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The birth of the internet, it was not easy getting on the internet back in the day.
There was a very high technical bar to get everything working, everyone was actually really cool, supportive, and generally nice.
You aren't kidding. My city was really slow on the Internet so i was using aol. Asking for certs and using CC generators. It was good times actually.
Then I tried IRC and kept getting kicked from every channel and someone finally gave a reason before before kicking me. When i messaged them explaining how i have no other way to access the internet they were actually really cool and invited me back to the channel. I didn't go back as I knew i carried an unacceptable tag.
A year or 2 later we finally got a provider and oh wow now i remember trumpet windsock and the chaos of trying to find anything.
I still remember seeing a Toyota commercial with a web address and being like wow this internet thing is really taking off!
Now we've come full circle and i have to argue with my parents about the "truth" on Facebook. It's got its perks but terminals and desqview times make me miss the simplicity.. or complication. Depends how you look at it .
Oh god I erased winsock from my memory! Our little local ISP had spotty access with weird tools and I also moved to AOL haha.
AOL was a blast at the time. Warez and MFT rooms could fill an inbox with every piece of software you wanted to play with. How about what you could do with LuciferX? Hah
As for winsock, same here. It's funny how a random post can unearth memories like that. Just one of many reasons I've come to enjoy the fediverse. Makes me feel like I should be using Netscape