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In response to "25 years ago, my mom and I had a yelling match wherein she insisted that everyone online was a completely fake persona/total con artist." by Beryllium

heh, that was around the same time as I was going to meet-up with one of my first online friends. I had to convince my mom I’d be safe, promise I had

Posted by i.b.! (aka starrynut) Nov 16 '23, 12:37

told my sister who she was, where we were going, etc.

and online life was simpler then - not without some legit care needing to be taken, but simpler.

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I met up with and dated a few girls from online mIRC boards back around that time. Yeah more common now, but this was before you could swipe right. - sycor Nov 16, 13:05 5
- one of my closest friends ended up marrying a guy she met from the personals section of *The Onion*. -- nm* - Andie Nov 16, 13:07 4
  - That was a cross site network. Salon/Onion/Nerve/a few others -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 16, 13:38 1
    - ! -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 13:56
  - Herbert Kornfeld? -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 13:28
  - That's... quite amazing. I don't even know the whole story and I kind of love it. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 13:11
i can't even remember what year it was i last-minute flew to NY to stay in a room with ty and dawson. dawson was still in law school i think. i don't - Andie Nov 16, 13:01 2
- brave girl - Spawn Nov 16, 13:02 1
  - heh, but i had never met them. i met Mel that trip too. it was a bit insane of me, but i knew that it was all fine. - Andie Nov 16, 13:04

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heh, that was around the same time as I was going to meet-up with one of my first online friends. I had to convince my mom I’d be safe, promise I had

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