I miss the old Internet.
>>27478705
That photo makes me weep for a time I never even knew
I don't. Fuckin' hell...Once i spent 1 or 2 months downloading the fucking videoclip of Stan from Eminem on Kazaa.
The internet might be full of trolls and shit, but at least i can can download the complete sopranos series in hd in half an hour
>>27478705
>windows XP
>a little more than a decade ago
>old internet
>>27478778
>a time I never even knew
what da fugg, pic related
>>27478705
2011/2012 was a really comfy time for the internet
>speedtouch adsl modem
Jesus Christ.
Thanks for reminding me that it wasn't all good times and gayness.
>>27478705
>old internet
>2000s
Ok pal
>>27478840
Windows XP is more than a decade old you tard
>>27478705
Same, I remember being around 12 during early 2000s internet. I sometimes wish I was older and would've been able to experience early 4chan.
>>27478829
Exactly this
>download entire album
>takes days
>song plays
>some voice-over lady shouts THIS IS A SAMPLE TRACK over every single song
>download specific song
>it's not the right artist
>it's not the right song, obviously
>it's still pretty good
>you'll never know what it's actually named.
>look for porn
>accidentally CP
>>27478705
>the glorious beeps and noises
>the default hills background
>3D pinball
>dicking around on Paint
>Early/Mid-2000's Miniclip
>Clippy
>downloading shitty Pokemon desktop wallpapers
>Dawn of YouTube (NigaHiga, 2007 Smosh, AVGN, etc.)
This is now a Windows XP/Early internet feels thread
>>27478878
uh-huh, which is why I said "a little more than a decade", thanks for repeating what I said without actually reading what I wrote.
>>27478705
there sure are a lot of these threads popping up lately.
>>27478950
millenials nostalgic for when they were like 5 years old
>>27478924
almost none of those things are actually good
>>27478705
>That day big bro got a dell pc for christmass
>He lets us lil bros use it
>no internet but we could fucking spend 3 hours just doodling on paint
>get internet like 1 year later
>big bro gathers everyone (even our parents) at the computer to teach us the magic of google
>types "pink shirts"
>images of pink shirts come up in the screen
>THIS IS THE FUTURE
The only good thing about web 1.0 was that every site didn't look like a tablet app and was littered with social media buttons.
I remember the good old days where you could flank a fake address of cnn.com or whatever with the html anchor for goatse and people would fall for it 100% of the time.
Those were the good days
>>27478994
Where was this?
you had no internet at school or your local library?
we didn't get internet at home until 02 but I was "surfin the web" since like 96 or 97
That computer reminds me of
>summer holidays in elementary school
>share a computer like that with my brother
>sitting infront of it in two chairs
>we were playing neopets from about noon when we got up until like 3am
>switching accounts every half and hour to take turns
>aruging and fighting when either of us didn't want to give up our turn
Now 12 years later neopets is shit last time I checked. They want kids to pay real money to get thing. At least I get along way better with my bro now that we have separate computers.
>>27479047
or take hours to load and use 5 cdns and ajax to serve malware ads and popover 'join here' dialogues
>>27478705
>old internet
>post dot com burst
This is literally after the internet was huge.
>>27479121
oh look guys its le eternal september hipsterguy
at least one per thread.
>>27478984
Some of it was tops, but the rest I remember fondly due to
P u r e
B l i n d
N o s t o l g i a
>you'll never get home from middle school and play Diablo 2 on the ladder until bedtime again
>>27479147
I don't even know what you're trying to say. You're the normie here for only remembering new internet.
Don't talk to me about old--THIS was my first Internetz
>all of these kids nostalgic for growing up on the internet, and for websites that are still around
I think as a developer things are the best they've ever been.
Linux is functional, supported, and mature. Contributors get to focus on adding features as opposed to patching low level functionality. You no longer are tied to some proprietary OS.
Sites like stackoverflow mean you can get in-depth answers without having to scour, or even pay for, poorly-written documentation.
Because of free services like github and bitbucket and so forth open source has become the standard especially for all the supporting libraries and tools. You're actually disappointed when you find out the source isn't available for something you plan to use. And this ultimately results in more power and additional security for the end user.
So you have this awful social media integration everywhere, but there's been some huge strides made over the last ten years that made actual development a lot more open and streamlined. The unfortunate thing is the general public isn't aware of the benefits to them. And there are tons.
People can be such negative nancies that they overlook all the positives
>>27479221
Do you remember the old internet, when google wasn't alphabet?
>>27479171
A) i'm not the same poster
B) 'new' internet is a relative term and you're just being an autistic hipster
>>27479250
I remember before Google, when "Dogpile" was the fancy search engine--and before that it was Lycos.
>>27479310
>not askjeeves
semdeh
>>27479289
> implying 2007 is "old" when it comes to the Internet
>>27479332
i didn't imply anything of the sort you fucking moron.
You faggots know absolutely nothing about the old Internet.
I remember dialing up to a terminal when only two people were allowed to utilize the connection. Pictures? Fucking forget about it. A little bit later, I remember getting a new computer with a hard drive possessing roughly 40MB (including the OS) and that was absolutely insane for it's time. Nobody ever thought anyone would ever need more than a 100MB.
>>27479329
>not Archie
Settle down there young buck.
>>27479353
not him, but maybe don't post a picture that only goes back to the faraway stone-age year of 2007
>>27478705
I remember mid-90's internet, mostly shitty mp3's, low-qual porn gifs and html pages. I am actually salty that i was of age to enjoy late 90's - 2000s internet culture but was heavily into drugs and reading and feel like i missed out.
>>27479420
There was no real culture to speak of except for LAN parties, and even I missed out on that & I was stone-cold sober.
Old internet didnt even have memes
>>27479398
it illustrates the point i was making perfectly.
>>27479458
Yes there was, you were just absolute shit at finding it. Kill yourself.
>>27479487
you sound very upset over absolutely nothing lol
>>27478705
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJ9wuk_Yyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9F7FKcz80k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kFPM3sZ2WA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2MK5jTm3-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyd7moA_Q_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJ6KFkJZBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZfKWO92oM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4MGKeQgS-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOA_HAVoqU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZDOJkFBqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrQSbGoRrnM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0y2huQoOnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkR7zClEkAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvELT5aIo9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uywvgq_LUF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9fIjYnPazc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1aFFmPqmY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rS_n3JVTPE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew0o5-X5AiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMwKPmsbWE
everytime
>>27478866
ur so kool. tell us more pls
>>27479513
Upset? No. Just perturbed how you think you could possibly have input on something you weren't even aware. Face it, you're apart of a generation that is made of up consumer-tier normies that needs to get the fuck off of this board.
>>27478846
It really was, wasn't it?
>>27479065
probably 1999 or 2000, my family was very wealthy at the time so i was able to experience the internet at home first, we owned 3 restaurants, now we only own 1 but we're doing ok. shit economy.
>>27479364
We're so sorry sir
>>27479572
>consumer-tier normies
oh right because consumerism was invented in 2009, I forgot haha. Nobody worked jobs to earn money and then buy things before those days.
i miss the old internet
that i always loled internet
i hate the new internet
that facebook is all i know how to do internet
i miss that fresh content
that .net content
see we invented those lulz
now newfags prevent those lulz
used to be a funny few trolls
now alll i fuckin see is new trolls
breitbart fags on /pol/
i miss when the internet was a tight asshole
>>27479458
LAN parties were fucking epic though. Tried doing one more recently and it just doesn't feel the same.
>>27478846
Truest statement friendo
>>27479610
Did I say you could talk, faggot? No. You know absolutely nothing if you're referring to CURRENT YEAR - 7.
Do us all a favor on your phone charger cable.
>>27479627
probably has more to do with us being old now, but back then it was like the prefect transition between the gaming culture of arcades and now home gaming as we know it today.
>>27479708
haha what are you even trying to say now?
>>27479747
Nothing you'd understand, simpleton.
>>27479364
>Nobody ever thought anyone would ever need more than a 100MB.
A more primitive age, yes.
>>27479727
Yeah age is definitely a factor. I think the ease of modern online gaming helped to kill it too.
>>27479620
i miss the old internet
the "lurk more" cold internet
i miss the DOX 4chan
bitch we trolling FOX 4chan
i miss when hackers were an esoteric enclave of misfits with rollerblades, weird hair, and dial-up
>>27478846
>the start of the rise of new age feminism.
>comfy
Kys
>>27478932
Yeah, and a little more than a decade is a long time in internet time
>>27479790
4chan wasn't around in the 90s, nigger. Most of the faggots from 4chins that crept onto our IRC channels got BTFO anyway.
>>27478705
i miss aol and win 95
>>27478705
rest in peace
never forget
>>27479945
What's the mac on the right called? That was my first computer.
>>27479530
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DabosoO4gKM
anyone remember this?oregono
>>27479970
power GL or something
>>27479873
yeah but hackers obviously isnt a realistic movie anyway and most 4chan users are the same age as yahoo.... m
>people ~3 years younger than me who didn't use the internet as a child actually think youtube poop is funny
>>27479970
Looks like a Performa 550. The one in the picture definitely has a Sony Trinitron CRT.
>>27479965
>>27479945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAkuJXGldrM
![DC-desert_combat[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Xr1lW11.jpg "DC-desert_combat[1].jpg")
I just want to go back when the PC modding community was at its peak.
>you'll never be giddy with anticipation while you're waiting for the latest patch for Desert Combat to download.
>>27480104
>tfw windows 95 is over 20 years old
JUST
>>27480022
>>27480093
>performa 550
Thanks guys, that's it. Maybe not the exact model but this was the closest I could find - Performa 575. Fond memories of that thing.
>>27480352
forgot the picture blo0xxxx
>>27480417
i forget did it have a ZIP drive or a floppy drive?
>>27480471
Standard floppy.
I don't think any Macs had built-in ZIP drives.
>>27479458
> mfw you didn't know about USENET
>>27480494
no, i think there were a few that had ZIP drivers rather than floppys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nQ2oiVqKHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb2jGy76v0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z35DKv1Yo34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iCPIUGnHQ8
>>27478846
2012, what? I thought we were talking before 2010
>>27479478
I know. It was great.
>>27480537
this is reddit territory gramps go take your laxatives
>>27480536
>those xp sounds
I'm cumming man
>>27480471
This one was definitely a floppy drive. I've still got loads of floppy disks lying around the place.
>>27480536
do windows 98 next
>>27478902
4chan was never good, you didn't miss out on anything.
>>27480682
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tajDxBaPBBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvoVObL4bYY
>>27478846
2007-2008 was comfier in my opinion.
>YouTube was gaining popularity and "viral videos" were newsworthy
>people on 4chan used the trollface and le unironically
>reddit wasn't widely used
>DVD rips were considered the best quality
>Myspace was spiraling down to hell
>megaupload was still a thing
>HACKERS ON STEROIDS
Everyone seemed nicer and more innocent then compared to nowadays.
The internet has changed drastically since computers became more easy to use.
Normies who previously had difficulties using computers complained to OS developers which is why all the UIs are designed for morons now.
That wasn't the worst part. In around 2010 to 2012 smartphone sales exploded, this made the internet accessible to many people in poverty. (Niggers never buy computers but always have phones). I once saw a study that showed that a way to tell someones socioeconomic class is to see their primary way of browsing the net. I blame this explosion for the general decline of the internet. I personally believe it marked the end of the information age... the beginning of the misinformation age... (being in poverty correlates to low iq.) These morons spread around the dumb untrue facts on facebook (a website that is the begining and end of the internet for some users, look it up) and other slightly less idiotic normies will start to believe it.
Wish the net would stay in 2008/2009
It all ended in 2011 for reals though.
>>27478984
>millenials
I hate being lumped with kids born in the 90s.
>>27480934
>Wish the net would stay in 2008/2009
By then it was too late. 2006 felt like the last decent year for the Internet. By 2007 things started to get noticeably worse.
>>27478846
2008-2012 were the comfiest days
seemed everyone was friendlier, more welcoming and more open. Now it's just become shit and fakery
>>27479530
The creator of Joe Zombie had legit cinematic talent, even if it was being used on crude stick animations about zombies. I hope he made it into some creative industry.
>>27478846
>2011 / 2012
>not 2004 - 2008
Probably the best time in my opinion. Internet became much better in terms of speed and online gaming was much more enjoyable. 90s and early 2000s internet was fucking nightmare mode though. Slow as fuck and that god damned dial-up sound. Computers back then were pretty shitty too so that didn't help.
>90s - slow as fuck internet and everything was pretty expensive
>00s - everything is becoming faster and more affordable. Also the golden time for certain websites such as youtube, newgrounds, ytmnd, etc etc.
>10s - age of the normies. accessible internets for people that can barely rub two braincells together. this is evidenced by users on this very site who don't even bother to reverse image search for sauce.
>00s -
>>27481042
I did love 2006. I remember that summer...Pranking normies with skype and browsing ytmnd... good times.
Pre-2006-7, 8 if you want to stretch it, for me.
This was before normies brought politics to the internet and before governments were interested in using it as a cultural battleground and before corporations saw its exploitation as too risky.
Man.
>I'll never sit up at 4am playing tiberian sun MP again in my own little cyber reality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W36KtnHv6k
>>27480926
Holy shit, I forgot all about Megaupload. That's where I used to download games for my emulators and shit.
>>27480926
>viral videos being newsworthy
>reddit being used
>comfy
yea sure thing kiddo
>>27480926
Back when reddit was mostly nerds and megavideo existed.
>>27481457
>reddit was mostly nerds
this was never the case.
>>27481307
>This was before normies brought politics to the internet and before governments were interested in using it as a cultural battleground and before corporations saw its exploitation as too risky.
This. I wish we could go back to the way things were.
>>27480934
its mad funny cause cheaplaptop plus stolen wifi is way cheaper then sp and data plan
>>27481500
Back in 2008 that was the case. /r/programing was a default sub a reason:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080227165747/http://reddit.com/?
>>27481558
True. But niggaz gotta have fonez neways, so I guess they might as well have 2 in 1. I think a neet/robot/wizard that was homeless would probably steal wifi with a cheap laptop.
>>27478705
I've never told anyone this, but I'll share with you guys since you're my best friends.....
first song I ever torrented, I mean first .mp3 from Napster I ever got was The Real Slim Shady. There was a brief time when I was kind of popular because I was the only one around who know how to burn CDs for people.
>>27478994
DUDE, YOU"RE GETTING A DELL!
>>27479420
I still remember my screen name and aol password. My mom only let into the 4kids section. Damn parental controls.
>>27482559
I was the kid people flocked to, to get their iPhones jailbroken for a while.
Pic related, not a single cent was made.
>>27482571
dude i got a feel
>>27482649
Hi, I'm a mac.
>>27482649
>>27482571
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4uwgzlDYDo
>>27478778
GET OUT
originalio
>>27478705
why did we have to go past 2007
>everything is a blur past 2007
>can barely recall anything good happening after 2007
>autistically can pull out facts about 2007 including things im not even interested in such as sport
>wasn't even that special, spent most of the year playing runescape
>you will never wake up to cheeseTV in the morning and watch beyblades
>you will never go back to habbo hotel with emo's from your classes
>you will never rate a youtube video 5 stars ever again
>you will never fish for lobsters in karamja with dozens of others
>you will never go on msn again and talk to actual teen grils
>you will never send people gifs of text over msn again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJ9wuk_Yyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9F7FKcz80k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kFPM3sZ2WA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2MK5jTm3-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyd7moA_Q_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJ6KFkJZBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZfKWO92oM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4MGKeQgS-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOA_HAVoqU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZDOJkFBqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrQSbGoRrnM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0y2huQoOnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkR7zClEkAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvELT5aIo9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uywvgq_LUF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9fIjYnPazc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9gHZI1_UXI CHEESE TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-zWyVk5Amk ROLLERCOASTER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjXohtL7CP4 BEYBLADE THEME
http://www.zippcast.com/ OLD YOUTUBE
SONGS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjTV8i_KjXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWaB4PXCwFU (Breaking Benjamin - The Diary of Jane)
>>27483503
You post this in a lot of threads. Have you ever considered that many of these associations and feelings about 2007 and beyond are simply strong person impression that you're projecting onto others?
I'm also very confused about you including Eiffel 65 - Blue in your list of videos. I mean, this came out in about 1998, and it was mostly famous for having an incredibly corny video and lyrics, not for being a good song.
>>27483503
>ROLLERCOASTER
it rhymes with toaster!
>>27483625
I could include more breaking benjamin songs and perhaps some linkin park/evanescence
but put in eiffel instead. would u prefer those bands?
>>27478846
2010 was comfy desu.
>>27478778
If you don't remember windows 95 then you're probably underage and should gtfo.
>>27483503
The worst thing to happen in 2007 was Chanology. That ruined 4chan for years, the only reason I'm back is because of r9k.
>>27478829
Damn right. People who miss the old internet are most probably vaporwave tryhard memester faggots who weren't around back then.
I miss the old me.
In high/middle school i never had access to internet
I was pretty much the chad my entire life
Stacy's liked me etc
It's fun to see the life that you, wierdos, lived when i studied...
>tfw you will never repeatedly play I'm Blue that you downloaded from Napster while you browse clip art on your windows 95 ever again
I think my monitor is 17 years old at least, have a HD tv as second monitor for games though.
i used to like stick man fights and games, i was sooo into that i dont even know why
this was my main source http://www.stickpage.com/
>>27478846
>2012
>comfy
may i mention the most cancerous event of that year? gangnam style. and youre saying it was great? post-2010 internet is already a big shithole
>>27478705
Internet should have stopped in 2007-2008.
Which strangely enough is also when I became a reclusive NEET.
internet was amazing in the early '00. no feminisms complaining about video games, no agencies hunting down people who pirate music and games, no "social media".
>>27484713
Did you play that one where you have to make your way up a desk? Was pretty cool
I miss 56k dial up bbs and legend of the red dragon
IS SHE EPIN /r9k/? xddd
>>27478705
>mfw my grandad still uses Windows 98 and dial up internet.
Although that's a bit too old for my taste, XP is best windows.
>>27485121
Brah no social media you better check your icq microaggressions
>>27478778
What are you 9 years old?
>>27483971
And where are you now in life?
>>27484964
>tfw i saw Gangnam Style when it was just above 50,000 views
I literally saw it before it was cool
>>27479289
So this is why the internet is getting increasingly censored because of hurt feelings. The general population is invading it.
