We need to bring dial up internet back, it would teach a lot of you the true meaning of patience and get rid of atleast 60% of bots on the internet 😂 - ThreadSky

naiijah.bsky.social • 136 days ago

We need to bring dial up internet back, it would teach a lot of you the true meaning of patience and get rid of atleast 60% of bots on the internet 😂

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lewiscarrol.bsky.social•136 days ago

that would only encourage caching and change that 60% to like 95%

adhowlett.bsky.social•136 days ago

Bots have more patience than humans. I suspect the bot:human ratio would only get worse.

retnab.bsky.social•136 days ago

As a kid I had a friend who was really into online gaming. His mom would let him know it was dinner by picking up and immediately hanging up the phone in the kitchen to kill his internet lol

karavallow.bsky.social•136 days ago

Agree

amias.net•136 days ago

Bring back paddling

densuthehealer.bsky.social•136 days ago

🤔

beaccountable.bsky.social•136 days ago

Get rid of internet access and use landlines with answering machines. We still survived.

bengaltig3r.bsky.social•136 days ago

I fully support this. We have lived thru it once, we will be just fine. Normalize starting up the internet & THEN gathering ur snacks while ur computer screams & hisses so loud, ur neighbors call and complained. #dontcutthecord!

itzmarcel.bsky.social•136 days ago

[Plays Internet sound for dial-up connection in progress]

"Welcome. You've got mail!"

naiijah.bsky.social•136 days ago

After a long day of school, this was my happy place 😂

itzmarcel.bsky.social•136 days ago

FR. It was such a a big deal for my friends who had this set up in their home. Like you were HOOKED up! Plus AIM was the coolest way to chat and meet new people. 🫶🏿

probablytrash.bsky.social•136 days ago

I still lament the death of AIM.

itzmarcel.bsky.social•136 days ago

Yeah I repped AIM heavily, and then jumped around to ICQ/Trillian.

probablytrash.bsky.social•136 days ago

Yo, Trillian is still around. That's wild. I also remember messing with Ares for a minute. File sharing like Napster, with chat rooms. Those were some good times too.

I really miss crap like phaders and such. Text used to be fun.

hazukitty.bsky.social•136 days ago

I had dialup until 2012. Then 5 up/0.6 down until 2022.

Never again. Fight me.

ardiris.bsky.social•136 days ago

Just over 20 years ago, I said, "We made the internet too easy."

👍🏻👍🏻

genexchristian.com•136 days ago

I agree to a large extent. Maybe just have high speed only available during certain times.

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