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How heterosexual couples met in the US (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

BBS'es and Fidonet through modem were there before the web.

Don't think many found each other on BBS's but at least they could download low res porn.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

In the early 1980s, ASCII porn :) NSFW: GIRL82.TXT, ripped by Usagi Electric

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

i found someone via bbs in 1996, though we only dated a few months.