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I was around during the stone age of the internet (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I remember getting AOL CDs in my box of apple jacks

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The main thing I remember about AOL way back when is that you only got a certain amount of hours to use it per month and if you went over they started charging extra

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In addition to that you had to pay for the dialup itself too…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

And if your local number was busy and you dialed another, it could cost a metric shitload of money, because long-distance was apparently transmitted on the finest golden threads honed by fifth-generation artisans.

One of the weirdest generational gaps we almost never talk about is how we got to 'of course you can talk to anyone anytime' immediately after decades of 'hey you wanna meet up for a burger?' costing more than the burger.