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What happened today on the internet? Check out this infographic

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In only  one  day, do you how many DVDs it would take to hold on the information consumed by web traffic ? Or how about how many emails are sent in  one  day? How many pictures are uploaded? Wow! Do you know how many blogs were written and uploaded? Related articles Growing E-Waste Epidemic (Infographic) (planetsave.com) INFOGRAPHIC : A Day On The Internet (makeuseof.com) The decline of traditional media [Infographic] (thenextweb.com) Why Chinese Consumers Can't Resist Movie Ticket Deals [INFOGRAPHIC] (techinasia.com) Get Ready for the Holiday Season with these Web Site Traffic Tips (rackspace.com) Facebook 2012 [Infographic] (socialcubix.com) Dwindling News Infographics - The Decline of the Media Industry Infographic Shows a Sad Truth (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com) What You NEED To Know About The HISTORY OF The Google Algorithm [Infographic] (anisesmithmarketing.com) A Day in the Life of the Internet [INFOGRAPHIC] (mashable.com) GOP bid to authorize

Letting kids watch R-rated movies

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Image via Wikipedia I can't remember for sure what my first R-rated movie was. If my fuzzy middle-aged mental hard drive (which could use a serious defrag) is working correctly at the moment, I think it was either  Flashdance  or  Purple Rain  when I was about 14 years old. I have clearer memories, actually, of what my best friend and I had to  do  to rent such films. Specifically, my R-rated experiences depended upon a bit of luck, an older, ethically lax friend who punched the clock at our small-town video store … and my parents going to bed early. Both films have content concerns that are  way  out of bounds for a young teen (and most other folks, too, for that matter). But at the time, if you had asked me if I thought the films impacted me in a negative way, I'm sure I would have said something like, "It's just a stupid movie! It doesn't really matter. It's no big deal." My conscience knew better, though, and I still recall the illicit rush of watchi