<![CDATA[Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us?]]>Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us?

That was a warning right?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/73f2209d-232d-4a6f-8824-7b40dd521e5a/remember-when-we-used-to-dial-into-the-internet-and-the-machines-would-scream-at-usRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 03:40:11 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 14:54:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 17:50:31 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux not even joking, i think about that sound ALL. THE. TIME. that sound created a boundary, a here and there that ―looking back with what we now know―, was healthy.

the tech of the last 30 years has been developed by people who not only were not taught to respect other people’s boundaries but grew up to resent them and to disrespect them.

sociopaths are people who lack the empathy to respect boundaries. that’s tech today.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116540128215320338https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116540128215320338Fri, 08 May 2026 17:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 17:15:01 GMT]]>@dbattistella @gamingonlinux haha happy memories😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116540080230275862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116540080230275862Fri, 08 May 2026 17:15:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:57:21 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux

I worked in a computer store in the '80s. Two gamer brothers came in and bought a 300 baud modem. They were so excited! "We're going to vacuum up the Mages (the best local BBS).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/browngreen57/statuses/116540010744872985https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/browngreen57/statuses/116540010744872985Fri, 08 May 2026 16:57:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:40:50 GMT]]>@dbattistella @gamingonlinux

What triggers me, is the watermark trying to insinuate itself into my memories of back then.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116539945808834855https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116539945808834855Fri, 08 May 2026 16:40:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:36:30 GMT]]>@Twiteryeanot

And they raised their pitch to mostly above human hearing range.

We should have listened.

@gamingonlinux

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/sasutina13/statuses/116539928761038293https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/sasutina13/statuses/116539928761038293Fri, 08 May 2026 16:36:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:34:48 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux

Yes. And only the Telebits said, "pspspspspspsps"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/sasutina13/statuses/116539922078239694https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/sasutina13/statuses/116539922078239694Fri, 08 May 2026 16:34:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:19:24 GMT]]>The sound was harvested from a future alternate dimension. All those noises came people in the future screaming at each other because they're so miserable without being able to touch grass.

@gamingonlinux @redsad

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115710893664001280/statuses/116539861559611207https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115710893664001280/statuses/116539861559611207Fri, 08 May 2026 16:19:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:01:21 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux Really hope this doesn't trigger anyone 😳

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/116539790571566171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/dbattistella/statuses/116539790571566171Fri, 08 May 2026 16:01:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:57:35 GMT]]>@KeithVanAllen @gamingonlinux okay, look, hangup. Im gonna host. No im gonna host, ok? Bye.
No mom dont pick up the phone!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.hams.social/users/kj6evv/statuses/116539775778345153https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.hams.social/users/kj6evv/statuses/116539775778345153Fri, 08 May 2026 15:57:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remember when we used to dial into the internet, and the machines would scream at us? on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:01:45 GMT]]>@gamingonlinux HA! RIGHT!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116341617474704840/statuses/116539556179699630https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116341617474704840/statuses/116539556179699630Fri, 08 May 2026 15:01:45 GMT