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Why was Internet in the early 2000s so good?
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Why was Internet in the early 2000s so good?
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>>25477404
because you were too young to browse it
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> Year 2033
> "omg dudes, who else here /2005/?
> "2010's were GODTIER"
> "Why was the internet so good in the 2020's?"
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>>25477404
it was populated almost entirely by nerds
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SC
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>>25477649

No not really. There are such thing as early adopters. I don't really agree with this. The internet is different.
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There weren't as many normies online
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>>25477404
Albinoblacksheep.com
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>>25477404
Because you were like 10 years old

>>25477682
You're thinking of the 90s

>>25478226
not true, you just weren't the same websites (youtube, reddit, etc.) as them.
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>be college freshman
>no car, nowhere to go on weekend
>spend entire night in my room playing stupid flash game with running squirrel and dance music
>watched the entire Mr. T vs Unicron trilogy
>be at home in summer
>read tirelessly about the search for the Triforce in Ocarina of Time
Why do I feel so nostalgic?
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It wasn't corrupted by Google.
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Because you were even more autistic.
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no normiebook, less botnet

no smartphones

videogames were videogames

old youtube

old 4chan (no captchas, old /b/, /int/ without generals, moot and mods actually posting)

also those really neat 4chan flashes around 2006/2007 era
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>cuck mod is spouting SJW BS about how white people are the devil and affirmative action/equal employment is totally fair
>call him race traitor
>"u racis those minorites dindu nuffins"
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>>25478655
>old youtube
> 2006/2007
>early 2000s

youngling pls

what are you also nostalgic for your childhood gaming console the PS3?
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>>25478842
What forum is that?

I sorta wish that traditional style internet forums were more popular, idk maybe I feel to much nostalgia toward them.
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>>25479488
Not that Anon. But Newgrounds BBS / forum.

I used to lurk there, it's pretty shit desu senpai.
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>tfw flash animator on newgrounds during the glory days
>tfw used to have a huge community of animators and artists
>tfw its all gone

:(
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>>25477404
normies were confined to myspace and robots were dominant
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>>25477404
>tfw spending all my time playing those dating sims games
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No it wasnt

It was slow as fuck because some faggot used some bling bling gif wallpaper on their Myspace profile picture
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>>25477404

The smart phone didn't exist
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>>25479004
PS1*
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