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Those were the days

Omg the nostalgia of this prompt 😭 • Excite • Americangirl.com (lol) • Neopets • Fanfiction.net (still there ✌🏻) • Livejournal, Xanga, MySpace • Yahoo! instant messenger • Teenspot (my go-to talk to strangers who probably weren’t teenagers site 😬) • Various proboards for all the fandoms I followed

@thickrimmedgirl

Apr 11, 2024

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The elder millennials here are enjoying this platform and its call backs to our myspace youth

Also would recommend for the kids deep dive into: - Friendster - Hot or Not - Homestarrunner 😎

@bridgetgoodland

Jan 28, 2024

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good old fashioned chat rooms

I know that Discord and other social media platforms (and ofc this) exist, and that's fine and dandy. But do you remember the thrill of going into chat rooms? Getting responses in real time, not too personal, low commitment, and always available? I guess it's all sex bots and links to other platforms now, but for just a brief moment in internet history, it was glorious. Except for kids getting groomed. That was bad. Anyway. Two of my best friends even met their now-husbands on chat rooms!

@kitterycat

May 27, 2024

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im watching my cat throw up on my yoga mat

even tho i very specifically asked her not to do that

@heumann

Mar 13, 2025

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The arbitrary intimacy of apartment buildings

i love hearing that girl sing her heart out in the shower through the bathroom vent. or the guy hocking insane loogies all the time. the alternating smells of delicious homemade chinese food or something totally burning in the oven… am always wondering if its the same kitchen!

@heumann

Feb 14, 2024

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Stubbornly continuing to pronounce a word wrong in your head

i still read hyperbole as “hyper-bowl”

@heumann

Mar 18, 2024