PugJesusChildren crossing the river to school via pulley, Modena, Italy, 1959
Suzanne Aldrich (she/her)Kinda funny that we’ve gone full circle. Used to be, in the olden days, you’d dial into your buddy’s BBS over 9600 baud modem dialup. Boop beep beep boop beep beep boop. You’re in! It’s a goldmine, filled with interesting discussions, the most niche possible, nothing like you could ever find in the mainstream flesh.
Then we went commercial. The ISPs, search engine portals, and big websites funneling people into massive groups of random amalgamation communities. No real cohesion or commonality, just a trough to feed from for ad monetization. Followed quickly with walled gardens of all sizes and shapes, and also questionable allegiances to community vs. commercial interest. Soon even these groups were torn asunder, and needed to find a way back…
And now here we are. Logging into our buddy’s federated instance with an AP protocol. At Toot toot toot at toot toot toot dot net. You’re in! It’s a goldmine, filled with interesting discussions, the most niche possible, nothing like you could ever find in the mainstream flesh.
#oldtimeystories #wheniwasyourage #bbs #9600baudmodem #micronet #fediverse #reflections
Kevin LaRose,aka Grumpasaurus@Lisasali I’ve never seen an Email program in the #Windows realm that even comes close to Pine. Several years ago I went with a shell account for a time because I missed it so much. And I liked Lynx as well. #WhenIWasYourAge #GetOffMyLawn
Gigi 🍄🟫🧐
Goddamn kids today don't believe obscene callers were a thing! (3/🧵)
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An obscene phone call is an unsolicited telephone call where a person uses profane and/or sexual language to interact with someone who may be known to them or may be a complete stranger. Making obscene telephone calls for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure is known as telephone scatologia and is considered a form of exhibitionism.
Telephone scatologia is usually classed as a paraphilia from a psychiatric viewpoint. It is in the DSM-5 as an other specified paraphilic disorder. Related psychiatric terms (such as coprophonia) were coined in Australia, the United States, and Germany; most of the pertinent literature is North American. From the viewpoint of the recipient of the calls, obscene calls may be considered to be a form of sexual harassment, stalking, or both.
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WHY WOULD I MAKE THIS UP?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscene_phone_call
#GetOffMyLawn #DamnedKidsTheseDays #Millennials #Zoomers #WhenIWasYourAge
Gunnarsson
Jeff B.☸️☯️You know you are getting old when the music you listened to after college is referred to as "classic rock".