Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 12 days agoHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down15
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareHow old do you think is the oldest lemmy user?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down4·12 days agoOk boomer.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-211 days agoWell fuck, I’m on the young end of Gen X and I was around for the birth of the internet in '83.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 days agoWhat’s specific about '83? ARPANET began in 1969 and grew from there, mostly in academia, until HTTP finally transformed it into the WWW in the '90s. The “September that never ended” began in 1993. Maybe you meant that?
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoI’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.
Ok boomer.
Well fuck, I’m on the young end of Gen X and I was around for the birth of the internet in '83.
What’s specific about '83? ARPANET began in 1969 and grew from there, mostly in academia, until HTTP finally transformed it into the WWW in the '90s.
The “September that never ended” began in 1993. Maybe you meant that?
I’m thinking of TCP/IP allowing for the connectivity to massively expand around '83.