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    The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It

    Reminder of past mistakes or harbinger of future doom?
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    Image of Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    What's with the Julia Allison fascination here? What makes her so interesting?


    I had honestly never heard of this person before reading posts about her on here.

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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    03/14/09

    @Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg: I wanted to say the same. Seven of the things on this list I've only ever heard of through Valleywag/Gawker.
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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    03/14/09

    @Marco Van Hylckama Vlieg: Nothing makes Julia Allison interesting. I would be content never to hear about her again.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    On the plus side:


    1) Porn

    2) Hyper-screeds

    3) No more !Pine and !Elm.

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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    03/13/09

    @BadUncle:

    4) People no longer able to get laid in real life.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/13/09

    @Shamoononon is tired: That doesn't sound like it's on the plus side to me...
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    No Jeff Jarvis?
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    Image of Golly Gee Holly Golly Gee Holly
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    NEOPETS!
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    Golly Gee Holly was starred Golly Gee Holly was unstarred
    Image of blix blix
    03/13/09

    @Molly Holly: Oh noes! I haven't fed mine in 6yrs.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    I assume that Gawker commenters are a breed apart from, rather than a subset of, the ilk comprising #19.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: Actually, I’m insulted we didn’t rate higher.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/13/09

    @iplaudius: 1 is "worstest." 19 is "worcestershire."
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: Exactly: in a list of "crimes committed," can anything be worse than our criminally searing wit?
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    03/13/09

    @iplaudius: Bagels with raisins in them? Fake fish singing about McDonald's sandwiches? The Atlanta Thrashers?
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    Aaron Altman was starred Aaron Altman was unstarred
    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: OK, fine, spoilsport, compel me to recognize the simple meaning of words.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @Aaron Altman: I have weird affections for the voice of the McDonald's fish on the wall.
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    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    Oh Christ, someday I will be explaining to kids that I am older than the internet.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: Thank you for that reality check, I will now spend the entire weekend curled up in the fetal position sobbing softly to myself.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: Ditto. And the worst part is, when they ask "well how did you _____?" I will have no answer. Because all I remember from life before the Internet is watching Clue on VHS and playing a computer game that required put 12 different floppy disks in my Commodore 64.
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    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    @misslinda: Try drinking, that's what I'm doing this weekend.
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    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    @DahlELama: I think I'll tell them about "using my imagination" and Mickey's Space Adventure, which required 6 floppy disks on my Tandy 1000. And the floppy disks were actually floppy! Not that they'll know what floppies are.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: You know what we did before email and cellphones? We made plans to be at a particular place at a certain time, and we showed up!
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    03/13/09

    @tetragami: Oregon Trail and Carmen SanDiego.


    My tween neices called bullshit on me when I tried to explain to them what filmstrips were. I am not even gonna try this time.

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    Image of blix blix
    03/13/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner quit smoking. Don't Make Me Kill You.: Do not show or discuss Pong with them. Trust me.
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    Image of tetragami tetragami
    03/13/09

    @TheUptightMidwesterner quit smoking. Don't Make Me Kill You.: Will you a) ford the river b)float across or c)ride the ferry?
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    tetragami was starred tetragami was unstarred
    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @misslinda: Or we went bar hopping and ran into whoever we ran into. Serendipity!
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    Yes, but would the web have taken off without the graphical browser? Maybe we should blame Marc Andreessen.
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    Claire Buoyant was starred Claire Buoyant was unstarred
    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @Claire Buoyant: ILL
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    03/13/09

    @CaptainFantastic: Oh, and I was on campus at that time! Stoned.
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    Image of Alaska Miller Alaska Miller
    03/13/09

    In reply to The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
    "When I built the web, I didn't know what would happen."


    - Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee

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    Alaska Miller was starred Alaska Miller was unstarred
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