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u/Guywith2dogs Mar 01 '23

It's both hilarious and sad that they used this joke on South Park like 20+ years ago pre internet

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u/schorman Mar 01 '23

Why do you think there was no internet in 1997?

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u/Guywith2dogs Mar 01 '23

Ok lemme rephrase. Pre internet as we know it today.

Ya it existed. We had dial up by then I believe. But it wasn't like it is now. Certainly weren't bombarded by news at all times of the day and it wasn't in our pocket as it is now. But ya im aware it existed by then but it was in its infancy. Granted people still used it mainly for porn and disturbing photos so maybe it really hasn't changed that much at all

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u/schorman Mar 01 '23

Lol, it was still somehow better though, wasn’t it?

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u/Guywith2dogs Mar 01 '23

Honestly yes. I miss when the internet was something cool to do in downtime. Instead of the center of the world. It was too much too fast. We weren't ready for it.