20+ Things The Internet Was Crazy About But Now People Can’t Even Remember They Existed

The Internet was not always like this

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• September 9, 2022

The Internet has changed everything. But the Internet itself is continually evolving.

Since its inception, the Internet has seen a substantial transformation. It has transformed how we communicate and has automated many laborious daily tasks, including paying bills and working remotely.

People are nostalgically thinking back on the early days of the Internet in this AskReddit topic. Things that we once loved but have since forgotten.

It was a more carefree time when people rushed home from school to watch Salad Fingers and use AOL. Later, it would develop into Farmville and Myspace. Now we have high-speed WiFi, and we don't have to wait a whole minute for a page to open via dial-up.

We have the world at our fingertips almost instantly. But did it take all the fun out of exploring?

Were the good old days truly the good old days? Or is it just the nostalgia talking?

Who knows. One thing is certain, though.

We really had a lot of fun back in the days when the Internet was just starting. It was new and exciting.

What more could a kid ask for? Well, let's get back to our topic - we have prepared some of the best answers Redditors posted.

Take a look - you will probably recognize many of these things. But, do you miss them?

Someone asked:

1. Neopets

2. Blogs

3. Search engines before Google

4. Farmville

5. Good forums

6. I am a kitty cat, and i dance, dance, dance

7. AOL chat rooms

8. Fewer commercials and ads

9. Flash games

10. Chuck Norris jokes

11. I can has cheezburger...

12. MySpace

13. Salad Fingers

Even though the traditional sense of the internet is just thirty years old, we currently have no concept of how to function without it. But prior to the internet, life was also fairly fantastic!

And there were a lot of pretty great things in our life that we now really miss. Nostalgia is an odd emotion.

Young people don't typically have much to be nostalgic about, so hearing their parents talk about "the good old days" was at the very least infuriating. Now, 30 to 40 years later, you realize you have become your parents as you struggle and possibly fail to repress that relentless urge to preach about the good old days.

You now start thinking back on everything that was cool about the early days of the internet (and tech in general), and you realize you now understand what your parents felt all this time.

14. Chocolate Rain

15. Custom cursors

16. "Under construction"

17. The trololol guy

18. 30-Second Bunnies

19. Stumbleupon.com

20. Facebook poke

21. Z World

22. Egg pic vs. Kylie Jenner

So, what do out think about these things from the early days of the Internet? For you older folks out there, it was a nice trip down memory lane.

As for the youngsters, this was a good opportunity to learn something new. If you are interested in finding out more about the things mentioned above, you can google them.

It only takes a sec to get good results. Isn’t the Internet great?

Damjan