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[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I miss the good old times before rampant enshittification...

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah. Before AOL and the Eternal September, about a decade before I was born. Those were the days.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The 70s? The 60s? Before everything was ruined by ASCII adding lowercase letters?

[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Back when FTW meant Fuck The World

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Back when FTW meant Fuck The World

And FTFY meant Fuck This. Fuck You.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

I thankfully wasn't aware there's an alternative interpretation for that one. I'll give the modern interpretation of FTW - insofar as I can tell it sprung up organically, not as some intentional "reclaiming" of negative concepts/language.