We have the internet to thank for many things:
- Social Networking
- Wikipedia
- Downloadble Content
- Porn
If those aren’t enough, the internet has again extended its kindess and is now responsible for the 10% increase in sales throughout our market. Being face to face with someone is a horrible experience. You have to worry about body language, breath, content, and you probably have to do a fake smile or two. Thanks to the internet, we can cut out the middle man and just buy the shit we want, when we want to.
via Computer World
“As the automobile industry sheds jobs, it comes as good news that over the last decade or so the Internet has created 1.2 million jobs, many paying higher salaries than average, a new study finds.
Internet business contributes 2.1%, or $300 billion, to the total GDP (gross domestic product) of the U.S. And IT and related online business may be faring better in this recession than they did in the dotcom bubble of 2000-2002, still growing revenue but at slower pace.
Consumers are now making 10% of their retail purchases online, with the exception of groceries, on the Internet, and Internet-based advertising has increased four-fold since 2002 to more than $20 billion”
Now I won’t feel so bad for not wanting to go shopping with my mom.
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