The Top 8 Differences If the
Internet Had Been Popular in the 1940s

8> Size of average American home would double as people build extra rooms to hold personal Univacs.

7> Apple’s iPhone? Rotary dial.

6> Germany’s Enigma machine code cracked in 12 hours by a script kiddie with a Commodore 64.

5> Illegal downloads never really catch on because there’s no convenient way to burn them to vinyl.

4> You’d never get tired of watching those Bogart-Bacall sex tapes, even at 150 baud.

3> Security programs on Hawaiian computers looking for Japanese viruses find nothing but zeros.

2> Rommel wouldn’t have wasted his time in North Africa when Nigeria had so much wealth for the taking.

and the Number 1 Difference if the Internet Had Been Popular in the 1940s…

1> Your grandfather would’ve had a much bigger penis.

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Credits:

Selected from 38 submissions from 13 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 1, 4
Andrew Hackard, Austin, TX — 2, 6
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 3, Topic
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 5
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 6
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 7, List Moderator
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 8
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 8