Post #4158972
2026-07-28 08:42 UTC
Wondering how many people I still call by their nick/handle from forums and chat systems that not only have we stopped using, but that they no longer exist.
It's the social equivalent of historical urban geography, where you describe how to get somewhere by reference to places that aren't there anymore.
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@ygathgoch@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-28 08:45
@thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz like Wellington, where we refer to places by what they used to be “used to be Wine Loft” etc.
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@jsr@social.jsr.com 2026-07-28 11:23
@thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz I thing I treasure is a handwritten birthday card from my mother, which says (and I quote) "Happy Birthday JSR!"