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What do you miss about the internet circa 2009?
submitted 4 years ago by compultantuser from self.AskSaidIt
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[–]Entropick 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (2 children)
2009? It's really essentially the same, all the major players were thriving then too. Try 1999. The wild west man. Computer people back then were like wizards. No web 2.0, things were less interactive. Also, just about everyone using it then was of more intelligence. Nowadays every regular jackoff uses it and thinks they're smart too.
[–]IamRedBeard 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
I miss the days of BBS's, screaming fast 9600 baud and Legend Of The Red Dragon. Messing with Teachers by installing Back Orifice on unprotected school computers. War Dialers, Virus Creation Kits, Phreaking and messing with payphones - the entire 90's was a great time to be curious about computers. There are times I yearn for the Hiss and spit of a Modem.
[–]Entropick 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Really well said!
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[–]Entropick 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun - (2 children)
[–]IamRedBeard 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun - (1 child)
[–]Entropick 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - (0 children)