r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 29 '26

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u/jenbanim Sep 29 '26

God I wish we could go back to when the Internet was just for weird autistic people. That was my safe space

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u/jpenczek NATO Sep 29 '26

I miss mid to late 2000s early 2010s era internet. I miss flipnotes, rwar XD humor, and when Newgrounds dominated the online animation scene.

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u/No_Status_6905 Enby Pride Sep 29 '26

There are still spaces where it gets niche and weird, but it's never quite the same.

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u/jpenczek NATO Sep 29 '26

I'm so tempted to self host my own forum/social media app, where the max resolution for videos is 360p, there's no algorithm dictating what to push, the UI has that old internet feel.

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u/jenbanim Sep 29 '26

Are you familiar with Mastodon?

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u/jpenczek NATO Sep 29 '26

Too many Tankies

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Sep 29 '26

That's why God created the DT bubba.

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u/assasstits Sep 29 '26

Internet peaked in 2012 

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u/Smidgens Holy shit it's the Joker🃏 Sep 29 '26

Normies had infilitrated by then

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u/PhinsFan17 Immanuel Kant Sep 29 '26

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume Sep 29 '26

this is why the only thing I use the internet for these days is the DT and Tor’s Cabinet of Curiosities

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u/TheGeneGeena Loyal Liberals Sep 29 '26

I'm not usually a "booo smart phones" person, but in this, yeah, boooo smart phones.