Aidan Jones: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
by Aidan Jones from Technology | The Guardian on (#6XXMZ)
The standup shares his favourite Australian comedians - as well as a man transforming into a cat
The internet gets a lot of bad press, most of which is itself published on the internet, which does seem hypocritical. The complaints usually mourn a loss of innocence and freedom. They remember the way things used to be, before the digital world was conquered by a handful of infinitely powerful tech oligarchs.
I remember when we first got broadband in 2005. I felt like one of F Scott Fitzgerald's Dutch sailors at the end of The Great Gatsby, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder".
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