

The Internet was a place.
Compared to now, you had to go somewhere physical to be on the Internet. That changed the relationship that people had with the Internet, you went there to do something rather than have it entertain you when bored. It also meant you weren’t always available to being messaged.
There were also a lot less videos online due to bandwidth. Animation was a far bigger deal since the bandwidth needed to show an animation was significantly less than the bandwidth needed to show even SD video.









The quote comes from the Joker in The Dark Knight Rises, which would have been said during GWOT. The odds of death were lower during those wars/occupations than previous, but the odds were still higher than the civilian population.