasters

Hawaiians have it right.

Tomorrow, the Honolulu City Council is going to consider a bill that will BAN PEOPLE WITH EXCESSIVE BODY ODOR FROM RIDING PUBLIC TRANSIT.

And the bill is written so that it isn’t just bad B.O. that will get a rider kicked off the bus – it’s having anything stinky on or about your person that “disturbs or interferes with others”.

Carrying a stinky garlic pizza with extra garlic?  Off the bus.

Extreme workout at the office gym and forget your deodorant?  Off the bus.

Have a wet dog with dingleberries?  Off the bus.

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How Much Money do Beggars Make?

You drive by them every day:  panhandlers and homeless folk, standing at the highway exit with a sign and a hand, asking for any spare change that you may be willing to share.

And while the job may have its hazards (bad weather, car fumes, the continual parade of rude people, no bathroom facilities), there are some PEOPLE WHO MAKE $50,000 A YEAR OR MORE BY PANHANDLING.

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10 Things News

Top Ten Places to Raise a Family

When raising a family, parents often put quality of their children’s lives ahead of their own convenience, choosing to extend their commutes or even change jobs or careers in order to find a good place to live.

With this in mind, US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT has released their list of TOP TEN PLACES TO RAISE A FAMILY.

The list includes:

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August 23rd is National Go Topless Protest Day!

You knew it was coming all year, and couldn’t wait… and now, August 23rd has finally arrived.

Yes, that’s right – August 23rd is NATIONAL GO TOPLESS PROTEST DAY!*

And what is National Go Topless Protest Day?  It’s only a different way to honor (recognize?) WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY, which occurs on August 26th.

(*no surprise here: this link is NSFW, for obvious reasons)