6stronghands:laurelinssong:atopfourthwall: commodorez:texelations: texelations:I’ve been on
6stronghands:laurelinssong:atopfourthwall: commodorez:texelations: texelations: I’ve been on the internet since 1998 starter pack Reblog this if you are an old fogey online Reblog this instead if you are a young whippersnapper Things this starter pack simply does not convey: The unholy shrieking of the dial-up modem The computer hanging up on the internet when someone called How damn long everything took to load Having multiple windows open in the task bar because there was no such thing as a tabbed browser IRC bots The frantic search for the midi player when a webpage started playing music Putting videos on to download overnight jpg compression on photos taken with the webcam This: No tabs, taskbar-only web browsing.We die like Web 1.0 surfers. HAHAHAHAHAHA4 GIG HARD DRIVE.YOU ARE LIKE LITTLE BABY.I REMEMBER WHEN HARD DRIVES WERE IN THE HUNDREDS OF MEGABYTES, IF EVEN THAT MUCH. My first laptop had 1GB hard drive which was huge in its day. the year 2000… I actually miss that screeching dial up sound; it really had a way of making you feel like you were going online in a specifically deliberate and intent-ful way, like, you WERE in the kitchen but NOW you’re SURFING THE INTERNET, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Why was this so weirdly satisfying to watch? -- source link
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