I'm not ready for the Internet

Kolanaki , 7 months ago

“I’m ready for the internet, but is the Internet ready for me?”

Psionicsickness , 7 months ago

See??? Seeee??? It was never really ready for me. This is what you get when you give uninhibited idiots like me a forum.

experbia , 7 months ago

Take me to the Internet.

Jumuta , 7 months ago

Take me to the Internet

Zoidsberg , 7 months ago

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/54ca0977-22a4-4f99-97a2-f8ea6e0b6a79.webm

ImplyingImplications , 7 months ago

I figured it’d be heavier.

Catoblepas , 7 months ago

This screen looks so familiar to me. 90s Mac?

i_am_not_a_robot OP , 7 months ago

I believe it’s MacOS 9 (which seems a bit late for “I’m not ready for the Internet”, but maybe it was a hangover from MacOS 8?)

aeronmelon , 7 months ago

It’s the Aqua interface, so that’s actually Mac OS X.

Macs had access to the internet long before that, but you were on the right track that OS 9 was the first one to be marketed as “internet-ready.” Saying “I’m not ready” in this case is the same as a “Setup networking later.” options in current OSes.

moup , 7 months ago

Yep. iMac/iBook first-run setup on MacOS 9.

Franzia , 7 months ago

… In truth, I wasn’t ready.

bionicjoey , 7 months ago

Nobody was

RIPandTERROR , 7 months ago

I believe this with all my heart. I wish the Internet had been able to evolve as WAN first for a few decades. Maybe then we might have been ready?

bionicjoey , 7 months ago

Isn’t that literally what happened with ARPANET?

Anticorp , 7 months ago

We were ready for the internet. We were not ready for every person with a pulse being able to post to and read from the Internet. Web 1.0 was a beautiful uncharted frontier.

QuinceDaPence , 7 months ago

Could I interest you in everything, all of the time?

turbodrooler , 7 months ago

Just reading that has put that song in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks!