Oh ! Those were the days. When your mom had to come tell you to "get off the computer" because she had to make a phone call. When the sound of the dial up modem made you giddy with excitement. We were quickly drawn in, and never left. BIAB. Love, Virg
I think about this ALL the time! And that absolutely sums it up – a place you visited and not somewhere you lived. We were living in the real world, but we had fun visiting – also I remember it as a more optimistic place? Maybe that was just the Internet sites that I visited. I also remember d/c constantly. Disconnected. Usually after a parent had the audacity to use the phone.
I definitely remember it being far more optimistic! Yahoo chat, a bit of Yahoo games, heading over to Geocities to add a few more gifs to my website. Haha, yes - it was either a parent using the phone or the two hours free ran out! Good times.
Ahhh this resonated with me so much!!! 'the anticipation of your crush coming online, to see whether they respond to your message in a group chat'. All of that, yes please again!!!!
Oh ! Those were the days. When your mom had to come tell you to "get off the computer" because she had to make a phone call. When the sound of the dial up modem made you giddy with excitement. We were quickly drawn in, and never left. BIAB. Love, Virg
I think about this ALL the time! And that absolutely sums it up – a place you visited and not somewhere you lived. We were living in the real world, but we had fun visiting – also I remember it as a more optimistic place? Maybe that was just the Internet sites that I visited. I also remember d/c constantly. Disconnected. Usually after a parent had the audacity to use the phone.
I definitely remember it being far more optimistic! Yahoo chat, a bit of Yahoo games, heading over to Geocities to add a few more gifs to my website. Haha, yes - it was either a parent using the phone or the two hours free ran out! Good times.
Ahhh this resonated with me so much!!! 'the anticipation of your crush coming online, to see whether they respond to your message in a group chat'. All of that, yes please again!!!!
And then the little green light goes grey and you’re like 😞!
"...where the internet felt like somewhere you visited, not somewhere you lived"
fuck.. this about sums it up doesn't it.
i am so tired if this endless self managing and fighting for control over my time and attention
Agreed, me too! Might be time to go off grid
Yes! Love this.
Thank you ☺️