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I didn't have internet till like the 2010s
What did I miss out on?
You used to visit websites. News aggregators weren't a thing so you'd visit the different sites focusing on different things. Search engines actually worked so you'd constantly be stumbling upon passion projects by highly knowledgeable people. You'd also find geocities sites teaching you how to go Super Saiyan, it was the wild West.
Instead of reddit and Lemmy, there were hundreds of niche forums. Maybe this is just me but human connection was a LOT easier. The internet was mostly populated by tech-savvy people who were excited to be online
Memes as we know them weren't really a thing. They existed but you'd reply with them when they were relevant. People didn't really "post" memes and no one was making the mass-market garbage that fills the Internet today.
I could go on a tirade on the last one because I truly believe memes were a significant factor in the downfall of internet culture