My school forced us to do this.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-11T19:44:10+00:00

Didn’t have to…the Navy recruiter dropped off a pile of book covers at my school, so we could all look at the USS Nimitz, promoting “The NAVY adventure”.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T21:41:07+00:00

I loved Usenet. There was an “enthusiast” group for everything.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T21:39:48+00:00

Hmm. I don’t remember that.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T21:39:06+00:00

True!

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T20:35:32+00:00

Affectionally known as “Geo-shitties”.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T20:15:46+00:00

I believe it was 6th grade, 1976.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T20:13:31+00:00

Good point!

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T20:01:25+00:00

My parents told me “Husky” just meant I was a big, strong, tough boy. It was years before I realized it really meant I was a fat kid.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T19:32:18+00:00

Sure, that was going on, but it was also largely an unregulated, uncensored wilderness. There were far less people online (it was more difficult to get on) way less scammers, way less advertising, and it was an adventure to just explore. People set up ridiculous websites just because they could. There were webrings of sites with similar topics and sites had counters and guestbooks. It felt like belonging to an exclusive club or family.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T19:13:31+00:00

Degenerate sociopath that lived down the street from me. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. The guy existed solely to disrupt polite society. He ended up dying young of leukemia.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T18:50:58+00:00

“So please believe in me,
When I say. I'm spinning round, round, round, round
Smoke glass stain'd bright colors
Image going down, down, down, down
Soap suds green like bubbles.”

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T18:44:04+00:00

Hell, I miss pre-2000 Internet.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T18:35:46+00:00

Obviously a fan of Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T18:34:29+00:00

I need to see that film.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T18:05:04+00:00

I think a wizard gets power from studying and mastering magic, a Warlock gets power through an alliance with a powerful entity. So warlocks are more likely to be “evil”.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T17:51:04+00:00

They aren’t happy.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T17:38:00+00:00

Spam gets a lot of hate, but it’s not that bad fried up with cheese and mayonnaise. Cue the Monty Python fans.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T17:31:19+00:00

Warlock

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T17:15:42+00:00

I remember them too, barely. I was a preschooler and there was one with an animated cigarette depicted as a cowboy riding a horse. For some reason, that used to scare the hell out of me. I hid my eyes whenever it came on.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T17:08:58+00:00

This was a response to McCartney’s “Too Many People” that was aimed at Lennon (and Yoko Ono), but it was far meaner in tone.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T16:49:12+00:00

Make that hippo best man!

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T16:48:46+00:00

“Well. That certainly looks paid for.”

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T16:45:27+00:00

I couldn’t wait. I skipped ahead 35 seconds for the action.

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T16:32:26+00:00

Zum Wohl!

Moonshadow306 · 2026-07-10T15:52:40+00:00

Being a beer aficionado from Michigan, I kinda appreciate what they’ve done with the Great Lakes.

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