BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 days agoI was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down17
arrow-up1814arrow-down1imageI was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareSuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-213 days agoICQ? Listen here, young man. I grew up in outback Australia, in the before times. My first time online was a 1200-baud modem on a BBC Electron. We did school over HF radio with School of the Air, had no phone lines, and barely reliable electricity. Do not speak to me of the deep magics. I was there when they were written. double biceps flex farts breaks a hip
minus-squareBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoI had to telnet into chat rooms. We had no browsers. I was old before you were born.
minus-squareSuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 days agoTelnet. An elegant tool for a more civilized time. I see you, graybeard. And I pay respect.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoDoesn’t telnet have in-band signaling? I would hardly call that elegant.
ICQ? Listen here, young man.
I grew up in outback Australia, in the before times. My first time online was a 1200-baud modem on a BBC Electron.
We did school over HF radio with School of the Air, had no phone lines, and barely reliable electricity.
Do not speak to me of the deep magics. I was there when they were written.
double biceps flex
farts
breaks a hip
I had to telnet into chat rooms. We had no browsers. I was old before you were born.
Telnet. An elegant tool for a more civilized time.
I see you, graybeard. And I pay respect.
Doesn’t telnet have in-band signaling? I would hardly call that elegant.