and some young’uns don’t understand that letting AOL onto the internet was the biggest mistake ever made.

I spent years playing games on Commodore-64. Suddenly they release the NES, and the first game I saw for it… kinda didn’t look super impressive compared to the games I was playing on the 64. My buddy says: “You can rent games now” and I shook my head in disbelief at the whole thing.

I had that on a particularly study business card. I used one of those fine-tip pens and got about 40 numbers on it. Now I talk to strangers on the internet, and the points don’t matter.

when I was wee we only needed to use 5 digits for many years. The system would assume the first digit you dialed was the final digit of the initial group. When they switched us to the full 7 digits people acted SO annoyed: who’s got that kind of time when you’re using a rotary phone?

he didn’t leave the building?

Same thing for VHS tapes. That had to be something **super **important, like if they showed Raiders on TV

I edited the file to change ‘now’ to ‘not’ just for grins.

I only saw it on TV. It must have been so surreal.

I get those about once a week. “Your package cannot be delivered” Come on over here you spammy bastards, i’ll deliver a package of my goddamn BOOT up the side of your arse! That’s what I say. It helps me feel better, because why not feel better?

I’m pretty sure that PEOPLE ALREADY OWN A TV and probably can’t afford to replace it.
I have no intention of replacing mine.

Ren Faire turkey legs were SO GOOD. I miss them, and I miss the full-contact jousting knights, who were all certifiable but very fun people.

these guys were hopped up on maple syrup

myhouse.wad

old cables. because YOU NEVER KNOW

People used to talk about Uncle Miltie, but Willem actually got naked for the sake of art.

that’s pretty sharp!

YouTube without suggestions? You mean how it was back in the early days?? I would LOVE that.

others are American spyware

The M.O. of American business has always been clear: The internet exists to enrich the already-powerful. All Internet systems must be considered a possible vector for mission-critical business communication. As such, EVERY message sent over the internet must be viewable by those who might benefit from seeing it. Every phone call must be interceptable and traceable. Every new business idea must be known. Every new competitor must be stifled or bought out. Every piece of information which could be used to coerce or force compliance / silence must be gathered. If there is insufficient leverage then leverage must be manufactured.
Yes this sounds like paranoid hyperbole. but it explains pretty much everything.

50

why not 5000? I think we may be in for a spot of trouble.

Utili-tizing (i’ve heard this word spoken more than once and I’m still recovering)