making maps in warcraft 3 in elementary school and getting in to a mapmaking guild with people of all ages and genders. those were the days
“Under Construction” gif and blinking fucking html.
But really it was “connecting to 087762534 BEEEEEEEEEEE BEEE BEEEE BEEEEEEBEAOOOOOOKSCSHSCSHSVSHSHSVSVSVSHSVSVSVSVSVACHSHHHHSHHHSHSCSCHHHSHSHSHSHSHH…”
Though that was audio.
The dancing baby
My high school mass media teacher thought it was the greatest thing ever. Looking back, that experience should’ve told me exactly what the internet would become.
I hated it instantly, and I KNEW what Internet would become.
I was not disappointed. I mean, I was, desperately, but you know what I’m sayin.
That I was the millionth visitor and I could claim my free iPod.
I remember the “to download this answer this survey and win a free iPad” and being smart enough to know it was a scam but also dumb enough to think it might be real and just enter the info of the vacant house down the road and check it every day to see if it had came
And also smart enough to invent a safe test.