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What's your favorite memory from the early internet? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by 5redie8@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] TamlinWanklins@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

My favourite memory is also one of my funniest.

When I first got my computer Hotmail was the e-mail of choice. Everyone had to have a Hotmail account, it let you use MSN Messenger!

I didn't write down the spelling, and as a 12-13 year old I typed in "hot male dot com"
Coincidentally that was also one of the first times I realised I'm probably not straight.

[–] SaltySalamander@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I still have (and use) a Hotmail account that I created before Microsoft bought Hotmail.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That last sentence made me crack up