At Any Given Moment on the Internet
At any given moment on the internet...
Someone who didn't laugh out loud is typing LOL.
Someone is mashing the backspace key to fix an error four words back.
Someone is waiting on a page to load and thinking that the little bar filling up looks cool.
Someone is looking for answers.
Someone is typing OMG! on their MySpace page.
Someone is copying and pasting someone else's work to pass off as their own.
Someone is thinking their going to get rich helping out a Nigerian lottery winner.
EBay is making a quarter.
Someone is typing a heartfelt blog entry that will be read by no one.
Someone is looking at a scam.
Someone is forwarding a joke that will never be opened.
Someone is lying on a profile.
Someone is trying to remember their password.
Someone is reading Aristotle's Poetics in Hungarian.
Someone is downloading a virus.
Someone is uploading a virus.
EBay is making a quarter.
Somwone just made a typo.
Someone is meeting the person they're going to marry.
Someone is looking up a recipe that will not turn our right.
Someone is finally discovering that the internet contains more than porn.
Someone is thinking that Bill Gates is offering them a trip to Disneyworld.
Someone is taking another person's words out of context.
Someone is typing in an emoticon.
A balding, 45-year-old white guy is passing himself off as a stripper in a chat room.
Someone is tabbing between their username and password.
Someone is furiously typing a response to some idiot's comments in a forum.
Someone is having trouble picking an avatar.
Someone is downloading pirated music.
EBay is making a quarter.
Someone is trying to figure out what IMHO means.
A hacker is swiping someone's identity.
Someone is watching an incredibly stupid video for the second time.
Someone is trying to locate a friend from high school.
Someone is posting a stupid comment on Digg.
Someone is looking for a job three states away.
Someone is listening to "Banana Phone".
Someone is complaining about MySpace.
Someone is uploading a picture of themselves from 1992 to post on Yahoo Personals.
Someone is having a hard time picking a user name.
Someone is trying to level up their paladin.
A moderator is removing someone's post.
Someone is clicking on a non-relevant Google search result.
Someone is griping about a moderator removing their post.
Someone is looking up a phone number they could find in the Yellow Pages.
Someone is wondering why their blog has no comments.
A student is thinking that the teacher will never know this was copied straight off Wikipedia.
Someone is looking at a satellite close-up of their house and wondering if that's actually a good thing.
Someone is pushing a personal agenda totally unrelated to the discussion thread.
Someone is engaged in an illegal activity.
Someone just lost their internet connection.
EBay is making a quarter.
Someone is still trying to remember a password.
Someone just finished reading an article.
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38 Comments
Post a CommentDo you realize how much truth is in this article.
Yep, people even are writing and reading articles on AC right this moment. :}
This was fun! Definately gave me a laugh. And yes, eBay makes lots of quarters!
Cool Article.
Very nicely done. I enjoyed reading this creative piece. Made me smile.
Great article. An enjoyable read.
someone is wondering why they did not think of writing an article like this and getting it FEATURED. lol ;)
Aristotle's Poetics? I better go research that. Oh and don't forget watching movies online.
NICE;TO BE IN THE KNOW OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THE INTERNET'S WORLD!...
Fun article!