themaninblack@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 days agoReminds me of that tune by the B sharpslemmy.worldimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down18
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minus-squarebcgm3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·11 days agoI always assumed they were just another way for people to broadcast mundane factoids about themselves to total strangers that don’t care. Like an early form of social media, if you will.
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 days agoYes. It was early social media. I always kept a Garfield plushy in my car window, to let people know how I felt about Mondays. We were pretty desperate back then.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoPeople used to post their phone number in newspaper personals so they could talk to someone. Now they’re probably live streaming on twitch
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoI once stumbled across a VHS recording a 1980s public access equivalent of a hot tub stream, it was about as surreal as one would expect.
I always assumed they were just another way for people to broadcast mundane factoids about themselves to total strangers that don’t care. Like an early form of social media, if you will.
Yes. It was early social media.
I always kept a Garfield plushy in my car window, to let people know how I felt about Mondays.
We were pretty desperate back then.
People used to post their phone number in newspaper personals so they could talk to someone. Now they’re probably live streaming on twitch
I once stumbled across a VHS recording a 1980s public access equivalent of a hot tub stream, it was about as surreal as one would expect.