# Has the Internet got too big? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660 "2013-01-28T22:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/1 "2013-01-28T22:02:05Z")
Personally,I think it has. There is just so much stuff on it nowadays that it’s impossible to go from one subject to another,there’s so much available it’s just mindblowing. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/2 "2013-01-28T22:08:40Z")
And how do you propose to smallify it? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/3 "2013-01-28T22:20:35Z")
I was first on the Internet more than 20 years ago, before the World Wide Web, before web browsers, and before Google. There was a lot less on the net then – and it was much harder to find. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/4 "2013-01-28T22:21:15Z")
This is the most ridiculous idea I’ve heard in quite a while. The internet is a library. The only way a library can be too big is if some of the volumes are so far away from the reference desk that they can’t be accessed in a reasonable time. That is not the case for the internet. We could hope for better librarians to help us select the worthwhile from among the crap, but that is an entirely separate question from whether it is too _big_. After all, some people like crap, and some people study crap, and some people study the people who produce crap. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/5 "2013-01-28T22:22:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And how do you propose to smallify it? Like so! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/6 "2013-01-28T22:29:33Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Like so! Yes, I understand that over-sized fonts accounts for the majority of wasted space on the internet! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/7 "2013-01-28T22:31:28Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yes, I understand that over-sized fonts accounts for the majority of wasted space on the internet! I thought it was the over-sized breasts of porn actresses. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/8 "2013-01-28T22:33:28Z")
A common myth. Scientific studies prove breasts cannot be too large. Once the get beyond a certain size, they collapse under their own weight, which is self-correction for any size problems. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/9 "2013-01-28T22:33:38Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I thought it was the over-sized breasts of porn actresses. That’s not wasted space! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/10 "2013-01-28T22:35:43Z")
No, there are still categories of porn that are annoying difficult to get ---
**Author:** ![bonitahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/11 "2013-01-28T23:24:28Z")
How big is it, Jimi? How many volumes of books would it fill? 100? 1,000? 10,000? 1 million? The complete and unabridged version, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/12 "2013-01-28T23:26:56Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > No, there are still categories of porn that are annoying difficult to get I myself am too sexy for my shirt. So sexy it hurts! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/13 "2013-01-28T23:33:44Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > No, there are still categories of porn that are annoying difficult to get I know exactly what you mean. I have no trouble finding pygmy sex videos, and just a bit of trouble finding goat sex videos, but I can’t seem to find _any_ pygmy goat sex videos. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/14 "2013-01-28T23:37:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I know exactly what you mean. I have no trouble finding pygmy sex videos, and just a bit of trouble finding goat sex videos, but I can’t seem to find _any_ pygmy goat sex videos. The Internet is vast and mostly lawless but there are still rules. Rule 34 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/15 "2013-01-28T23:45:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And how do you propose to smallify it? [With a debigulator!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Frink) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/16 "2013-01-28T23:49:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I know exactly what you mean. I have no trouble finding pygmy sex videos, and just a bit of trouble finding goat sex videos, but I can’t seem to find _any_ pygmy goat sex videos. I need to clarify something before I start the cameras rolling. Are you referring to the subspecies of goat known as “pygmy goats”, or referring to human pygmies having sex with any and all breeds of goats? Really, I can do either. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/17 "2013-01-28T23:53:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I need to clarify something before I start the cameras rolling. Are you referring to the subspecies of goat known as “pygmy goats”, or referring to human pygmies having sex with any and all breeds of goats? > > Really, I can do either. The former-I’m not a pervert. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/18 "2013-01-28T23:58:05Z")
So you’re ok with goat on goat? Straight goats? Gay and lesbian goats? Or maybe you’re interested in just a _little_ kink? Pygmy on Fainting goat? Goat on sheep? (Remember, the sheep push back!) ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/19 "2013-01-29T00:07:30Z")
I can’t say if it is too big but I think that the quality of the bits on the internet has gone down since the early days. Nowadays they seem to let anyone at all shovel all sorts of questionable bits into it… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660/20 "2013-01-29T01:19:42Z")
What? Is somebody worried that they now don’t have enough time to visit all the porn sites? :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-got-too-big/648660.md?page=2)