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-squareDamarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoBack in my day you had to choose between the internet or the phone because it all came along the same cables so you couldn’t make a phone call while someone was using the internet and vice versa.
minus-squareOmegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThis was the absolute worst thing about dialup, and early dsl/cable was very expensive and how to justify for families that weren’t doing pretty well.
Back in my day you had to choose between the internet or the phone because it all came along the same cables so you couldn’t make a phone call while someone was using the internet and vice versa.
This was the absolute worst thing about dialup, and early dsl/cable was very expensive and how to justify for families that weren’t doing pretty well.