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1996 Archive: The AOL “You’ve Got Mail” Era

Why did Dads keep leaving the BBQ? To check their desktop computers for a “Welcome” chime that took 10 minutes to load over a 28.8k modem.

Part of the 37 Fourth of July Jokes: The 1996 “Welcome to Earth” Edition archive. Historically Verified

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⏳ Time Capsule: This is how we rolled in the first two decades of the internet

@Netscape_Ninja10/26/2014 16:22Loading this took forever on 28.8k, but I am ROFLing now.
@Floppy_Drive_Buzz01/24/1995 15:07The sound of my drive reading this is music to my ears.
@Napster_Search08/27/2000 23:03Found: Hilarious_Joke_1999.txt
@Magic_SchoolBus07/31/2008 02:41Please let this be a normal field trip... NO! Laughs!
@Grumpy_Cat_Real08/23/2005 08:55I laughed once. It was awful. (Just kidding, it’s gold).
@Dogpile_Fan_Club08/30/2013 14:15All the search engines agree: this is funny.
@Gaia_Online_Gold11/23/2007 07:20Dressing up my avatar to celebrate this laugh.
@Cyber_Cafe_Regular12/19/2014 11:45I’m paying 2 bucks an hour just to read these. Money well spent!
@Facepalm_Master12/15/2011 06:02I facepalmed and then I laughed.
@Dark_Web_Joker12/24/2000 03:49Found this on the deep end of the net.

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