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I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

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  • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
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    I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

    ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.orgG geospacedman@mastodon.socialG purrperl@noc.socialP nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.socialN gokushrm@mastodon.socialG 10 Replies Last reply
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    • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

      I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

      ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.orgG This user is from outside of this forum
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      @kibcol1049 And publicity on internet sites was frowned up on.

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      • ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.orgG ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org

        @kibcol1049 And publicity on internet sites was frowned up on.

        sysop408@sfba.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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        @ghostdancer and selfies were taboo.

        @kibcol1049

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        • sysop408@sfba.socialS sysop408@sfba.social

          @ghostdancer and selfies were taboo.

          @kibcol1049

          ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.orgG This user is from outside of this forum
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          @sysop408 That was a sign of bad taste and a too big ego. Or as the young ones put it today a big red flag. πŸ‘΄ @kibcol1049

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          • ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.orgG ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org

            @sysop408 That was a sign of bad taste and a too big ego. Or as the young ones put it today a big red flag. πŸ‘΄ @kibcol1049

            sysop408@sfba.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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            @ghostdancer YUP! Even using a photo of yourself as your avatar reeked of desperation.

            @kibcol1049

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            • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

              I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

              geospacedman@mastodon.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
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              @kibcol1049 I'm so old I remember when the internet was in black and white and they played an mp3 of the national anthem before it shut down every night.

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              • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

                I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

                purrperl@noc.socialP This user is from outside of this forum
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                @kibcol1049

                I'm so old, I remember when the internet didn't have dating sites, and you could meet people online, and then afk, and date, and get married, and later get divorced, and regret it, and pine away for them for decades while your family force medicated you to cure you of love.

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                • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

                  I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

                  nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @kibcol1049 To be fair, we did have punch the monkey, bonzai buddy, etc etc back in the day. But they were so much less obnoxious than the total takeovers of our browsers and tracking of our toilet usage going on now...

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                  • geospacedman@mastodon.socialG geospacedman@mastodon.social

                    @kibcol1049 I'm so old I remember when the internet was in black and white and they played an mp3 of the national anthem before it shut down every night.

                    kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @geospacedman And everyone sang along, saluted and stood to attention! πŸ˜‚

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                    • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @johnnyvibrant Yes and the page turned over before you could write the details down and you had to sit through the other 400 pages before that one came back again!

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                      • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

                        @johnnyvibrant Yes and the page turned over before you could write the details down and you had to sit through the other 400 pages before that one came back again!

                        fragarach@social.vivaldi.netF This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @kibcol1049 @johnnyvibrant
                        God, yes! It was quicker to go down town and book at a travel agent on the High Street!

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                        • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

                          I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

                          gokushrm@mastodon.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @kibcol1049 I can remember that dumb phone was a thing & now even ipon & android is nothing impressive

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                          • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

                            I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

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                            @kibcol1049
                            I remember when Google came along and made Magellan, LookSmart, AltaVista and Yahoo redundant almost overnight. I used Dogpile to submit the same search string to multiple databases simultaneously, then you could continue with the one that looked most promising.
                            And Google was just a page with a search box. Nothing else.

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                            • gokushrm@mastodon.socialG gokushrm@mastodon.social

                              @kibcol1049 I can remember that dumb phone was a thing & now even ipon & android is nothing impressive

                              quantumaspect@mastodon.socialQ This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @GOKUSHRM @kibcol1049 And the smaller the phone, the more impressive it was.

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                              • quantumaspect@mastodon.socialQ quantumaspect@mastodon.social

                                @GOKUSHRM @kibcol1049 And the smaller the phone, the more impressive it was.

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                                @QuantumAspect @kibcol1049 πŸ’― %True

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                                  @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 MOD files went hard tho, if you had a tracker to play them.

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                                    @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

                                    *We* had to make do with a live orchestra in the corner of our sitting room.

                                    πŸ™ƒ

                                    Tip of the hat (or should I say "Drop of a hat"?) to Flanders and Swann

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                                    • thelancashireman@hostux.socialT thelancashireman@hostux.social

                                      @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

                                      *We* had to make do with a live orchestra in the corner of our sitting room.

                                      πŸ™ƒ

                                      Tip of the hat (or should I say "Drop of a hat"?) to Flanders and Swann

                                      geospacedman@mastodon.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @TheLancashireman @stuartl @kibcol1049 I should probably credit Hugh from the Armando Iannucci show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ15EdEOncc

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                                        @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

                                        Not if it's in your sitting room, I suspect. All the windows and the crockery in the cupoards would rattle.
                                        🀣

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                                        • thelancashireman@hostux.socialT thelancashireman@hostux.social

                                          @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

                                          *We* had to make do with a live orchestra in the corner of our sitting room.

                                          πŸ™ƒ

                                          Tip of the hat (or should I say "Drop of a hat"?) to Flanders and Swann

                                          kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @TheLancashireman @stuartl @geospacedman πŸ˜‚

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