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Fediverse@lemmy.world – 319 points – 1 years ago

@fediverse posting this from mastodon. It's amazing if this works!

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I remember the early days of instant messaging where people would just jump in a chatroom and ask where others were from, then sit there in awe. "HONEY, I'm talking to someone from Ireland! HONEY! Come look!"

And here I am in Ireland reading your message now

Go to bed

I made my honey look.

a/s/l - the classic first message from anyone in 2001.

Interesting times we’re are coming to, folks!

I was on usenet in the 90s. It was WILD. I remember trying to explain it to my mom, and she just didn’t quite grasp it. When I told her I was talking to someone from Germany, she asked if she was gonna have to pay for that, because it was long distance. Bless her heart.