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[–] 60 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I assumed this might have been a late 90s article about the "dangers" of internet addiction.

It was from fucking 2015. I really really hope it was satire.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    oh man, in 98 it was nothing to spend 5 hours a day online.

    Keep in mind that 35% of that was connecting and reconnecting.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Getting that download to 95% and a phone call coming in...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why would your download fail if a phone call comes in. Genuinely curious.I mean I know you guys were using voodo magic back in the day to get internet access. But still wouldn't it just get paused and resume once call was over?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Dial up internet used phone lines. The same phone lines your calls came in on. Anytime someone called or someone tried to call out, you were very likely disconnected and had to reconnect. Early on, there were no download managers that would pause and reconnect you to finish a download if interrupted.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    I spend 90 minutes online before I even get out of the bed.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    these kind of stories feel like they're labeling things in a pejorative light to manufacture peer pressure so that people will think it's bad; like "quiet quitting"

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My worst week ever, I averaged 22 hours a day

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Ninety minutes a day online doing what?

    Goose starts chasing you

    ONLINE DOING WHAT, MOTHERF*****

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Thanks to increased speed settings on videos, I can spend upwards of 90min an hour online.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    90 minutes? Madman. I couldn't possibly be online so little time a day...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    On a company PC or in an internet café?

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