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I recently had a memory come back to being on aol sometime in 2001 and chatting with someone who claimed to be from Japan. This was in an anime chat room I used to visit.

Was the service available outside the USA?

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[โ€“] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was before social media and the mentality of people only willing to talk to people like them and it was before the rise of (toxic) conspiracy theories, nonsense, and highly aggressive anti-intellectualism

Back in the day if someone clowned on you for being a dummy it was a badge of shame. Now creeps online wear the "I'm a massive dumbass" hat with pride and love to tell you how ignorant they are.

[โ€“] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

And they are so proud of being racist and awful and obnoxious.