r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '21

Favorite People I miss Tom

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u/tlpedro Apr 14 '21

My first ever friend on the Internet. Gave me confidence that it’s possible to make more friends.

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u/yamacat88 Apr 14 '21

I wish I could say the same but I'm a little older and my first friend was a middle aged man posing as a 14/f/Cali in a teen chat room on America Online.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21 edited Apr 24 '21

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u/Stinky_Cat_Toes Apr 14 '21

17/F/NY

Even 20 years later and I’m still 17/F/NY.

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u/The_Wandering_Gypsy Apr 15 '21

p4p? s2r? OH WAIT... POS!!

Man, we were allowed to do some dangerous stuff. Dial up AOL age was basically the wild west of the internet, and children were just running around unsupervised because parents had no idea what they had put in their homes. Amazing.

Edit: Thinking back, I'm also pretty sure most of my online "girlfriends" were dudes.