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What do you believe was the best era of the Internet and why? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by Preventer79@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Viruses...viruses everywhere. And god damn we loved every second of it

[–] SecretPancake@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was wild. An MP3 could be music, porn or it eats up your whole hard drive.

[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I remember spending 3 whole days downloading LotR: Two Towers (a huge feat as I had to finesse the entire household to not pick up the phone for those three days), only to end up with an audio-only file and a shit ton of viruses. Glorious memories

[–] Gekoloniseerd@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Oh damn that virus that said ‘free cupholder’ and it opened your cd thing.