# Businesses who STILL haven't figured out the Internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-who-still-havent-figured-out-the-internet/602676>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 12, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-who-still-havent-figured-out-the-internet/602676 "2011-11-12T08:01:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-who-still-havent-figured-out-the-internet/602676/61 "2011-11-17T14:45:15Z")

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> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#):
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> Repeat after me, folks…
> 
> - The internet is a distraction from Real Business.
> - The internet is a toy.
> - The internet is something edumacated con artists will try to sell you.
> - The internet will cause your identity to be stolen and all manner of depravity posted in your name.
> - Even if all the above are not true, the internet is a dead business that collapsed around 2000 with that thing they call the dot-com boom, while the real world went on doing business by phone, mail and fax.

Is this a parody?

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