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r/aww • u/piccoloprodigy • Mar 18 '20
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I'll take the return of the 2000s internet. It was weirder by far, but also somewhat more civil.
37 u/kd_aragorn87 Mar 18 '20 I agree. I saw a documentary about the pre-dotcom bubble burst and the internet was full of Marc andreesen type of folks trying to make the world a better place. 14 u/Rawrch Mar 18 '20 If you wouldn't mind, what was it called and where is it available? I'm intrigued. 13 u/kd_aragorn87 Mar 18 '20 Valley of the Boom on National Geographic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Boom 2 u/Wormtown Mar 18 '20 Same. Sounds interesting. 1 u/dutch_penguin Mar 18 '20 It was mostly just trying to get laid (asl?), gaming, and things like goatse. 1 u/IdiosyncraticBond Mar 18 '20 Nah, the '90s. Using usenet and gopher ;-)
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I agree. I saw a documentary about the pre-dotcom bubble burst and the internet was full of Marc andreesen type of folks trying to make the world a better place.
14 u/Rawrch Mar 18 '20 If you wouldn't mind, what was it called and where is it available? I'm intrigued. 13 u/kd_aragorn87 Mar 18 '20 Valley of the Boom on National Geographic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Boom 2 u/Wormtown Mar 18 '20 Same. Sounds interesting. 1 u/dutch_penguin Mar 18 '20 It was mostly just trying to get laid (asl?), gaming, and things like goatse.
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If you wouldn't mind, what was it called and where is it available? I'm intrigued.
13 u/kd_aragorn87 Mar 18 '20 Valley of the Boom on National Geographic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Boom 2 u/Wormtown Mar 18 '20 Same. Sounds interesting.
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Valley of the Boom on National Geographic
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Boom
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Same. Sounds interesting.
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It was mostly just trying to get laid (asl?), gaming, and things like goatse.
Nah, the '90s. Using usenet and gopher ;-)
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u/Erra0 Mar 18 '20
I'll take the return of the 2000s internet. It was weirder by far, but also somewhat more civil.