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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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