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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
In the mid 90s, other than AOL there was only a cursor flashing. You can't judge AOL then against your standards now. It sucks now, to be sure, but it didn't then.
Quick question--who remembers the name of the browser you used before Netscape (which was before IE, which I hope everyone has replaced with something else)?
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Um, wouldn't preferring the flashing cursor be saying that AOL sucked even then? Like, it was so annoying, that having basically nothing was better. To put it in terms I might understand -- even if I couldn't have sex toys, even if I couldn't masturbate, I would not fuck AOL -- I'd rather be orgasm-free for the rest of my life.
I remember, early/mid-90s, somehow signing onto listservs that were things where people discussed stuff but it didn't seem like they were through a web browser. About body art. Now, I can do all the internet I want, but don't know how to get to those. Weird.
I don't remember using browsers in college. The listserv stuff was something I did at work (on my lunch hour).
Edited to change "someone" to "AOL" and to add this clarifying note that AOL is that bad at content/sex that I'd give it up altogether, more or less. And that something good at work may have just become a total nightmare. And that apparently this is affecting not just my ability to express myself, but my handwriting.
OTOH, at least I'm not working in actual salt mines. And my life is overall really good, right? I mean, better than like 90% or more of lives on the planet.
