In the 90's, the internet was not for everyone. Only tech savvy people who knew what was going on ever logged on to the internet during this time period, and by tech savvy, I’m referring to people such as myself: young, adolescent boys, with a curiosity of technology and sense of adventure. - Upgoat

In the 90's, the internet was not for everyone. Only tech savvy people who knew what was going on ever logged on to the internet during this time period, and by tech savvy, I’m referring to people such as myself: young, adolescent boys, with a curiosity of technology and sense of adventure.
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[ - ] gabara 0 points 3 yearsMay 23, 2022 19:35:46 ago (+1/-1)

I got onto the internet in 1993, GOPHER. A couple years later I had internet over dialup at home! I miss when USENET was good.

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 3 yearsMay 27, 2022 16:02:38 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 5 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 21:20:06 ago (+5/-0)

So you remember ICQ chat rooms? I learned some lessons about the internet because of ICQ. Last time I ever travel cross country to meet a girl off the internet. She said she was 18. She was 16. I was only 18 so no big deal, but her parents didn't share my views.

[ + ] Autismo

[ - ] Autismo 4 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 02:08:50 ago (+4/-0)

Winamp, WINAMP - it really whips the llama's ass.

/server send LIST

/cerver23 send 20-25

[ + ] lord_nougat

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 22:10:19 ago (+2/-0)

Pff, ICQ. IRC was better.

GET OFFA MY LAWN!

[ + ] Prairie

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 07:35:19 ago (+1/-0)

Local BBS systems. Local community, each one unique.

[ + ] fritz_maurentod

[ - ] fritz_maurentod 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 09:14:18 ago (+1/-0)

and Fidonet!

[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 00:30:01 ago (+1/-0)*

I remember ICQ. One of my first internet experiences was exchanging Donkey Kong Country glitches on newsgroups as a kid, typing slowly with my index fingers. I was one of, if not the first people to find the Mine Cart Carnage flying glitch that affected earlier revisions. Also remember exchanging OoT and Goldeneye rumors on ICQ later on.

As stated already, IRC was better, but I got into it later when the sixth-gen console homebrew/hacking scenes came about.

[ + ] MichaelStewart

[ - ] MichaelStewart 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 03:26:54 ago (+0/-0)

THAT's cool.

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 12:37:02 ago (+0/-0)

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[ + ] GhostCow

[ - ] GhostCow 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 13:09:37 ago (+0/-0)

I still remember my UIN 932775. Only 6 digits!

[ - ] KtownKracker 3 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 03:58:15 ago (+3/-0)

Eternal September.

[ - ] NationalSocialism 3 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 21:56:01 ago (+3/-0)

A/s/l

[ + ] Fascinus

[ - ] Fascinus 2 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 23:39:17 ago (+2/-0)

https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja

[ - ] deleted 2 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 21:41:52 ago (+2/-0)

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[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 00:49:20 ago (+1/-0)

2007? Try 2001. If you're talking about the smartphone blitz, then yes; that did make it worse.

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 20:10:34 ago (+2/-0)

You were a young adolescent in the 90s? FUCKING BABIES FUCKING UP MY INTERNETS!!!

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 20:13:32 ago (+1/-1)

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[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 20:17:32 ago (+5/-5)

Gen x is best gen

Boomers are Christ cuck sheep

Millenials are communist loving woke fags with 0 balls

[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 4 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 00:38:26 ago (+4/-0)*

Gen X were arguably worse parents than boomers; totally apathetic to any cultural (aside from pop) values and apathetic to their kids and their futures. Gen X is the middle management generation- the worst of both worlds.

The people most disenfranchised are those of mine: The mid to late 80's born. We're technically Millennial, but we often had a solid upbringing from non-flower child boomers and still held some trad values without tech interference. Much different from post-90 Millenials.

I find the sub-classification of "Gen Y" is more appropriate.

[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 3 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 09:45:15 ago (+3/-0)

I was born in 77

No fucking person my age had children in the mid to late 80s

Nice try you delusional retard

People that age had boomer parents or at the VERY beginning of gen x

[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 17:24:40 ago (+0/-0)

Brush up on your reading comprehension, faggot; I didn't say Gen X had kids in the 80s. I said they were arguably worse as parents.

[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 21:01:41 ago (+0/-0)

The mid to late 80's born

Thats not gen x you dumb nigger

Those are millenials

Gen x stopped after 1980

[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 21:19:04 ago (+0/-0)

Again, I DID NOT say that they were. Those are Millennials, which I think deserve the distinction of "Gen Y".

I separated the points with paragraphs.

[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 21:22:39 ago (+0/-0)

Either way what you said makes no sense you retarded nigger

People BORN then weren't gen x and gen x had kids fucking later than that you special olympian

[ + ] MuricaPersonified

[ - ] MuricaPersonified 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 21:50:19 ago (+0/-0)

God damn, you're fucking stupid. Learn how to read, you dolt.

That paragraph introduces just ONE idea: That Gen X did a shittier job raising kids than boomers.

The people most disenfranchised are those of mine: The mid to late 80's born. We're technically Millennial, but we often had a solid upbringing from non-flower child boomers and still held some trad values without tech interference. Much different from post-90 Millenials.

This parapraph introduces a second concept: That the Millenial generation is fractured and that those born after the 80s grew up differently and have a completely different outlook.

I then point out that Gen Y (born mid-late 80s) are a unique subset of Millenial.

I may have been drunk off my rocker wheb commenting last night, but your reading comprehension is truly abysmal.

[ + ] diggernicks

[ - ] diggernicks 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 21:54:18 ago (+0/-0)

Your writing chugs 55 gal drums of donkey semen

Go drink more of the liquid jew ya faggot

Continue thread

[ + ] FalseRealityCheck

[ - ] FalseRealityCheck 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 23:09:33 ago (+0/-0)

I got my first walker in the 90s. She was a beaut!

Now get the fuck off my lawn!

[ + ] lord_nougat

[ - ] lord_nougat 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 23:12:35 ago (+0/-0)

I question the veracity of your reality!

[ - ] Rowdybme 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 08:18:36 ago (+1/-0)

I went on through compuserve in 1996 when I was 16 years old. After my parents got their first outrageous phone bill. I figured out how to jack into the neighborhood connector box.

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 12:41:13 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] QuestionEverything 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 07:43:05 ago (+1/-0)

I had a low 5 digit ICQ number..

300 baud modem.. you put a phone on.

bbs ran by a friend and caused a lot of drama. lol.

Stolen passwords for compuserv access..

[ - ] giantprick 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 05:18:11 ago (+1/-0)

Makes me wish so badly I'd wake up in the early 90s as this was all about to pop off.

Why is the future so fucking disappointing?

[ + ] Rawrination

[ - ] Rawrination 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 07:50:31 ago (+1/-0)

Jews run it.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 01:41:57 ago (+1/-0)

Only retards were on AOL in the 90’s.

[ - ] yesiknow 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 00:15:32 ago (+1/-0)

It was women who had been taught that their emotions are intuition and must be obeyed, that flooded the internet when yahoo, hewlitt packard and microsoft made it it point and shoot who helped the jews create a fake reality for them and destroyed the internet and the world.

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 00:15:16 ago (+1/-0)

I had a Prodigy account back when I was 15. As an adult, I had AOL in the late 90's.

[ + ] Empire_of_the_Mind

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 01:43:57 ago (+0/-0)

Actual internet was only $20/month back then, cheaper than AOL. Your parents didn’t love you.

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[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 12:45:06 ago (+0/-0)

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[ + ] Empire_of_the_Mind

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 29, 2022 18:25:20 ago (+0/-0)

Local ISP's proliferated by 1995. They'd have a bank of local numbers and unlimited hours was common at that $20-25/month price point. If you lived in a very rural area with no local calling to a city of 50k or so you could use the AOL 800# and watch your hours, but to think your rural experience was common is absurd.

[ - ] Fascinus 1 point 3.1 yearsApr 26, 2022 23:43:21 ago (+1/-0)

First got into programming (Visual Basic) back then too.

I have a lot of find memories of coding in VB6. Always got a bad rap from lame programmers "putting all the code behind the form" and it would go hardcore if you had the chops.

[ - ] observation1 0 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 08:00:09 ago (+0/-0)

Commenting to read later

[ - ] Anus_Expander -1 points 3.1 yearsApr 27, 2022 07:26:46 ago (+0/-1)

Now it's all 'u r gey' and 'fuck off, faggot'

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