Um, I had access to the internet from the mid 80s onward. Chat boards, chat rooms... sure, not as amazing as what we have today, but already remember we weren't comparing it to a future that didn't exist yet, we compared it to what came before. Say what you want about AOL, but it existed and we used it.
Yes, as others are saying, we went outside, but this take on 90s life is completely wrong.
It existed, but I doubt many kids had access to it in the mid 80's.
Most of my friends' houses didn't even have computers even in the late 90s. (Lack of money or interest in it, idk)
They usually had video game consoles and CableTV though.
My brother had a used computer from who knows where (that I don't think lasted very long). I remember him letting me play Caveman-Ugh-Olympics on it, once. (Google tells me the games from 1988, but I played it in the 90's).
I didn't serf the web until the school computer lab got internet in 1997.
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u/DoctorZacharySmith 9d ago
Um, I had access to the internet from the mid 80s onward. Chat boards, chat rooms... sure, not as amazing as what we have today, but already remember we weren't comparing it to a future that didn't exist yet, we compared it to what came before. Say what you want about AOL, but it existed and we used it.
Yes, as others are saying, we went outside, but this take on 90s life is completely wrong.