Now they’re shooting for 20-30 minute hold times.

I’d rather be forgotten than lumped in with the boomers.

60s baby here. Oh dear, I don’t even know what to say anymore.

Yes! That’s the phenomenon I was thinking about. The never ending influx of stupidity.

Pihole is 100% awesome but I just want mention that AdGuard is great on iOS devices to deal with ads while away from home. There is also AdGuard Home which is compareable to Pihole and is also free software (GPL 3).

I was playing with several local BBSs back in the early 90s (Fidonet!!) but got on the internet around '93. It was a much more fun place to be. Definitely not corporate. For me, I’d say the inflection point was when AOL let its users loose with web access. The never ending fall. There was a natural selection typ filter in getting on-line before then - you have to have technical know-how or be in a university where access was provided. Usenet and IRC were awesome. I seriously miss the feel of it.

Every once in a while, I come across someone who makes me jealous.

YES! YES!! YES!!! I hate having to sift through that tripe when exploring certain genres.

The Lynx browser is surprisingly nice.

For internet points? Sorry, we were doing this long before anyone knew about the internet.