1983: "If you want to know something, your best bet is either a friend or a library."

2003: "If you want to know something, your best bet is a well-formatted Google search."

2023: "If you want to know something, your best bet is either a friend or a library."

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2013
Me: Why cannot I just use wikipedia?
Teacher: Because internet idiots are filling it. It is not a good source.
2023:
Teacher: Why cannot you just use wikipedia?
Me: Because internet idiots are filling it. It is not a good source.

@LukeAlmighty @Inumo Wikipedia says the holocaust happened, cannot be trusted
Poor teacher must be SO confused. They finally came to accepting it at the point where it's now the very thing they initially were worried about.

@LukeAlmighty @Inumo

The difference:
Wikipedia before: Heres the stuff, but since is free to be edited someone wrote PENIS on the pope biography.
Wikipedia now: heres the stuff, but someone powerfull called us to erase it, sorry.

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