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What year did you REALLY start getting online? Become an OnlineMan?

Suppose I read some news, looked at naked girls, did proto-g...
Tan Parlor
  04/02/25
phase 1 (a/s/l): 2000-2004 interlude: end of hs, college, ...
Curious Address
  04/02/25
never go full online
smoky shitlib
  04/02/25
Im thinking of getting off it i think we can
alcoholic police squad
  04/02/25
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Learning disabled soggy place of business
  04/02/25
id be down to, like, get some PO boxes with you and some oth...
alcoholic police squad
  04/02/25
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/33/4c/9a/334c9a98e129ab30e7c13f88f...
Learning disabled soggy place of business
  04/02/25
I unironically couldn’t bump this poast enough, my man...
Learning disabled soggy place of business
  04/02/25
It’s funny to think that just a week of thingdoing, se...
Learning disabled soggy place of business
  04/02/25
i was in a park about ten years ago in my hometown, and a gu...
alcoholic police squad
  04/02/25
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Learning disabled soggy place of business
  04/02/25
1998: yahoo chat rooms it was all downhill from there
smoky shitlib
  04/02/25
I'm a Neopets man
Fear-inspiring Adventurous Abode
  04/02/25
!!!
Learning disabled soggy place of business
  04/02/25
What were you doing on Craigslist hookups in 04-06? Sounds p...
rambunctious chapel
  04/02/25
AOL dialup mid 90s
swashbuckling sandwich parlour
  04/02/25
i didn't buy a smartphone until 2014 i was probably Onlin...
yapping forum friendly grandma
  04/02/25
...
A Real Life Male Model
  10/15/25


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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:46 AM
Author: Tan Parlor

Suppose I read some news, looked at naked girls, did proto-group-chats by email with friends and family from late 90s-04.

04-06 some facebook, some myspace. Craigslist hookups. I think I had an e*trade account.

07-10 were the real pivot years. Sucked into some sports forums and, of course, xo.

By 2012 I was Online.

It really charts my overall decline in happiness perfectly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806028)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:48 AM
Author: Curious Address

phase 1 (a/s/l): 2000-2004

interlude: end of hs, college, first couple years out of college

phase 2 (Full OnlineMan): 2014-present

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806040)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:48 AM
Author: smoky shitlib

never go full online

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806042)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:51 AM
Author: alcoholic police squad

Im thinking of getting off it

i think we can



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806054)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:51 AM
Author: Learning disabled soggy place of business



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:53 AM
Author: alcoholic police squad

id be down to, like, get some PO boxes with you and some others. we could mail each other kooky essays

idt we'd miss anything in the world much. we'd find out who the president is, etc, from people talkin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806064)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: Learning disabled soggy place of business

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/33/4c/9a/334c9a98e129ab30e7c13f88f1cd600e.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806084)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: Learning disabled soggy place of business

I unironically couldn’t bump this poast enough, my man, FWIW 🥰

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806098)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: Learning disabled soggy place of business

It’s funny to think that just a week of thingdoing, seeing family and friends and chatting with cab drivers and pet store cashiers et al. is all it takes to learn everything you need to know about the key developments of the past 5-10 years and the general vibes of the next 5-10

so outside of one’s local community, specific profession or niche hobbies etc., there’s literally no need to follow the general “news”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806120)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: alcoholic police squad

i was in a park about ten years ago in my hometown, and a guy I went to high school with came rolling past on a bmx, doing tricks.

i flagged him down and he did a nose-wheelie right in front of me. He stopped and we chatted for about 15 minutes. He didnt know shit about any of our mutuals, so I shared a lot of that.

As the conversation ended, I said "lemme get your number".

He grinned and said, "I dont have a cell phone, but here's the line at the house." And then he rolled off and jumped the bike over a little bush

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806138)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 10:11 AM
Author: Learning disabled soggy place of business

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806143)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:47 AM
Author: smoky shitlib

1998: yahoo chat rooms

it was all downhill from there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806038)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring Adventurous Abode

I'm a Neopets man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806058)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 10:01 AM
Author: Learning disabled soggy place of business

!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806103)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: rambunctious chapel

What were you doing on Craigslist hookups in 04-06? Sounds pretty Online to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806108)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 10:08 AM
Author: swashbuckling sandwich parlour

AOL dialup mid 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806130)



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Date: April 2nd, 2025 10:12 AM
Author: yapping forum friendly grandma

i didn't buy a smartphone until 2014

i was probably Online in spirit before then - i was already a poaster in my teens. but pre-smartphone i don't think i was ever truly primarily in The Matrix just as much or more as i was irl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5703582&forum_id=2:#48806146)



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Date: October 15th, 2025 8:40 AM
Author: A Real Life Male Model



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