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Back in my day (lemy.lol)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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BlueSky Post.

Transcript.

If you tell someone to “Google it” at this point you’re telling them to look up five ads and some AI-generated bs instead of the actual thing they want to know.

old guy takes long hit on the bong

“Back in my day, search engines used to find things besides the wreckage of late-stage capitalism.”

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is a blast from the past. I forgot about that, thanks for the reminder.

Some images: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=internet+yellow+pages&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fd0mojqvbku741.jpg

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow classic

[–] jaybone 2 points 1 year ago

1996 you noobs weren’t using altavista in lynx?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Holy shit I've never heard of that. Amazing. I'm not too young, either. How did I miss this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think mine was first or second edition. Same or similar cover to the third but less than half as thick.