Internet

Mother: You got into college!
Teenage daughter: I can finally join Facebook!

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Thug on cell: Fuck off, man. Don’t even try arguing with me. I’m a fucking expert on this shit. I wikipedia-ed it last night.

Carousel Mall
Syracuse, New York

Girl: He stopped calling on me in class for a while after I started his fan club on facebook.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Claire

Girl: Yeah, there’s a Facebook group called ‘I’m a fermata, hold me.’
Professor: What?
Girl: You know, Facebook? YouTube?
Professor: What?!
Girl: You know, like, the Internet?
Professor: I know about the Internet! I know!

Sarah Lawrence College
New York

Creepster: There are so many internet cats in my life I can’t keep them all straight!

301 Heller Drive
Santa Cruz, California

Passerby, to himself: Man, they should totally make Google a wonder of the world. I mean, they already have Hollywood and shit.

Technology Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Rachael Johnson

Girl on cell: Did you write it on my Facebook? Was it perverted or mean? Yeah? Good.

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadia

Drunk guy: If kiddie porn is such a huge problem on the internet, how come you can't ever find it?

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Why Don't You Have A Seat Over Here…

Friend #1: God! Old people get so pissy when they don't get their obituaries on time.
Friend #2: Why?
Friend #1: Because they want to know which of their friends has died that week.
Friend #2: Oh, so it's like Facebook for the elderly!

Memorial Hospital
Sudbury
Ontario, Canadia

Overheard by: Dani

Very serious, very excited young woman: He's finally becoming a person! He got Facebook and he texts full-sized messages!

Owatonna, Minnesota

Overheard by: feels sorry for those without technology…