A lot of times people will put emphasis on how important the web is to our entire modern existence by posing the rhetorical question, “Oh my god, what did we do before the Internet?”
Being that I am basically primeval and can remember a time when there was no Internet called “my entire youth,” but most notably, “college,” I usually say something to the effect of “It was a far simpler time full of innocence in which we did a lot of keg stands, bought cds by Phish from places known as record stores, smoked too much pot and much like now, made many horrible choices with men/women/our life.”
My sole purpose for posting this photo (besides the fact that it is HILARIOUS.) is the deep implication for the question of what we did before the internet’s existence, is actually “What does the internet mean? What is its purpose?” And here is where we turn to the squirrel.
Pre-digital utopia, its sad carcass would have been left on the side of the road to rot alone, without recognition and a final send off in which some assholes desecrate its probably rabies-ridden body by playing commando with it. But more importantly those assholes would have been off doing something potentially, and very likely, dangerous to society as a whole.
And that my friends is not only a frightening thought, but the entire reason for the genesis of the Internet: To keep assholes occupied.
Case closed.
*And for those who want to point out this may be photo shopped. I know, thank you. Point proven more in more time spent on the Internet and someone had to take this picture.
Tags: Dead squirrel with action figures, Giant dead squirrel, Internet, meaning of the Internet, Shit That Makes Me Laugh
