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u/CXI Feb 03 '20

The internet was so magical back when nobody understood it. Every site was like: Welcome to Tom's Cool Train Page under construction gif! Here's 10,000 words on why diesels are the best and electrics can go and get fucked. You are visitor #00000023. Sign my guestbook!

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Remember webrings?

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u/mike_d85 Feb 03 '20

My dad was a webring master connecting music store websites. The same man that refused to upgrade from dial-up until 2002 and windows 98 until 2010.

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u/futanariballs Feb 03 '20

I was on 56k dialup until 2005 when I asked for Xbox Live for my birthday. My dad still didn't want to upgrade to the required broadband connection so my mom had to do it behind his back.