Before and after “the internet”

@kevin-eleven said
"Well, I'm different now, but I'm glad that you're my girl."

But yeah, I get what you're saying about the difference between so much being instantly available all the time versus time-bound incarnates first having to learn about an event and then having to make the effort to attend it.

Maybe, 30 years post availability of public internet some of us are not apprecia ...[text shortened]... , or an illustration would be enough to inspire someone, without a large crowd, or any crowd at all.

Thanks for all the edits, really lifted it.

@divegeester said
Thanks for all the edits, really lifted it.

I appreciate that you know I might need a little time to fine-tune my posts before you reply, but otherwise I think there's something wrong with you.

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Prove it.

@kevin-eleven said
Prove it.

I don’t need to, you and I both know it’s true and that’s all that matters.

@divegeester said
I don’t need to, you and I both know it’s true and that’s all that matters.

Public broadcast of unprovable assertions does matter.

And I think it would cast a shadow on the accuser. Careful with that.

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It's kind of creepy that someone would put so much time, energy, and attention into such a post.

Should I get in touch with Interpol just in case?

@kevin-eleven said
It's kind of creepy that someone would put so much time, energy, and attention into such a post.

Should I get in touch with Interpol just in case?

What’s creepy is you being up all night stalking me around the forums humping my leg.

@divegeester said
What’s creepy is you being up all night stalking me around the forums humping my leg.

so fecking pompous.

@divegeester said
What’s creepy is you being up all night stalking me around the forums humping my leg.

Was this before, or after, the internet?

@badradger said
so fecking pompous.

To the lowest in brow everyone would seem pompous.

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Hmm.

@divegeester said
You’re giving me advice on better posting?

You could use some advice on how to treat people as though they were standing right in front of you instead of thousands of miles away. 🙂

-VR

Before the internet correspondence chess was much different, though one of my matches does seem “pre-internet”.🤔