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1. Internet started as such a wonderful thing then...

Tue Oct 3, 2023, 01:17 PM

Oct 2023

Capitalism wrecked it all. Oh well, it was a fun run.

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Internet started as such a wonderful thing then... MiHale Oct 2023 #1

I was there! When "dot com" was invented. Oh, the deluge of crap. usonian Oct 2023 #3

In the army... MiHale Oct 2023 #4

I was in aerospace and then university when it all changed. usonian Oct 2023 #5

👍👍 MiHale Oct 2023 #8

Only furthers my theory that advertising ruins everything. Initech Oct 2023 #6

This is another major assault on privacy FakeNoose Oct 2023 #2

And people wonder why I still carry a flip-phone. Angleae Oct 2023 #7