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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
Yeah, all we had was llamas, badgers, and trogdor. None of this brainrot like skibidi toilet and 67
I saw videos of dudes dying and weird insane porn. Despite it all I think I turned out to be a pretty sane guy.
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.
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.
Don't think it wasn't warped just because there weren't girls sharing cups of excrement yet.
It woulda taken you 5 days to get the video, and someone was sure to pick up the phone line before that finished.