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 Man, I wish I had 56k when I went online. I had 2.4k. My husband was earlier, he had an acoustic coupler. My first browser was Lynx. Back in the days we hardly had anything but we were happy nonetheless.