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[-] stinerman@midwest.social 26 points 2 years ago

Ahh the halcyon days of downloading one song from a private FTP server with upload ratios, found by Lycos FTP search. Over a modem, natch, so it took about 50 minutes...and that's when your mom didn't kick you off the internet so she could make a call.

[-] Yuki@kutsuya.dev 7 points 2 years ago

This is the first time I see the word halcyon being used irl

[-] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

This isn't real life it's an online forum in a video game

[-] Yuki@kutsuya.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Yea yea, but in the wild then

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

This isn't IRL, though.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Glad I could be of service.

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