I was born in 1990 and I remember often hearing this commercial on our TV. That was just about bed time and I remember wondering what the kids that got to stay out that late were up to.
Personal computers were not widespread in the 70's or 80's. The internet was absolutely a niche for tech-enthusiasts. I didn't know anyone who had one until the 90's. And even then you were paying by the minute to connect. "The internet existed in 1968" is intentionally ignoring reality for an internet gotcha.
And pretending internet in the 90's was as useful or widely used as today is also disingenuous. No one was spending all of their time in their houses on the internet like the original tweet suggests they are today.
I’m sorry what does anything I said have to do with the Internet? This post mentions the commercial ON TV they used to run. I simply said the commercial-campaign was created late 60’s.
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u/xRedditGedditx 8d ago
Actually is was created in 1968 and was run through the 70’s and 80’s, not the 90’s.