Life before the Internet...

[Rozay Oro]

Before I got internet I was a child watching cartoons, mtv, comedy central, spike, adult swim, and kiddie pc games. Got dial up as a child later on, joecartoon.com

 

[Ciggavelli]

I don't even know what the world was like before the internet

it was the dark ages.

 

[SemiEnlightenedBum]

thy love certain aspects of thee interweb,like we have an electric akashic records/encyclopedia/telepathy at our collective fingertips but what do humanoids use it for..

at this point i wouldn't be mad if an EMP bomb/electromagnetic storm just wiped it all out,but thy tend to prepare my mind for such extremities,cause Babel On is crumbling in case you didn't notice..silence and darkness to meditate though

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Played outside
used house phones.
Went to the arcade
hung out at the mall

My introduction to the internet was in 1999...which seems like eons ago.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

I don't even know what the world was like before the internet

A simpler and more beautiful time...

*sheds tear*

 

[Dameon Farrow]

Got that slow as fukk dialup AOL in middle school

Those discs sitting around...coming to you in the mail....AOL was on it....Earthlink too....I don't even think you can sign up for dialup nowadays

 

[Ciggavelli]

Going to the library to do research

Having to buy a magazine to find out cheat codes and shyt



Having to pay for music


Having to pay for TV


Buying games on discs

Reading a newspaper or watching the news

Not being aware of events across the globe



Only interacting with people in your city




Having to talk to people in real life

 

[Inevitable Kobe Turnover]

i just used to watch tv and be indoctrinated, or ride my bike. I remember getting the internet when i was like 12 and well it became my life

^fixed

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

remember arguing about some random fact and not being able to get to the bottom of it for awhile..

you'd see somebody in a tv show for a split second and be like yo aint that Samuel L Jackson? then have to watch the show for weeks/months hoping they show that one again. half the time when they show it you just miss that part..

now you can dead a discussion in seconds...nah b that wasnt Samuel L that was Lou Gossett Jr.

 

[The Guru]

Mobile internet and cheap service man... You can't get away. I do, walk around with phone in flight mode or leave it at home. It comes at a cost though, you are out of the loop and plenty people hold not being reachable 24/7 against you.

 

[QamYasharahla]

I didn't get a computer until late December 2001. That might be late for a some, but most Black households didn't get computers until late. Besides not having access to music whenever I wanted, life was great. In fact it was even better than it is now.

 

[Larry Lobster]

Having to talk to people in real life

 

[Regular_P]

I remember online gaming in the beginning (not XBox live ). Calling your friend to see if his parents would allow him to clog up the phone line. Then you'd have to directly connect to one another with a dial-up connection and boom (by boom, I mean a few minutes later) you're playing Doom against another person.

 

[Zero]

Having to pay for music

Falling for the okey doke on wack albums :disgusted:

 

[Dameon Farrow]

I remember online gaming in the beginning (not XBox live ). Calling your friend to see if his parents would allow him to clog up the phone line. Then you'd have to directly connect to one another with a dial-up connection and boom (by boom, I mean a few minutes later) you're playing Doom against another person.

I"m gonna pos rep you for bringing up the GOAT game Doom. I think it even kickstarted the online gaming scene to the degree it ended up achieving. I still play Doom to this day....I remember when it was a part of shareware discs that came with some computers. There's a word you hardly hear anymore...shareware......thread got me feeling all kinds of