# I have a friend who has only been on the internet for 6 months, what should I show..? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935 "2008-12-19T17:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/21 "2008-12-26T04:11:23Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > The World Wide Web (WWW) is not the Internet. I don’t get your point. Sure, the World Wide Web is only one part of the internet, but that doesn’t invalidate **Cisco** ’s claim in any way. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/22 "2008-12-26T13:07:26Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > Goatse. Ya know, I was gonna say that, but decided, “no, it’s not classy”. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/23 "2008-12-26T13:08:59Z")
I feel horrible, but my first answer was going to be, ‘indoor plumbing?’ Seriously though it might help to understand what’s kept him away for so long. What’s this person’s level of technical expertise and experience with computers otherwise? I’d suspect that for someone that new to the internet would find sites like xkcd or slashdot incomprehensible. eBay may be too complicated to begin with, show him Amazon first. Where’s that site with the history of internet memes? ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/24 "2008-12-27T01:56:28Z")
Before anything else: **[getfirefox.net](http://getfirefox.net)** and **[adblockplus.org](http://adblockplus.org)** [hypem.com](http://hypem.com) [garfieldminusgarfield.net](http://garfieldminusgarfield.net) ---
**Author:** ![discodancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@discodancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discodancer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/25 "2008-12-27T07:58:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > He’s already gone through all the porn? 😃 > Try these. > > [http://www.worth1000.com/](http://www.worth1000.com/) Photoshop contests. > [http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/](http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/) Horrible cakes. 😛 I never thought I would laugh at a bunch of cakes before! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/26 "2008-12-27T09:59:35Z")
There’s something for everyone on [that guy with the glasses](http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/), Nostalgia Critic and Nostalgia Chic are particularly LOL-worthy. In a similar vein there’s the [Angry Video Game Nerd](http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/?page_id=13), great for someone who’s into games. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/27 "2008-12-27T10:11:40Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > There’s something for everyone on [that guy with the glasses](http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/), Nostalgia Critic and Nostalgia Chic are particularly LOL-worthy. In a similar vein there’s the [Angry Video Game Nerd](http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/?page_id=13), great for someone who’s into games. Just don’t… for the love of God… show him the top 11 theme songs one. Duck Tails Woo-ooo it will never leave it will NEVER LEAVE! _ahem_ (Also, you should’ve posted in my [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481818) on him :mad: :p) Depending on his tolerance for certain types of humor [cracked.com](http://cracked.com) is good, there’s stuff for everyone but some of it is pretty crude so depending on his tastes he may have to wait a bit for a good article. (Look for ones by David Wong, former webmaster of Pointless Waste of Time, his articles are golden). There’s always Something Awful… depending on his tastes. It has a LOT of crap though so you have to dig, the Let’s Play goldmine/archive in their forums is always a good place to start if he’s into video games from any era. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/28 "2008-12-27T10:16:57Z")
Your thread is where I first learned of him, **Jragon**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/29 "2008-12-28T13:13:55Z")
Really… How do you not go near the net until a few months ago? Its been around for a while now… My grandparents, at 81 years old and not fully being aware that you don’t have to check your e-mail at specific times (that was an interesting conversation… they assumed it was “closed” at some hours)… My granddad got hooked on golf and anti-democrat newsletters and my grandma figured out that recipes were on the thing. Even _they_ have been on the internetz here and there. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/30 "2008-12-29T08:45:57Z")
Does he like cats? Hate cats? Has heard of cats? [http://mycathatesyou.com](http://mycathatesyou.com) [http://catsthatlooklikehitler.com](http://catsthatlooklikehitler.com) ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935/31 "2008-12-29T21:29:52Z")
Cats? > **[I Can Has Cheezburger?](https://icanhas.cheezburger.com/)** > > World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals [cuteoverload.com](http://cuteoverload.com) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-who-has-only-been-on-the-internet-for-6-months-what-should-i-show/477935.md?page=1)