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what do you miss about old school internet?

powderfinger

powderfinger

Feb 24, 2009
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The internet has been around long enough now to actually have an "old school" period at this point.. Im talking mid/late 90s or so... what do you guys miss about the old school age of the net?

Id have to say...

Amateur Tripod or Geocities websites for celebrities, tv shows, movies, etc. I miss the lame backgrounds, the midi background music, the hyper links in comic sans font.

AOL chat rooms- Anyone in their mid 30s like me, who says they never prowled the chat rooms for girls is lying.... you know you all sent out mass amounts of PMs to poor unsuspecting girls that read, "ASL?".

Love@AOL- This was the WAY to meet chicks online in the 90s. You could browse singles in your area, and even see their photos! And this was before internet predators and craigslist murderers, so it was easy to get a girl to agree to meet you at the mall or Sonic Drive in!

losers.org- Not sure if this site is still active, but it was a site that archived personal websites created by the biggest "losers" online. They had a section for "dorks", "freaks", etc. Hilarious stuff.

mulletsgalore.com- anyone my age spent countless hours in college searching out mullets on this site!

AOL Instant Messenger- this was boss.
 
#6
I miss downloading mp3's from ftp sites years before Napster came around. You would have to get ftp lists from IRC and then hammer on them until you found one that was still anonymous or still had the same user/pass. Then sit on a 28 or 33.3k modem for two hours for a song.:D It was like you were getting away with bank robbery! FREE MUSIC?? Are you kidding me?!?!
 
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powderfinger said:
AOL chat rooms- Anyone in their mid 30s like me, who says they never prowled the chat rooms for girls is lying.... you know you all sent out mass amounts of PMs to poor unsuspecting girls that read, "ASL?".

AOL Instant Messenger- this was boss.
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I once had a roommate who did this ALOT in the late 90's, cruising chat rooms. One time I was supposed to be gone, but whoever it was, cancelled dinner and I came right back to my apt. The computer was in the living room, and when I walked in, he was butt naked, having a "virtual date" on AOL with a webcam. He went the whole 9, he had lit candles and had a glass of red wine on the desk. The whole shebang. He didn't notice me - so I crept up on him a little bit and he JUMPED out of his skin. I'm like, *** are you doing?!! I wish I could have had it on video, but I think I might of still had a pager then.

Turns out that the girl on the other side lived only 15 min away, which bamboozled the crap outta me. He could have gotten real life fuzzy lap flounder, but instead chose the computer.
 
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File ----Internet Options----- Clear History----Delete all offline content------OK
 
#15
bloodninja: Ok baby, we got to hurry, I don't know how long I can keep it ready for you.
j_gurli3: thats ok. ok i'm a japanese schoolgirl, what r u.
bloodninja: A Rhinocerus. Well, hung like one, thats for sure.
j_gurli3: haha, ok lets go.
j_gurli3: i put my hand through ur hair, and kiss u on the neck.
bloodninja: I stomp the ground, and snort, to alert you that you are inmy breeding territory.
j_gurli3: haha, ok, u know that turns me on.
j_gurli3: i start unbuttoning ur shirt.
bloodninja: Rhinoceruses don't wear shirts.
j_gurli3: No, ur not really a Rhinocerus silly, it's just part of the
game.
bloodninja: Rhinoceruses don't play games. They f*cking charge your ass.
j_gurli3: stop, cmon be serious.
bloodninja: It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus about tocharge your ass.
bloodninja: I stomp my feet, the dust stirs around my tough skinned feet.
j_gurli3: thats it.
bloodninja: Nostrils flaring, I lower my head. My horn, like some
phallic symbol of my potent virility, is the last thing you see as
skulls collide and mine remains the victor. You are now a bloody red ragdoll suspended in the air on my mighty horn.
bloodninja: Goddam am I hard now.
 
#18
powderfinger said:
AOL chat rooms- Anyone in their mid 30s like me, who says they never prowled the chat rooms for girls is lying.... you know you all sent out mass amounts of PMs to poor unsuspecting girls that read, "ASL?".
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I met my wife in the Seattle chat room on AOL. One of the local TV stations did a story about us.

It was a core group of about 20 of us. We'd get together most every weekend to do something as a group.

-Mike
 

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