the_robot_from_planet_danger [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoTFW you have to explain to a kid how the internet used to be only for nerds, but then you have to explain that nerds weren't defined as "fans of the most popular film franchises of all time"hexbear.netimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageTFW you have to explain to a kid how the internet used to be only for nerds, but then you have to explain that nerds weren't defined as "fans of the most popular film franchises of all time"hexbear.netthe_robot_from_planet_danger [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoThe 90s internet was somehow even more incel-ish than today’s.
minus-squareOmegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoThe big difference is that it was so dominated by these types that they were one of the predominate in-groups online. In my opinion, at least
minus-squareMohammedTheCommunistPalestinian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoHOW? TELL ME
minus-squareBeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoIt was more time-consuming, more expensive, and required more technical knowledge to access which meant that wealthy white techbros were 90% of the entire userbase instead of an obnoxiously loud minority with outsized influence
The 90s internet was somehow even more incel-ish than today’s.
The big difference is that it was so dominated by these types that they were one of the predominate in-groups online. In my opinion, at least
HOW?
TELL ME
It was more time-consuming, more expensive, and required more technical knowledge to access which meant that wealthy white techbros were 90% of the entire userbase instead of an obnoxiously loud minority with outsized influence