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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If we're playing this game, let's go back to 1984. Ironically enough, it was a pretty good year... at least comparatively speaking.

"But, there was no internet!"

You'd like it, trust me.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

There was internet... there was just no web.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

1984 would've been the twilight years of ARPANET, I believe.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Yes, but because the Internet's power was so concentrated in one place, any hacker that accessed it was granted superpowers like having code projected onto your face, being digitized into an actual computer, or global annihilation.