• Lorfan
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    5 hours ago

    then normies promptly ruined it

    • grue
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      5 hours ago

      If by “promptly” you mean “a solid decade later, at the earliest,” since the normies didn’t start getting online in force until 1993.

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      4 hours ago

      It took them a couple decades. 2006. The iPhone made it easy for normal people to use. That was the beginning of the end.

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      I liked the internet better before the world wide web. USENET, gopher, MUDS, so much fun to be had!