Re:90% of Waking Hours Spent Staring at Glowing Rectangles (...
by jakelazaroff on Sunday December 27, 2020 @11:03PM
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Another Onion gem from 2000: “Area Man Consults Internet Whenever Possible” [1]
> "I was on the phone getting directions to a restaurant we were going out to," Pamela said, "when Larry started yelling, 'No, no, don't ask! I'll find it!' So he opens up mapquest.com, enters our address and the restaurant's, and within 10 minutes, he had complete door-to-door directions printed out."
> "That's right," Larry said. "And she wanted to get a pen and write down the directions by hand."
> "I was on the phone getting directions to a restaurant we were going out to," Pamela said, "when Larry started yelling, 'No, no, don't ask! I'll find it!' So he opens up mapquest.com, enters our address and the restaurant's, and within 10 minutes, he had complete door-to-door directions printed out."
> "That's right," Larry said. "And she wanted to get a pen and write down the directions by hand."
[1] https://www.theonion.com/area-man-consults-internet-whenever...