Yeah, the fact I had internet access that my parents didn't want to let me discover I was LGBT+ and not just weird and alone, how terrible /s
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Every device has parental controls on it now, but they need to be switched on.
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
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.
So true 💯
Do y'all also remember where you were when you saw your first decapitation video?
Never
rotten.com
Pretty sure at the family computer when a friend mentioned that site
Waaaaay back when ISIS was still in the news, for myself.
Waaaaay back, before ISIS even existed, for myself 🧓
At a friend's house sleeping in their living room for the night lol
Reddit 50/50
Oh I completely forgot about that subreddit
HAH, I grew up with a rotary phone and a black and white TV using an antenna. We got 3 and 1/2 channels. If you wanted the 4th channel, one of us kids had to grab the antenna and stand there.
Tbh that doesn't sound that old, just growing up poor or in a rural area.
*screaming* Haha, I'm in a meme!