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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Glad I could be of service.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

This isn't IRL, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yea yea, but in the wild then