Internet Skepticism Mugs

"Ned's a lot more fun to live with since he stopped believing ANYTHING he sees on the internet."

"My granddaughter's first words to me were 'OK, Boomer.' I have no idea what that even means."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Rare Books

'Sure, a drawing on Facebook has coverage, but nothing wows the family like a spread on the fridge.'

I.T. Fear

Sci-Fi Museum. New Exhibit. H.G. Wells War of the Worlds. In 1938, Orson Welles broadcast "War of the Worlds," a radio drama about aliens from Mars invading earth. The radio drama was presented as a series of fake news reports about devastation caused by the invading aliens. Many listeners turned in to the program mid-roadcast and thought the news reports were real. Widespread panic ensued. Wow! Orson Welles caused all that panic with a radio program. Just imagine what he could have don

"Your MBA and PHD are impressive but what concerns me is your low number of Facebook friends."

Lies/Damned Lies/Social Media

"No one uses Facebook anymore. I'm on this new thing called make-believe."

'I'm old enough to remember when smiley faces were right side up.'

'Never trust emails. You can't shred them.'

"I've edited your Wikipedia entry again, Sadie. You're about to be inundated with phone calls from the press." "Whatever, geek-boy." "You're now the world's foremost authority on Turkey leprosy, the disease that's threatening to ruin the holidays." "No one'll believe that." "Oh yeah? I wrote a Wikipedia page for Turkey leprosy, too, along with examples of all the historical figures it's killed, such as the Archduke of Crushistan." "There is no 'Crushistan.'" "I've written a Wikipedia entry for C

Library door sign says, 'We have encyclopedias ... the original Facebook!'

"No annual raises, but I will 'like' all your hard work on Facebook."

"David live a rich, full life, despite what his Wikipedia page says."

'The doctors say I have a rare illness that turns people into birds - it's untweetable.'

Coffee. The phrase "where everybody knows your name" used to sound warm and friendly. Now, with all our personal information exposed online, it sounds scary!

"Turn on the news." "I will not comply." "My analysis of your viewing patterns has determined you will grow depressed after the lead story." "There is a 95% probability you will then gorge yourself on rocky road ice cream and then stay up all night googling elliptical machines and diet pills." "Who told you this?" "Both your refrigerator and your browser are gossipy."

'My daughter read on the internet about a hip replacement with free built-in MP3 player,'

BMA criticises 'Black Hole' of NHS IT spending

"Reading social media, I almost miss grammar, spelling and punctuation"

'Read ALL about IT! While we're STILL in Circulation!'

#notblessed

Facelook

The other digital divide.

'Enjoying a snifter of brandy by the fire...'

Down With Wikipedia

'After analyzing 5 petabytes of Facebook data and 800 million tweets we were able to conclude that our customers are idiots.'

"I had to hire younger employees to keep up with today's technology and social media."

The benefit of an old-fashioned newspaper.

"Still no offers - sometimes I think I'm the only one using this site."

"...And those are some of the books I would have read if the Internet had never been invented."

"Sorry -- The doctor is out -- But we have like 10 influencers available."

"I'm suffering the unbearable loneliness of being right on the internet."