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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter
 

BlueSky Post.

Transcript.If you tell someone to “Google it” at this point you’re telling them to look up five ads and some AI-generated bs instead of the actual thing they want to know.

old guy takes long hit on the bong

“Back in my day, search engines used to find things besides the wreckage of late-stage capitalism.”

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Proud owner of "The Internet Yellow Pages" here. I wonder if I still have my copy in storage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] brbposting 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

1996 you noobs weren’t using altavista in lynx?

[–] RoquetteQueen 1 points 10 months ago

Holy shit I've never heard of that. Amazing. I'm not too young, either. How did I miss this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I think mine was first or second edition. Same or similar cover to the third but less than half as thick.