I'm really loving how Mastodon has become a refuge for all the grizzled seafarers on the ocean of the internet. They pop up in my feed and their bios all say something like
"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."
@Janeishly I like to remind people of the lil green on green chat boxes you'd plug into the phoneline from the 80s. Because that was a thing. xD And remembering when my parents upgraded from 14k to 56k and the computer not even know what the math to do with it. But also, BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBEEEEEEEE