There is no denying that the internet has become so much more than it was 20 years ago...

but nothing can compare to the sound (and feeling) of a 56K modem dialing in and establishing connection on the early internet. That was magic! That was the sound of a portal opening in your livingroom / bedroom!

It really was something special. ☺️

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SW-User

Oh and oh... music meant something, people didn't have copycat attitudes to cop on, and they had to deal with was just in their own life and how to cope, love.