April: bought first computer (on the very day I met Eric Craft), was one of only two people I knew were online: me and RRTHUR (YES ladies, THAT Rrthur). 2400 bps modem; could upload about 2 paragraphs an hour, which would blow you away like it was landing on the fucking moon.
April: hooked up with a girl who as I was about to "kick things up a notch" told me she had a boyfriend; to which I replied "yeah well, he ain't here, now is he?" NAILed it! And then her! - XMASTIME
I'm not as nostalgic as you'd think but tonight I am pouring one out for America Online, which is getting rid of its dial-up service after 30 years. Of course I used AOL when I got my very first computer, a Mac Proforma in April 1995.
Fare thee well, America Online, and fuck you for sending me those goddam CD-ROMs every 14 fucking minutes back in the day. 👍
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