Post B283rDFqXSoICBLTdI by joannaholman@aus.social
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 (DIR) Post #B27gauxCVyuLrEsvgW by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-09T22:57:26Z
       
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       Gather round children. Let grandma tell you of a time long long ago when the internet was young. And how in those days every company knew it was the "next thing" but didn't know what to do about it. This is what gave us the "internet button" ... this was a button added to some keyboards that said "internet" since people wanted a computer "with internet" and if it has the button well then it must have that.Presumably it opened a browser window or something. No one really knows.
       
 (DIR) Post #B27ghB2bcFm3UMOiye by Extra_Special_Carbon@mastodon.world
       2026-01-09T22:58:27Z
       
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       @futurebird It did?
       
 (DIR) Post #B27gwz281ngusfiBI8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-09T23:01:19Z
       
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       @faithisleaping I just makes me think of confused grandpa in best buy.
       
 (DIR) Post #B27i3Cn9t36nFBExEG by shippychaos@homo.promo
       2026-01-09T23:11:41Z
       
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       @futurebird I remember when access to the internet came on a CD
       
 (DIR) Post #B27i3DgSZRLQ0h77QW by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-09T23:13:32Z
       
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       @shippychaos I remember some kid at school trying to trade me like 10 AOL discs for one of the video games I'd burned saying "but this is like 10,000 hours of internet!
       
 (DIR) Post #B27mw9rAtvqpssZsiu by llewelly@sauropods.win
       2026-01-10T00:06:27Z
       
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       @shippychaos @futurebird I remember when aol doubled my homework media costs by switching from floppies to CDs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B27qOE4t6GoIwl4EiG by ThriftstoreBarbie@pagan.plus
       2026-01-10T00:47:07Z
       
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       @futurebird the screeching hellsounds
       
 (DIR) Post #B27ybBD5s9nrS0aqw4 by OrionKidder@mas.to
       2026-01-10T02:19:08Z
       
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       @futurebird @shippychaos The math works out. Got to give him that.
       
 (DIR) Post #B283rDFqXSoICBLTdI by joannaholman@aus.social
       2026-01-10T03:18:01Z
       
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       @futurebird @aj they also put an Internet buttons on flip phones but the Internet access was 55 cents per 25kb so your life and visions of your destroyed financial future flashed before your eyes if you accidentally clicked it
       
 (DIR) Post #B2882jLrwU1YkFuTs8 by FeloniousPunk@beige.party
       2026-01-10T04:04:56Z
       
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       @futurebird The Thinkpad I’m currently using has a key with the globe icon on it. I mapped the key in gnome to open my browser, like 1998 and junk.
       
 (DIR) Post #B28G9PHtjn8iB5kNbk by patxi@mastodon.world
       2026-01-10T05:35:47Z
       
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       @futurebird All my keyboards have that internet button. How else would I surf cyberspace?
       
 (DIR) Post #B28cHOXeanglAmKZN2 by Wifiwits@infosec.exchange
       2026-01-10T09:43:44Z
       
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       @futurebird <nods sagely> yes… it was blue
       
 (DIR) Post #B2I9dDACcg2bAH0mbw by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-15T00:09:49Z
       
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       @purple The pizza button was a far more respectable affair.