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I don't remember the first website, but I do remember my grandpa sitting at his desk showing me usenet. My grandpa was really cool and loved technology, he had a prodigy connection at home as far back as the 80s. I remember he had one of those cradles that you'd put a phone headset into and it would play dial tones, and that's how you'd connect to the internet. He would even work from home using it sometimes, like sending emails and stuff. Grandpa was really cool, he had a Sputnik watchers badge too and apparently listened to it beeping as it passed overhead on his radio. He was just so different than most other older folks, he was very online and capable at using computers. He knew about software and kept up to date on innovations. Just a cool guy. Also he bowled 299 twice in his life, one of those times after he had part of his heart removed. He ruled.
I don't even remember what he showed me on usenet. I was too young to read very well, but I was really impressed by it. It was those old monochrome CRT screens with the white text on black backgrounds. Yeah, he had Oregon Trail too lol.
If I had to guess the first actual website I used, it was probably during school? Probably the netscape homepage. Macs were ubiquitous in schools back then, or at least my school had them.