There are definite indicators that having the internet has taken a lot of the boredom out of being on the planet with nothing else to do.
For instance, this short blurb below from News of the Weird:
In May, Britain's Norfolk District Council banned the traditional barroom game of "dwile flonking" just as the inaugural "world championships" were to take place at the Dog Inn pub in Ludham, Great Yarmouth. The game, which some believe has been played since "medieval times," calls on players to fling a beer-soaked rag from the end of a small stick toward the face of an opponent, and in the event the tosser misses the target two straight times, he must quickly down a half-pint of ale. The council called the game a "health and safety" problem. [Daily Telegraph, 5-29-10]
Imagine, if you will, being so bored and looking for something to do that you become involved in inventing, or even just participating in. "dwile flonking" as a way to relieve the monotony.
I can see the need for drinking games. Seriously, it's more fun with other people. Where's the fun in quaffing oneself into a blackout if there aren't other people around to enjoy it? It's just more fun with friends.
Can you imagine how many of us would be consumed by games such as "dwile flonking" or "Bocce" if we didn't have the internet to relieve to interminable pointlessness of our miserable lives?
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