Comments on: a/s/l?

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:02:53 +0000

[1] “The Art of Racing in the Rain”?
If I ever become interesting enough to people to publish my memoirs, I’ll have to include a chapter on AOL circa 1997-98.

By: Dimelo

Dimelo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:41:11 +0000

So you are “sexpot69″? I have been looking for you since I was 15, you left so quick, why? hahaha, just kidding.

My favorite chat rooms was using IRC in college. There were a lot of lies and a lot of dirty talk, which eventually led to random hookups and college level debauchery. Man, those were the days.

By: rbj

rbj — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:43:53 +0000

Wow, you all are young. I didn’t get online until law school, scratch that, library school, after law school. I remember going from a 2400 baud modem to a 14,400 one.

By: randym77

randym77 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:42:17 +0000

I was on CompuServe in my misspent youth. I used to hang out in the Games forum. I never understood why total strangers would IM me asking “age/sex?” Until a 12 year old boy told me not to reply to those people, because they were pedophiles.

I was such a nerd I was never interested in replying anyway. I only wanted to download new Doom levels and the like, and discuss such burning questions as “How do you get the blue key on the ledge in Level 2, Map 5?”

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:10:51 +0000

a/s/l? Pedobear would be proud

By: Emma Span

Emma Span — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:54:14 +0000

[1] I was just thinking the other day, watching The Social Network, how glad I am I didn’t have to deal with Facebook and sites like that when I was in middle school/high school. I messed around online when I was younger, but pre-college, it was never under my real name. I can’t even imagine how hard it must be to deal with Facebook and its ilk in middle school…

By: Just Fair

Just Fair — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:30:12 +0000

I am thankful every day I did not grow up in today’s world. I saw a comment somewhere claiming people changing their names once they reach adulthood will be commonplace. Simply to try to escape all the bullshit that is online forever exposing their youth. I weep for my fourth graders knowing what they have to deal with. But then again, I’m just a 10 year old Labrador Retriever. : )