I enjoyed the internet in healthy doses from ages 12-17 which was late 00's, early teens and had so much fun socializing as well as learning about new stuff like music, history, and politics. I felt the internet had a perfect amount of algorithm at that time to nudge me into the direction of what I like as well as me stumbling onto random stuff. I also bad times learning about new stuff but it has shaped me into the person I am. This site is still confusing to me but I also felt confused all the time trying to adapt to new websites so maybe that is the appeal? It's about fun, new information, and my interests.
Feb 14, 2025
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My family moved back to Japan in ‘97 🫣 and the military base commander held a town hall. The subject? The base’s residents having American cable or the internet. We mostly watched old ‘70s and ‘80s U.S. tv shows while occasionally receiving current U.S. shows a season or two behind. Overall, having internet won. I was excited since it meant freedom outside our bubble and better educational experiences.
I remember the day my dad finished building our new internet accessible computer–my sister and I fought over who could use it first. I won. First sites I hit up and kept coming back to:
Hotmail.com (had to set up an email account to email my friends)
MSN.com
HotBot
Excite
Ask Jeeves
Lycos (was mainly used to search for music videos)
AOL/AIM
BBS (early forums) about various subcultures
A lot of times I randomly ended up on some Geocities site dedicated to whatever obsession the site owner had. Some of them were pretty cute and cool, while others were questionable (the internet wasn’t censored back then). And I couldn’t read half of them due to it being in a different language and/or because the site was so badly designed. But I didn’t care–I had the whole world at my fingertips.
Apr 10, 2024
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My mom's friend was an early adopter, mid-90s maybe? I was in 4th grade, and I was obsessed with South Park by proxy (my parents never let me watch it, but since a bunch of other classmates did, I caught on to all the catchphrases and learned how to draw all the characters.) Anyway, I found the South Park website and vaguely remember there being a bunch of mini games in it that I would not stop playing. I basically had to be pried away from the thing.
Oct 14, 2024
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i feel like i'm back in my 2003 website i coded with tables and iframes and it's the best thing
Feb 8, 2024
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and wonder why the hell they asked you to hang out? Like I just hung out with someone and they looked at their phone half the time and then asked me the most minimal stuff ever and then after 45 mins said “I have to go!” Like, damn girl you beat me to it
Mar 3, 2025
I was so tired and could barely stay awake for my friends DJ set but it ended up being really good and I’m so proud of them :)
Mar 15, 2025
isn't it crazy how when you get a drink in this cup it tastes 100% better than any other type of drinking vessel? You can have the same diet coke or whatever but if it comes in this cup it's going to be much more crisper and tasty. Shout out the Cambro 2000P156 much love
Mar 10, 2025