Shoutbox archive
Congratulations to Dirty Duck, our current top poster for the last week with 56 posts!
As much as I definitely enjoy solitude I wouldn't mind perhaps spending little time with you sometimes, sometimes
As much as I miss the other members, there is something nice about having a small community.
Hmm, I suppose you're right in that regard. But the internet, as cluttered as it is now, still has some ounce of creavitivty/wonder in it. It is just hidden behind majority of algorithms and forced adverts.
When the internet started to become affordable and was in a lot homes that's when it became awesome. Then it was in everyone's pockets and that's when it started to suck.
If that's the case, my memories of mid-late 1990s internet may as well be the Oregon Trail. But with both more and less dysentery.
Wayno straight spitting facts. What's happened to the internet is like what happened to the Wild West when it became inhospitable for cowboys.
There is no Internet left to explore. The vast, wild, interesting and quirky internet we knew from the early 00s to early 10s has long gone, or just heavily indexed to the point we can't find it as easily so we forget how to find it. Our digital feudal overlords have gone hypercapitalist and what we have left is a few mega sites we all visit. Algorithms curate what we see and AI gives answers so sites get less clicks. Both are suppressing our ability to seek what we want, not what we're told we want.
Man, I find it crazy how back in the day I had so much free time to just waste on here. And now I'm noticing I don't have enough time to fully explore the internet as I want to. Crazy how times change.
I'm sorry for your original loss, Wayno, though I am glad you were using the drink for its proper use
Can't drink original any more. Constant severe tonsillitis meant it was my only source of calories. Because BACK IN MY DAY we only had original and it was mostly sold in chemists.
