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[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

all your base are belong to us

Oh my god winmx! Talk about infecting the family computer!

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Something this generation of kids will sadly never experience?

Unreal Tournament

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 4 hours ago

hey, it's been released for free! they can still get into it.

although i'm more partial to 2004.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 39 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That shit was peak comedy when I was a kid

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 7 points 19 hours ago
[–] Tower@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago

FYI: Rhinoceruses don't play games. They f*cking charge your ass.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Pak chewie unffff

[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 14 hours ago

WinMX. That is something I didn’t hear in a long time.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 19 hours ago (4 children)
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

ICQ was a key part of my realization that most people are lazy, short-sighted, idiots.

Everyone I knew wanted to use AIM. ICQ had better features (offline messaging, style overrides, you could change your name without changing your account, file transfers worked better, etc etc). But no one cared.

It's like how people won't get off facebook or reddit. Sometimes you have to have a little inconvenience for the greater long term benefit.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I eventually moved to Trillian because then it didn't matter if they used ICQ, AIM, or MSN; I could use 1 thing and talk to everyone, while still having all the better features on my end.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

Icq was the shit!

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I heard that in my bones...

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I still remember my ID but I've forgotten the password and lost access to the email. Loved ICQ.

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I forget a password I created yesterday but I remember that 7 digit number as if my life depended on it.

[–] Kolgeirr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

This 8 digit peasant acknowledges the even more advanced age of my 7 digit elder. o7

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

MS COMIC CHAT MOTHERFUCKER! DO YOU USE IT?!

Also, what's your icq number?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago

Comic Chat was awesome. I miss it. Along with chatrooms in general.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

nah

not even a slight chance kids today know what msn messenger is.

[–] clubb@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm 15. That kid enough for you?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

they've never heard of usenet (from 1980) which is still active.

How active is it still, aside from Linux isos?

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 13 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Thanks to MSN Messenger for making me develop touch typing skills.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

One of my friends' notification tone is the "uh oh"

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I can still hear the MSN message sound in my head

And the original Steam chat sound

[–] Willdrick@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

If you rummage through the steam folder, the old sound is still there!

[–] Tower@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago

StarCraft. Learn to type really quickly when you're coordinating a massive assault or calling for reinforcements.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

bbs dial up and busy signal

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

"No, you can't get online, your grandmother is on the phone."

[–] MonkeMischief 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I was laughing early thinking this was depicting the future, where the "funny old man gibberish" was the Roblox "oof!" because a Zoomer was getting punched lmao.

For a sec it felt like a deep commentary on how the flow of time is always cruel. BUT ANYWAY more on topic:

I both miss the Yahoo! Messenger days and also feel incredibly weirded out knowing how like, nothing was encrypted back then. That's something I simply can't imagine not caring about now. :|

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago
[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago
[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Anyone remember the Yahoo fight rooms?