Michelle Williams
Fedi ClownBefore you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with a slow Internet connection to see who they really are.
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️@clown I feel seen
Morgan Sheridan@clown I don't think I could go back to 300 baud days.
Auntie Denier@morgansher @clown I had a 110!
Sheldon@cordeliane hardcore single duplex OG you are!
Patricklee@patricklee @cordeliane @clown
I certainly remember! Card catalogs, encyclopedias, newspaper, archives and correspondence were among the life skills of my youth! Lol!😇
Eggmont 🐘I met my girlfriend of the last 15 years that way.
The real test is 5G long distance relationships.
You haven't lived until your local cell provider has almost "upgraded" to 5G--then you learn words you never thought your partner knew.
After the third time the "state of the art" phone network disconnects in mid-sentence I have to use the Urban Dictionary to fully comprehend the next voice mail I get because the phones wouldn't connect at all.
She swears she was never in the Navy.
Andreas K@eggmont @clown
5G is sadly often a sham. Kind of, not in the legal sense but still.
First of all, many "5G networks" are NSA (not stand alone).
Your mobile shows you the 5G symbol. Now to see if you are connected for real to 5G or enhanced LTE, you need to dig deep into the mobile. (lucky the network test app of our local regulator offers access to that information in "you are on your own advanced mode")
@eggmont @clown Then worse, at least with my mobile/network combo, I seem to need to bandwidth test the connection, e.g. it often shows 5G, and also claims an internal 5G connection, till about 2-5 seconds after one starts to pull data like crazy, than it still shows the 5G indicator, but internally shows only an LTE connection. 5G NSA is really a cool thing, from the network operator's POV. Sell LTE connectivity as the new thing with minimal (initial) capital costs.
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@clown Too funny! 😹
French TexPat@clown and do an online bill payment.
Ignacio Chavez@clown
Start with level 1, have them watch you navigate the slow internet, if they're patient then level 2 is make them use it. If both look good, congratulations you are the crazy one.
Start with level 1, have them watch you navigate the slow internet, if they're patient then level 2 is make them use it. If both look good, congratulations you are the crazy one.
rmabennett@clown 😂😂😂😂🙏🏻
Sarah E Bourne@clown Well, too late, but he's put up with me just the same.
Sam Adams@clown (Mimics the sound of a 28K dialup modem trying to connect.)
CavyherdFaster than going camping with them, which will produce the same result.
Hah! Yep, that'd do it!
Jerod@cordeliane @cavyherd @clown
The most intense version is the "isolate for three years during a global pandemic relationship test"
The most intense version is the "isolate for three years during a global pandemic relationship test"
Well, yes 😂 (I'm thinking of Captain Awkward's fantasy of Global Divorce Amnesty Festivals after lockdown ended.)
But that hardly qualifies as "quick" 😂
Douglas Hunter@clown spare a thought for those of us who married before the internet existed and the only thing we had to go on was how the other person handled the flashing 12:00 on a VCR
Richard B@clown i work from home, she's seen me at my worst and still she stays 😁
Rabbodclown@clown @janetll69 tldr: Before make her a wifey check her out on wifi!!!!
Suzanne Stephens@clown We met on AOL in ‘94 at 28.8, moved in together right away, and married a year ago.
R.Knorren@clown Now, you tell me.
Sparkle Tea@clown
This is why Gen X couples are resilient.
This is why Gen X couples are resilient.
Keith DaggettDon't marry me.
stux⚡️@clown Lol, I see my bot did something good here 
Lionel CoupouchettyRamouchetty@clown
Oh man. I could not IT help my other half, but perfectly fine with the rest of the whole world who seemed to think I was their personal it dept.
Oh man. I could not IT help my other half, but perfectly fine with the rest of the whole world who seemed to think I was their personal it dept.
Lord Iain #ClimateCrisis 💙@clown oh... Maybe that's why I never got married 😂
aka Mood Indigo@clown my grandparents still had dial up in 2008. Oh how I wanted to crawl out of my skull 😆
Bdzyd@clown this frightens me
Jerry Brown@clown No one would have ever married me then!
author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5
Susanna the Anywhereist@clown ROFL. I would have lost my husband of 35 years at “use a computer.” Good thing PCs hadn’t really made their way into our lives back then. But OMG, he’s such a techno-illiterate it drives me nuts sometimes.
Colorblind Cowboy@clown Yeah, but anyone who says, “this slowdown of the internet is a gift; I shall take this opportunity to discover things about myself and reflect on my relationship to technology” should not be trusted.
🦋 The Balance 🇺🇸🇫🇷
Benjamin Hollon 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇮🇳🇦🇫@clown I lived with slow WiFi for six years until this June. ;)
Adara Astin@clown I used to think you should go camping together first, but your test is more brutal and more efficient!
@clown There were no fast internet connections when the ex-hubs and I got together. This is good advice, however; LOL! Our decoupling had nothing to do with the home broadband connection.
Riedler@clown slow is fine. There's always minesweeper. But unreliable I can't stand.
@clown That, and see what they're like when they have the flu. (Can't believe I'm engaging with a bot, but here we are.)
Oblomov@clown I belong to a generation for which 28.8K was a elating, slow internet molded me. You want to see my vicious side? Get me at a board game table.
Dani B@clown truth!
Abby Normal
zgred@clown modern web hater like me? that'd be a hell of a green flag