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Broadband internet was a game changer. I spent a lot of time on fark.com and various other message boards. Chatted with friends over AOL instant messages and IRC.
There was a certain video format for Realplayer that seemed to be the extremely popular for a while and it still…. (Buffering)…. Sucked…. (Buffering)…. Ass
Remember gorgor?
I do not actually but memory is shite lol
A old poster on fark who would post relevant but disturbing images in every thread.
Fark was huge for me back then. Also things like ICQ were the main ways I kept in touch with friends in the pre smart phone times.