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I sometimes just sit and think about the whole 56k handshake sequence as it negotiates it's way up the baud rates. Also, this is fun youtu.be/wuN-bW_zS0Q?...

ISDN did that to you, yes...

I’m the ‘play a tape into the computer to run a program’ age.

Yeah maybe having to listen to some of the Abyss's howling as we plunged into it was Good, Actually

Just occurred t most people in their early 20s have mevetr heard dial up

😂

Having a Wikipedia entry in your bio is quite the flex. ;))) I only get to say my voice travels through interstellar space.

Paper & ink>silicon

Sales pitch: When you sign up for one of our new internet plans, it comes with one of these* for mental health protection. [*dog food and poop bags not included]

Also when always online became the default (and I'm not just saying that because I would like an alarm clock besides my phone screaming). I should be able to have my computer sync everything once in the morning and once in the evening without multiple things yelling that the Internet is gone.

That’s how you spell the staticky sound at the end, don’t @ me.

I would smother my 14.4 with a pillow so I could log on late at night. It knew I was in charge.

Repeatedly because it rarely took one attempt, yeah maybe we need that back

Every time you open a browser or a tab, it should make the dial-up modem scream. Just to let you know what you're about to do.

Then we gotta do it ourselves. "Stand back, I'm arming the nugget!"