The comedian and broadcaster thanks the internet for its service, by which he means burping videos, stupid accents and classic fails

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Hello, internet! It’s your old friend Sammy J. Just dropping by to say thanks for your service. And to remind you that some of us still remember what the world was like before you existed. We weren’t given a choice. We were just told one day that school was “getting the internet” and that from Tuesday we could “borrow a modem” from the library and use it to “surf the web”. It all sounded so silly and frivolous but then you were just … there. Forever.

Don’t get me wrong. I love you dearly and I’d die without you, but this is just a gentle reminder that the world existed for a very long time before you did and people were probably a bit happier on balance.