Published in the New Yorker in 1993, the same year the world wide web went live.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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Reminder that memes predate the web as well as the Internet.
Anybody who recognizes the difference between the WWW and the Internet knows what they're talking wbout
Being an alternate protocol nerd is a trip. Most people have no clue what a gopher/Gemini/spartan/finger is or how they differ from the web. The few handful on this planet that do are just other nerds who like to blogspam tech nerd things. It would be nice if the web enshittified so much even the average non techie was put into a position to look into these alternatives.