{"id":5765,"date":"2022-05-18T17:37:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/18\/geraldine-quinn-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2022-05-18T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:37:35","slug":"geraldine-quinn-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/18\/geraldine-quinn-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldine Quinn: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Golden Gibbo nominee was on the internet before Google \u2013 here are her favourite online clips, including a folk song made of Alex Jones rants and a classic Clarke and Dawe sketch<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/series\/saved-for-later\">listen to our podcast<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know I look like a fresh-faced teen, but I was an undergraduate when the internet became widespread in Australia in the 1990s. I bought our family\u2019s first dial-up modem, which I used for MSN Messenger chats and marvelling at South Park icons. (Instead of your cursor you could move a stagnant Kenny around \u2013 MAGICAL FUTURE TIMES.)<\/p>\n<p>So I was on the internet before YouTube, Google, Wikipedia or the Heaven\u2019s Gate cult. Before the Metallica v Napster copyright infringement lawsuit. Remember copyright? Look out, crypto bros inserting trademarked anime NFTS into your blockchains! Look out, vampiric TikTok producers putting stolen soundbites to discarded Italo house beats for millions of views! It\u2019s gonna gitcha!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2022\/may\/19\/geraldine-quinn-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/349d855f6b8fba32531cfbf716b6d6325fa82712\/0_960_3456_2073\/master\/3456.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b74b0052537b235f300ba24abdfbcb40\" title=\"Geraldine Quinn: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)\" \/>This Golden Gibbo nominee was on the internet before Google \u2013 here are her favourite online clips, including a folk song made of Alex Jones rants and a classic Clarke and Dawe sketch<\/p>\n<p>Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast!<br \/>\nI know I look like a fresh-faced teen, but I was an undergraduate when the internet became widespread in Australia in the 1990s. I bought our family\u2019s first dial-up modem, which I used for MSN Messenger chats and marvelling at South Park icons. (Instead of your cursor you could move a stagnant Kenny around \u2013 MAGICAL FUTURE TIMES.)<br \/>\nSo I was on the internet before YouTube, Google, Wikipedia or the Heaven\u2019s Gate cult. Before the Metallica v Napster copyright infringement lawsuit. Remember copyright? Look out, crypto bros inserting trademarked anime NFTS into your blockchains! Look out, vampiric TikTok producers putting stolen soundbites to discarded Italo house beats for millions of views! It\u2019s gonna gitcha! Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Golden Gibbo nominee was on the internet before Google \u2013 here are her favourite online clips, including a folk song made of Alex Jones rants and a classic Clarke and Dawe sketch Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast! 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