• Crismus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I kind of miss those old Usenet days. Being 16 and waiting most of the night for a picture to load was great.

      Back when I made sure to download the progressive JPEG, because loading single line top to bottom was hell. Unless there was a chance that the phone would be picked up, then I wanted regular JPEG, because then when I lost connection I still would have most of a picture.

      You never knew what you were going to get.

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        1 year ago

        In the early 90s, when I was a teen, I accessed the internet through the computer lab, downloaded tons of porn at a higher rate, uploaded the pics to local BBSes, got a huge ratio, downloaded tons of pirated games and had lots of porn. I was a genius back then. Not so much now.