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bash.org is gone (self.technology)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by hal_5700X to c/technology
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It was a collection of silly quotes from IRC channels everywhere, many of which dated back to the 90s. It was rarely ever updated in the 2010s, but now, the URL no longer resolves.

Last capture was July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601000000*/bash.org

EDIT Someone archived all the quotes on the Internet Archive.

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[–] Geobloke 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We used to read it as kids when we went over our internet quota for the week and it was the only thing that still loaded

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How old were you then? What was your internet quota? It's so interesting to hear how different age groups or demographics interacted with the same content.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For me in the mid 2000s we had satellite internet and I think the daily quota was like 200mb.

[–] hinterlufer 2 points 10 months ago

I remember around the same time we had a 300 MB monthly quota on dialup. It made me very wary of what I did online and how large different kinda of media is.

Things changed a bit after we got a 4(?)GB monthly quota over 3G a few years later.

[–] Geobloke 2 points 10 months ago

A teenager, so early to mid 2000s. I can't remember what the quota was other than a couple of dodgy limewire albums and computer aids. And dad getting pissed when we pretty much bricked his computer