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[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 58 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I assumed this might have been a late 90s article about the "dangers" of internet addiction.

It was from fucking 2015. I really really hope it was satire.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

Yeah, its a Clickhole article

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

oh man, in 98 it was nothing to spend 5 hours a day online.

Keep in mind that 35% of that was connecting and reconnecting.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Getting that download to 95% and a phone call coming in...

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would your download fail if a phone call comes in. Genuinely curious.I mean I know you guys were using voodo magic back in the day to get internet access. But still wouldn't it just get paused and resume once call was over?

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Dial up internet used phone lines. The same phone lines your calls came in on. Anytime someone called or someone tried to call out, you were very likely disconnected and had to reconnect. Early on, there were no download managers that would pause and reconnect you to finish a download if interrupted.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

OMG yes!!!!

Or someone in the house using the phone in the middle of it…

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Every time i read such article there is strongly present unspoken "...instead of working his ass for his boss"

[–] Lenins_Sabocat@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

You could easily do 90 minutes in 2005. Hell, late 90's too, just not continuously with people using the phone lol

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

Thanks to increased speed settings on videos, I can spend upwards of 90min an hour online.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 18 points 3 days ago

I spend 90 minutes online before I even get out of the bed.

[–] mombutt_long_and_low@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

these kind of stories feel like they're labeling things in a pejorative light to manufacture peer pressure so that people will think it's bad; like "quiet quitting"

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It’s from ClickHole, which is a site The Onion started parodying viral content sites like BuzzFeed or Bored Panda. It was sold to Cards Against Humanity in 2020.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago

Ninety minutes a day online doing what?

Goose starts chasing you

ONLINE DOING WHAT, MOTHERF*****

[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My worst week ever, I averaged 22 hours a day

[–] fishsayhelo@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

bruh

[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

I was not doing well

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

90 minutes? Madman. I couldn't possibly be online so little time a day...

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

On a company PC or in an internet café?