• RedFrank24@piefed.social
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    6 hours ago

    I remember when my mum used to say “Don’t bother your dad, he’s on the internet” like it was this big important thing. Not “He’s checking his email”, or anything more specific, the simple act of being on the internet was actually of note.

    • davetortoise@reddthat.com
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      6 hours ago

      “Surfing the web” is one of my favourite phrases in that it’s completely meaningless now despite there being far more of it happening than when the phrase was created