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I'm really loving how Mastodon has become a refuge for all the grizzled seafarers on the ocean of the internet. They pop up in my feed and their bios all say something like
"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."
@Janeishly I saw someone say something like "Facebook is where all the boomers and Gen Xers who need help with their computers live. The fedi is where all the boomers and Gen Xers who *designed and built* the damn computers live".
@Janeishly @ApostateEnglishman There's something USENETy about the combination of deep expertise, stellar humor, and dysfunction
@Janeishly @ApostateEnglishman I'll take this moment to proudly present a 'grizzled seafarer' cred. It is in the 'programmer' list in the sidebar
@ericg @ApostateEnglishman That's a good one! Sounds like a game I'd have enjoyed.