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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 35 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I think this depends when you were 8

A kid going online in the mid 90s was a very different thing to going online in the mid 10s

Not saying there weren't problems, but it's pretty night and day

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, all we had was llamas, badgers, and trogdor. None of this brainrot like skibidi toilet and 67

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I saw videos of dudes dying and weird insane porn. Despite it all I think I turned out to be a pretty sane guy.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Really? You mean you don't spend a significant portion of your day trying to block out intrusive thoughts centered around disturbing imagery from all shit on the internet you so much as glanced a decade or two ago?

I'm kinda jealous, not gonna lie.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 8 hours ago

I'm lucky, I was born with the imp of intrusive thoughts on my shoulder, and we frequently high five each other. Actual real life trauma never stood a chance.

[–] cockmushroom@reddthat.com 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't think it wasn't warped just because there weren't girls sharing cups of excrement yet.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 6 points 14 hours ago

It woulda taken you 5 days to get the video, and someone was sure to pick up the phone line before that finished.