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What happened to internet culture? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I was going down memory lane, I graduated in 96. But Internet culture of the mid 2000s to mid 2015. Seemed like there was always some stand out video or event ranging from chocolate rain video, nyan cat, amazing horse, I like turtles, why does the Internet seem so stale lately? I just realized a lot of this fun stuff stopped around 2014 or became less prevalent the closer we get to events that started dividing us, like gamergate, Trump canidancy in 2015. God this last decade has just sucked and it just keeps getting worse. How did we go to so much hope and promise to where we are now? Even reddit sucks now

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[โ€“] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I still remember being confused by the concept of people making money on videos. It really wasn't that long ago..

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    My dad was pushing me to do it when I was a LEET PRO GAMER but I told him theres no point, nobody can ever make money like that, ill just get a job.

    5 years later, when my skills had faded, apparently what made me a loser back then is actually worth millions.

    Im still fuming.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Imagine being told in the late 80s by your teachers that computers will never be prevalent and you won't make money off of them. Goes along with you will never have a calculator with you at all times. And in the early 90s our computer science teacher saying nobody will ever need more than 64mb of ram.

    And ya as a gamer from back then I'm pissed. I want to go boot up some unreal tournament now.

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