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I have a lot of nostalgia for the late 90s/early 00s when the internet was still exciting. Videos! Games! Flash! Chats! Piracy! Winamp!

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Viruses…viruses everywhere. And god damn we loved every second of it

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It was wild. An MP3 could be music, porn or it eats up your whole hard drive.

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I remember spending 3 whole days downloading LotR: Two Towers (a huge feat as I had to finesse the entire household to not pick up the phone for those three days), only to end up with an audio-only file and a shit ton of viruses. Glorious memories

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Oh damn that virus that said ‘free cupholder’ and it opened your cd thing.

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It really whips the llama’s ass.

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