Post #4041000

2026-07-23 04:11 UTC

“I remember when…” Well, I remember when it was 2004 and I had to travel downtown just to buy my weekly one hour of internet connection. I remember when it was 2005 and the only way I was able to get better internet access was because I was lucky to get hired by a well-connected French tech bro. I remember when I could finally afford my own internet connection in 2011, and it was only because I lived with my parents, did not have to pay rents, and thus could afford to pay for a luxury that ate up over a third of my paycheck. I remember those times, and oooh damn have I not forgotten how hard and uncomfortable it felt to try and find one’s space in those “better, smaller websites” when the vast majority of the user base was AmericEuropean and you were not.

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@erkhyan@yiff.life 2026-07-23 04:24

“We just want a return to better communities…” Well, maybe start thinking of ways to achieve that goal, that don’t just sound like a wish to turn the clock back two decades. “We just want genuine human interaction…” And a lot of y’all out there sound like you think the only way to achieve that is to RETVRN to the online equivalent of the goddamn little house on the goddamn prairie. “It would be great if it all collapsed and we rebuilt a better thing over the ashes” Well listen to you, Blessed and Honorable Arnaud Amalric. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius forever, eh?

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@byte@awawa.club 2026-07-30 14:52

@erkhyan@yiff.life shit I did that in 2010 in Ukraine, lol. but it was a bit better, internet card was for a weekly access, via a modem. and the speed was a couple of megabits

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