Let's take a moment to remember

1. 2016-11-28 at 4:50 PM UTC

   #1
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   The internet prior to 2008, and how much better it was. Fewer normies, less surveillance, more quality posters and legendary content. Is it just me or has this year felt like something of a resurgence of that era with the rise of the alt-right and meming Trump into the white house?
2. 2016-11-28 at 4:54 PM UTC

   #2
   antinatalism Tuskegee Airman

   Originally posted by inb4l0pht The internet prior to 2008, and how much better it was. Fewer normies, less surveillance, more quality posters and legendary content. Is it just me or has this year felt like something of a resurgence of that era with the rise of the alt-right and meming Trump into the white house?

   
   > imageboard users whining about the good old times of the golden imageboard age
   > golden imageboard age users whining about the good old times of the golden irc age
   > golden irc age users whining about the good old times of usenet
   > usenet users whining about the golden times of usenet before the eternal september and the bastardization of usenet culture
   > golden usenet age users whining about the good old times of the bbs
   
   it never ends
3. 2016-11-28 at 4:56 PM UTC

   #3
   

   mmQ Lisa Turtle
   the good old times of driving around chucking rocks at people
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

   • The Self Taught Man
4. 2016-11-28 at 4:58 PM UTC

   #4
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by antinatalism > imageboard users whining about the good old times of the golden imageboard age
   > golden imageboard age users whining about the good old times of the golden irc age
   > golden irc age users whining about the good old times of usenet
   > usenet users whining about the golden times of usenet before the eternal september and the bastardization of usenet culture
   > golden usenet age users whining about the good old times of the bbs
   
   it never ends

   
   I was never much of an imageboard user. I long for the days when forums reigned supreme and social media wasn't a thing yet.
5. 2016-11-28 at 5 PM UTC

   #5
   antinatalism Tuskegee Airman

   Originally posted by inb4l0pht I was never much of an imageboard user. I long for the days when forums reigned supreme and social media wasn't a thing yet.

   
   there are still a couple of good forums around. but yeah, social networks have damaged both the forum and the blog ecosystem
6. 2016-11-28 at 5:03 PM UTC

   #6
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Every time I use the internet now I get pissed off at the state of it and end up posting the same rant over and over
7. 2016-11-28 at 5:04 PM UTC

   #7
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   I hate how everyone on reddit is "nice". The internet's supposed to be cruel, you fucking faggots.
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   • antinatalism
8. 2016-11-28 at 5:04 PM UTC

   #8
   antinatalism Tuskegee Airman

   Originally posted by Enter I hate how everyone on reddit is "nice". The internet's supposed to be cruel, you fucking faggots.

   
   THE INTERNET HATE MACHINE
9. 2016-11-28 at 5:09 PM UTC

   #9
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Enter I hate how everyone on reddit is "nice". The internet's supposed to be cruel, you fucking faggots.

   
   I don't know who coined the term virtue signaling, but it seems to perfectly describe what many redditors do in an attempt to whore upvotes