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dan1101 t1_j5vgn3s wrote

Reply to comment by JosheyMmDr in A Customer on the internet at Burger King 1998 by Djf47021

Why is internet in quotes, could you only browse certain sites?

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HunterTV t1_j5w8b3f wrote

If it was NYC late 90's I wonder how long it took for someone to start jerking it right there in public.

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Smooth-Dig2250 t1_j5wi3nx wrote

Probably a few hours, given how slow pictures downloaded back then

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Josquius t1_j5y3y13 wrote

Ohh captain Janway. Lace. The final brazier

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Seth_Imperator t1_j6lzye7 wrote

....Good eyes......She's got a nose....and a nice one with that!

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King-o-lingus t1_j5w8f53 wrote

Internet then was not internet now.

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dan1101 t1_j5wc7ra wrote

No but there was plenty to see even then.

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tonman101 t1_j5x6f4k wrote

In 1998, I lived in VA, and already had cable internet, it was around 2-3 mbps, slow by todays standards, but way faster than dial up.

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Jadty t1_j5w8ons wrote

Not much you could have done on the internet back then. Text sites only, pictures, barely any video and had to download it. It’s almost uncanny to think the internet is about 30-ish years old in the hands of consumers, and went from tech novelty to transforming our way of life completely.

I think AI is gonna be the same thing 30 years from now. It is currently in the novelty stage for the consumer side with more professional uses being prominent. It won’t be long until AI does many practical everyday things better than us, and it starts becoming part of your everyday life, for example if self driving becomes 99.999% better than a human in all situations. Traffic will look like a sci fi ballet you see in movies doing crazy shit by all by itself and interconnected, knowing where every other car is going and plotting the best route for each car. You could have AI only driving areas and mixed areas if you wanna drive yourself once in a while. Highways might turn into AI driving only except for maybe emergency vehicles and law enforcement.

Also no more greasy keyboards.

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badhoneylips t1_j5x0a5c wrote

I remember owning a book around this time that listed 100 kid-friendly and “cool” websites to visit lol. Literally a printed book full of web addresses with little descriptions.

The internet of this era was awesome — at least as a kid, it was geared towards learning versus just buying crap. A couple years later, we were all writing everything on live journal and making “penpals” with people all over the world..it was seriously magical. I’m skipping some of the dark stuff that I sought out on purpose (a/s/l ??) while way too young, but overall it was just like having all the encyclopedias open at once.

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mystic3030 t1_j5x8cv5 wrote

There was definitely more than text sites and pictures available on the internet in 1998….

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Realityisjustthat t1_j5xn372 wrote

LMAO...each and every one of you humans' (MUDSILLS) by then: will be cleaning the toilets/laundry or the yards of any place or corporate owner/business you work. Only Billionaires/millionaire, government will have everything - you will work 7 days' a week! Very short version...

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Mister_JimBusiness t1_j5ymod9 wrote

Text sites only in 1998??? There were definitely porn videos on the internet by then, because I was a horned up 16 year old and I watched a lot of them

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JosheyMmDr t1_j5xmvoy wrote

😂 maybe. i think someone complained because there was an internet nanny software. so, yes they’re were blocking certain sites. I only used the internet to connect to my yahoo email. 😝 fuck i’m old

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