The internet in 1996...

It was better than the horrible mess we have now. Everything lived in its own corner; you had to find it, and if something offended you, you just didn't look for it. I miss it. Good fences make good neighbors.

Your PC on the internet in 1996...

Hey, where’s Compuserve? That was the place to be if you were in comics and animation. Met a ton of pros there who helped me with my career.

Need to rewatch this classic:

I was there. We were so excited! 🖥️📟📠💾

Gillian Anderson in 1996 ...

I don't mean to be a dick, but the Internet was a lot better place before the 3rd world got smart phones.

Kids today don't even know what the REAL internet was.

I am an Internaut. Hear me roar.

The Internet used to be something you would go out of your way to access; now it's something you go out of your way to get away from.

Life was better in 1996.

It's all gone down hill since then.

1996 Flashback: AOL goes down for 19 hours

Imagine a time when you could find CD's in your cereal or your mailbox. Such an age existed.

1999 Alta Vista > 2026 Google

@Charlton_Hero Dana Scully was so hot.

I forgot web rings were a thing, once.

So much better when there weren’t a bunch of Indians on the World Wide Web filling the void with retarded shitskin opinions…

@arkivx That was from the BBC show Future Fantastic. In episode 6 they featured an article about Thomas Townsend Brown

Ah, the memories.

she looks so amazing here

And I thought those times were crazy?

Nobody mentions 'cyberspace' anymore. IDK, maybe they do.

ああ、こんなだった…

back when websites had a soul

AOL chatrooms were really something.

Anybody remembers #webring ?

Thank you for this