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50 things that are being killed by the Internet

      The Internet has been touted as one of the most useful tool for the last two decades, and has had a huge impact on our lives, but along with its benefits, the World Wide Web has also had some negative impacts on people. While tasks that once took days can be completed in seconds, traditions and skills that emerged over centuries have become redundant. The Telegraph has compiled a list of 50 things that are in the process of being killed off by the web and other tools of modern communication, from products and business models to life experiences and habits. These things are: 1. The art of polite disagreement 2. Fear that you are the only person unmoved by a celebrity's death 3. Listening to an album all the way through 4. Sarah Palin 5. Punctuality 6. Ceefax/Teletext 7. Adolescent nerves at first porn purchase 8. Telephone directories 9. The myth of cat intelligence 10. Watches 11. Music stores 12. Letter writing/pen pals 13. Memory 14. Dead time 15. Photo albums and slide shows 16. Hoaxes and conspiracy theories 17. Watching television together 18. Authoritative reference works 19. The Innovations catalogue 20. Order forms in the back pages of books 21. Delayed knowledge of sporting results 22. Enforceable copyright 23. Reading telegrams at weddings 24. Dogging 25. Aren't they dead? Aren't they gay? 26. Holiday news ignorance 27. Knowing telephone numbers off by heart 28. Respect for doctors and other professionals 29. The mystery of foreign languages 30. Geographical knowledge 31. Privacy 32. Chuck Norris's reputation 33. Pencil cricket 34. Mainstream media 35. Concentration 36. Mr Alifi 37. Personal reinvention 38. Viktor Yanukovych 39. The insurance ring-round 40. Undiscovered artists 41. The usefulness of reference pages at the front of diaries 42. The nervous thrill of the reunion 43. Solitaire 44. Trust in Nigerian businessmen and princes 45. Prostitute calling cards/ kerb crawling 46. Staggered product/film releases 47. Footnotes 48. Grand National trips to the bookmaker 49. Fanzines 50. Your lunchbreak.

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