also the viruses and child porn rings

Youseff wrote:was thinking the best era of the internet was the limewire days. you could just go out and get tons and tons of music for free, it wasn't controlled by multi-nationals as evidently yet, people seemed to huddle in like-minded groups. there was drama but there wasn't political parties that viewed the comment sections as battlegrounds. only downside was the internet was kinda slow so you couldn't download movies unless you had like 2 days.

That was where I would get my porn. We've come (/PiP) a long way since then.

Youseff wrote:was thinking the best era of the internet was the limewire days. you could just go out and get tons and tons of music for free, it wasn't controlled by multi-nationals as evidently yet, people seemed to huddle in like-minded groups. there was drama but there wasn't political parties that viewed the comment sections as battlegrounds. only downside was the internet was kinda slow so you couldn't download movies unless you had like 2 days.

internet was weird as fuck then. now it's faster, still weird, and more evil.

i wish we never evolved past angelfire geocities and tripod

gotta say when facebook came out i never had the thought that it would begin the downfall of western civilization but here we are

Now we have the dark web. Just hearing about that shit gives me the heebie jeebies. No thanks.

Napalm wrote:i wish we never evolved past angelfire geocities and tripod

I used to have so many geocities pages that I would upkeep. I used to think I was so cool because I knew how to change font color and shit.

Soren wrote:also the viruses and child porn rings

wow....I had forgotten about the viruses. almost had forgotten about my gaming/music making rig too. I think it was about 3 1/2 feet tall and huffed like a dragon. if you clicked on the wrong link it was a cornucopia of browsers opening up, one after the other. I think the only strategy was turning off your computer?

slugsrbad wrote:

Napalm wrote:i wish we never evolved past angelfire geocities and tripod

I used to have so many geocities pages that I would upkeep. I used to think I was so cool because I knew how to change font color and shit.

yea man, i took a lot of pride in writing my own html. In 1998, I had a page dedicated to warez copies of South Park episodes and a Red Wings shrine. A year later I added Roller Coaster Tycoon creations. A few years later I hit my peak internet stride during the Counter-Strike uprising, running on an IBM 333mhz, where the combination of lag and lack of processing power allowed me to run around corners, spot the enemy, and teleport back to the previous corner run. Always chopped down some poor fool who would yell into the mic. glory days..

I've always been a Mac guy. In those days, viruses for Macs were very rare, so I never had much concern there.

I created a few web pages, including a Phillies page and a page dedicated to the eMate 300!

Slowhand wrote:Now we have the dark web. Just hearing about that shit gives me the heebie jeebies. No thanks.

Check it out. You never know when you'll need a hitman or pure H.

I'm feeling nostalgic mid 2000s rock/punk/alt/screamo/whatever you want to call it because I suck at genre identifying today. Currently listening to Panic!'s "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" and next I think will be "Tell All Your Friends" by Taking Back Sunday.

damn you.. my wayback machine just kicked in. tbs, brand new, new found glory, something corporate, the used, yellowcard. gross, but the chicks loved it so i loved it.

gotta say i really liked some thursday, alkaline trio, and and coheed songs

I never fully got into Coheed, I liked their "hits" but I never fully dived into any of their albums. My friend's coworker is in a band whose lead singer sounds just like Coheed's... sadly, they were not a Coheed cover band nor did they sing anything by them.

blecht Thursday.

i dislike coheed but Full Collapse was my shit

Soren wrote:blecht Thursday.

I went to high school and was friends with half of Thursday. I still talk to the drummer, they are on a reunion tour now

asked for Screamo?!





shameless plug for a band i was in: https://soundcloud.com/woodlandrip/wood ... self-image

Bill McNeal wrote:

Soren wrote:blecht Thursday.

I went to high school and was friends with half of Thursday. I still talk to the drummer, they are on a reunion tour now

did the singer push him into heroin, too?

jamiethekiller wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:

Soren wrote:blecht Thursday.

I went to high school and was friends with half of Thursday. I still talk to the drummer, they are on a reunion tour now

did the singer push him into heroin, too?

Honestly have no clue, I didn't know the singer, but Tucker was straight edge back in the day so it would've been a pretty big 180 for him. I hadn't talked to him in years and he reconnected with me on Facebook recently so we've chatted a few times since. He's been touring with a ton of other bands during the hiatus, so I would guess he didn't get into it but no clue.