If you could hear the internet, what would it sound like?

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PottedMeat

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like a vuvuzela

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meltdown75

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like the beginning of the movie Contact, except instead of all the mixed tv/radio/media audio, you hear peoples voices, except they're all digitized like in the Matrix

also, fap fap fap
 

alkemyst

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The sound of a billion arrogant, sniveling little twats congratulating themselves on their own awesomeness.

I agree, there are a lot of imposters out there.

Just me logging in to teh internut has about 30 million skirts dropping and tree fity times that in sorrid moans.
 

BoomerD

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Where the hell is the mute button?

It'd have to be a loud cacophony of noise...made up of self-important blowhards like Alky, whiners like Trident, and P&N ravings...all mixed with the various noises of pron.

In other words, it'd sound very much like an average Friday night in Oldsmoboat's basement.
 

HAL9000

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I think it would sound like static, as though the radio isn't tuned properly, background radiation....
 

KeithTalent

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It would sound like Sloth from The Goonies, only a bit more retarded.

KT
 

HeXen

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A dial up modem only louder.

thats exactly what it sounds like minus the dial tones, only not louder, thats dependant on volume. But all data across copper sounds like various beeps n such.

just hook any copper data line to a speaker. now data going through fiber is light may sound different assuming you had some device to convert it to audio but i'd guess it wouldnt make any sound anyway.
 
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Perknose

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It would sound like Gilbert Gottfried on meth arguing with Elmer Fudd on downers while someone ran their fingernails across a blackboard in the background.