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What was your first experience using the Internet? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 year ago by Flamangoman@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me, my Dad brought home a laptop from work and we looked up pictures of pokemon and went to the Simpsons website, circa around 1999. How about you?

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 1 points 1 year ago

I don't remember, neither the first time I used a computer, I was born in the 2000's.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Probably 1998, Apple donated a bunch of iMacs to my elementary school and that was the first time I had free access to the Internet before and after school. I remember learning about search engines in class (pre-Google - Altavista, Dogpile, and AskJeeves were the big ones), and I remember learning html and making a website as a group project in 5th grade. I also remember the stuff I shouldn't have been looking at, mainly FunnyJunk, lol. I got dial up at home in 1999 or so, and got into role playing forums and Gaia Online.

[–] rozwud@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Similar, went to take your kid to work day with my dad sometime in the 90s. Looked at fractals and MC Escher art.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Searching for random stuff on Yahoo with my friend when I was in 5th grade.

[–] ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

Looking for cheats, or downloading trackmania car mods I can't remember what came first.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

For me, it was a game called Brick Breaker or something like that. It was a flash game that you can still find on and play using Y8 Browser. I'll see if I can find and link it here.

[–] Vej@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Someone tried to get me to check out meatspin. Insisting it was a wonderful recipe site. I politely declined as I am a vegetarian.

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