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Prince Says Internet Is Over

Posted by samzenpus on from the it-was-fun-while-it-lasted dept.

the_arrow writes "According to the artist currently known as Prince, 'The internet's completely over.' At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror. Quoting Prince: 'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'"

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  1. Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and suddenly he became outdated.

    Now get off Prince's lawn, ya young whippersnappers with yer noisy electronic doo-hickeys!!

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    1. Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... by sorak · · Score: 5, Funny

      Do you really want to mess with a guy who owns ass-less pants and who invented the bat-dance? I say just nod politely and walk away.

    2. Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... by xtracto · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, I won't believe the internet is over until Netcraft confirms it.

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      Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
    3. Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... by Asic+Eng · · Score: 5, Informative
      To put his statement into context, here some other parts of the interview:
      • says "people, especially young people, don't have enough God in their lives"
      • has been a devout Jehovah's Witness for more than 10 years
      • has a space set aside which he's labelled The Knowledge Room, with a library of religious books
      • strict teetotal vegan
      • says "Playing electric guitar your whole life does something to you. I'm convinced all that electricity racing through my body made me keep my hair."

      If it comes to insightful statements about the internet, I'd suggest to look elsewhere.

    4. Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... by spike+hay · · Score: 5, Informative

      As a gay guy I can assure you nobody finds him cute.

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  2. The internet says "Prince is over" by jsepeta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the days of rockstars selling $20 cd's and people paying attention to monotonous radio stations that only play a short playlist of over-publicized artists is over. he'll never make the millions he used to, and to be successful (wealth-accumulating) in the post internet world one needs to get off their ass and tour, actually PERFORMING music like the minstrels of yore.

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    Remember kids, if you're not paying for the service, YOU ARE THE PRODUCT THAT IS BEING SOLD.
    1. Re:The internet says "Prince is over" by jythie · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Or even worse.... one ends up being paid based of actual sales rather then convincing some executive how much you are worth ahead of time. That seemed to be his big beef.

  3. A series of tubes formerly known as The Internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is to be renamed Prince.

    And the artist formerly known as Prince will be renamed ColecoVision.

  4. Heh. by BrokenHalo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet: Prince is over.