I would imagine it was harder to get information on topics as you would’ve had to buy/borrow encyclopedias to do.

Were there proprietary predecessor websites?

Tell me about the dark ages!

  • @[email protected]
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    243 days ago

    You could argue about who was right about some obscure fact all night long, or come up with your own creative theories.
    Nowadays, in less than a minute, someone will look it up, killing the conversation.

    • The Giant Korean
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      103 days ago

      I had a friend who would just make shit up to try to win arguments.

    • @glimse
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      83 days ago

      You say that like it’s a bad thing but I LOVE to kill conversations with citations. “Here’s an article from the 90s where Trump talks up Epstein. Sounds like they were buds after all!”

    • @grasshopper_mouse
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      23 days ago

      My father and his wife still do this. I enjoy letting them bicker about dumb shit for five minutes before pulling out my phone and saying “OK, Google…” so they can hear the results and then get mad at each other and the internet for the answer.