• jtrek@startrek.website
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    2 months ago

    I remember when the internet was new, I’d make friends with random people I’d “meet”. Like, I’d play Diablo with some rando on battle.net and then we’d stay in touch. Now it seems more ephemeral. Maybe it’s just because I’m older.

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      2 months ago

      My first internet experience was ‘96ish. My buddy’s dad was an HP engineer and had the stuff before a lot of people did. My buddy’s dad logged on, went into a chatroom, and the first thing I ever saw was a sex roleplay of Peter Pan and Wendy and some incest porn. Since then, nothing on the World Wide Web has surprised me. Been a few things I could have gone without seeing though 😕

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      2 months ago

      One of my best friends I met in a DRG lobby. We don’t really even play DRG anymore, we do talk almost every day, sometimes they call and talk with me while I fall asleep (wildly different time zones). Don’t even know their name lol

      • FlihpFlorp@piefed.zip
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        2 months ago

        I can’t remember where j first heard it but internet friends are weird, like i know some of mine deepest darkest secrets, yet i don’t even know if really has legs