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		mercer on Sept 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wish I didn't miss the '90s-00s internet Are you talking about the web specifically, or more as a 'fundamental principle'?

DrillShopper on Sept 12, 2024 [–]

I'm using the web as a synecdoche for the Internet as a whole because before the Web there wasn't much of a reason for Joe and Jane Q Public to use the Internet.

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