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I'm not ready for the Internet (assets.oldbytes.space)
submitted 9 months ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/internetfuneral@lemmy.world
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 43 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I'm ready for the internet, but is the Internet ready for me?"

[–] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 10 points 9 months ago

See???? Seeee???? It was never really ready for me. This is what you get when you give uninhibited idiots like me a forum.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

... In truth, I wasn't ready.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nobody was

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

We were ready for the internet. We were not ready for every person with a pulse being able to post to and read from the Internet. Web 1.0 was a beautiful uncharted frontier.

[–] RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I believe this with all my heart. I wish the Internet had been able to evolve as WAN first for a few decades. Maybe then we might have been ready?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Isn't that literally what happened with ARPANET?

[–] experbia@kbin.social 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Take me to the Internet.

[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

I figured it'd be heavier.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Take me to the Internet

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Could I interest you in everything, all of the time?

[–] turbodrooler@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Just reading that has put that song in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks!

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This screen looks so familiar to me. 90s Mac?

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I believe it's MacOS 9 (which seems a bit late for "I'm not ready for the Internet", but maybe it was a hangover from MacOS 8?)

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

It's the Aqua interface, so that's actually Mac OS X.

Macs had access to the internet long before that, but you were on the right track that OS 9 was the first one to be marketed as "internet-ready." Saying "I'm not ready" in this case is the same as a "Setup networking later." options in current OSes.

[–] moup@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Yep. iMac/iBook first-run setup on MacOS 9.