FACT: The internet used to be a barren wasteland compared to what it's become today.

Shut the fuck up, nerd. The faster society embraces technology, the faster we reach utopia.

FACT: People have posted this same fucking hipster pic a gajllion fucking times for years now because it's pretty much the only thing they can really find when they Google "hipster."

the only real argument you could make was that no one cared about piracy as much.

>>7943918
>>7943895

Both right.

>>7943944
No, it's that stupid people have infiltrated all areas of the internet. I mean, that's fine in real life, not everybody has nerdy interests, but I need a break from that shit sometimes, and the internet can no longer serve that purpose.

>>7943918
no the faster society embraces technology, the faster we become a police state. we're already at least 50% of the way there

>>7943918
not we but the humanity

What the fuck man...

Is the middle one a girl?
Is the left one a guy?

>>7943976
Go suck Alex Jones' dick, moron.

Fuckin' conspiracy tards don't know shit. Quit acting like you're living in a fucking prison, you over-privileged piece of shit.

>>7943986
It'll likely happen within your lifetime, assuming you're under 40.

back in the day, you could only get anime online through IRC, which usually got you tiny, shitty fansubs. >9000 kids discover Bleach and One Piece and start looking for anime online, and suddenly Youtube, Crunchyroll, and Cartoon Network start streaming GLORIOUS full screen, professionally subbed stuff.

more casualfags makes the hardfag's life easier and cheaper

>>7943895
the internet's no longer the exclusive domain for the socially impaired. you're pissed because all your childhood friends grew up and learned how to not sound like an autistic asswipe whenever they opened their mouths but you didn't.

>>7944017
>implying being in a utopia is profitable for large corps

>>7943970

yeah it was so much better back when everyone was using aol and people took cybering seriously. also sounds like you just realized 4chan isn't your secret pillowfort.

>>7944018
>implying anime is worth looking for online or even watching effortlessly on television

>>7944057
>Implying you have any fucking clue what you're talking about.

Just shut the fuck up before you embarrass yourself any further. You don't know shit about science, technology, politics, or economics. You're just a fucking failboat.

>>7944071
keep telling yourself that, child

>>7944055
Social impairment has little to do with it. When was the last time you read a well-written article about a technical issue a sysadmin was having? Or managed to find a hilarious page dedicated to code obfuscation? These types of things used to be what the internet was all about. Today you'd be hard-pressed to find anything of the sort, since every page is monetized and dependent on drawing in as many people as possible.

The internet has gone the way of CNN. No longer interesting and full of actual content, websites today are mere shells of what they once were.

>>7943918


FACT:

we shouldn't allow faggots like you near mediums in which you can communicate with others.

So pack it up and take your bitch ass someplace else.

>>7943895
BULLSHIT. You are talking you your ass. The internet you are pretending to remember is more than likely the internet before your time.

You want 56k?
You want no P2P?
You want no video hosting sites?
You want to wait a minute to download ONE picture?
You want nothing but peoples crappy AOL sites about their cat or holiday to Canada?

>>7944134
>>7944120
shit, i guess my original message went through in spite of the error. sorry for the double post.

normalfags shouldn't be allowed on the internet. they think they can just waltz in and be 'geeks' when we've spent years doing so.

ive been using the internet for almost 11 years now, and the internet has only gotten better with age. everything used to be a huge pain in the ass back in the day

>>7944060

>yeah it was so much better back when everyone was using aol

wat

I may be off my head today, but were you suggesting that AOL was good for the 'net?

FACT: /r9k/ was so much better when it was something only nerds knew about. I hate these mainstream fucktards like OP.

Hello I want to cancel my subscription to AOL
Would you like another 3 free months
OK I gues..
I had free internet for 2 years like this XD

>>7944142
There was always normalfags on the internet. Always.

middle one in OPs pic is a total trap.

>>7944133
Oh and to try and find porn when you were a kid and didn't know how. Automatic dialers? FUCK

>>7944149

was sarcasm broctogon.

follow my tweets, yo.

>>7944017
Freedom on the internet is quite an issue really. Its not so much an american privileged piece of shit issue. It effects all nations and the freedom of speech.

>>7944120


>implying stupid nerd shit is the only thing that could be classified as "content"

Don't worry they'll be a new medium where we nerds can congregate without it become a resort for normal people.

It's always been this way.

Anyway what was the point where internet became fully mainstream? Broadband? 2005 when Youtube came about?

>>7944209
Definitely around 2006 or 2007 (when social networking sites like myspace and facebook became mainstream)

I don't think much changes. Now you have mainstream shit and also niche things. What the fuck are you whining about? If you want a nerd only site I know you can find it. The only thing that changes for me is that there is a lot more fucking content than before, and that's awesome.

>>7944197

The internet was created in a large part from the government and military, two people who definitely didn't create it to express themselves with free speech. The only reason it has "free speech" was because they didn't consider it a medium to express yourself initially. It's only through people perceiving this bullshit concept of privilege that we got where we are at now. Same with the whole "separation of church and state" that people think is in the u.s. constitution. It's not in the constitution, it's a fucking quote from Jefferson.

An example of a good website from the past that would never have been popular if it was created today:
http://www.actsofgord.com/index.php

>>7943895
>> implying anyone on /r9k/ has enough of a fashion sense to know how to dress hipster and knowing correct colour combinations
>>implying anyone on /r9k/ is social enough to be a true hipster with hipster friends and not just a wanna-be loner hipster
trollface.jpg

Another example of hilarity of internets past:
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/icq-pranks/icq-transcript-ufo.php?page=1

If only SA were as good today...

i'm downloading windows ME, right now on FTP, you bitches will never find me, cos im everywhere see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIjmvZZ_SQ

YES

>>7944297
Wow you are so 2 years ago.

This is where I spend my nights:
http://vimeo.com/6607860

>>7943895
i was a hipster in the 90's and connected to the internet. So GTFO NEWFAG