When you tell your friends, the information loss over distance and time eventually makes the words turn to shades of grey. The internet preserves those words i

When you tell your friends, the information loss over distance and time eventually makes the words turn to shades of grey. The internet preserves those words in their original state, black and white, which makes them stick out against the shades of grey composing the background. Even simpler...when your friends die, with them go the words you have shared. Not so with the internet. It appears to be immortal.