When I were a lad you had to wait for your data to download, none of this ultrafast broadband nonsense.
It fostered patience, anticipation and a tolerance for a low-level of frustration.
For miles around all you could hear were the sound of dial-up connections going Eeeee Eeeee Eeeee Bidung Bidung Pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(, Sat 5 Apr 2025, 9:18, Reply)
When I was a kid, modems hadn't been invented yet and we had to make the boop boop boop boop eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee krcshhhhhhhhhhh noises into tin cans connected by string.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 5 Apr 2025, 12:04,
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Stop it folks
- ever since my early internet porn use, those dial up sounds give me the right horn.
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Invisible Wizard - 11th Level MERPer, Sat 5 Apr 2025, 18:14,
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