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1998 Legacy: The Year of the “Portal”

 Why were Yahoo and Excite so busy? Because they were trying to be the “Front Door” of the internet, unaware that Google was about to tear the whole house down.

Part of the 32 Miscellaneous Jokes: The 1998 “Search & Space-Rock” Edition archive. Historically Verified

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

@Netscape_Ninja07/16/2000 17:28Loading this took forever on 28.8k, but I am ROFLing now.
@Encarta_User09/14/2009 23:53I found this funnier than the animations in my encyclopedia.
@Gnutella_User11/21/2000 02:29Peer-to-peer laughing!
@Thundercats_Ho07/21/2010 11:47Thunder! Thunder! Thundercats! HO! (Funny!)
@Pedro_For_Pres11/17/2002 10:43Vote for Pedro! He tells better jokes.
@Liger_Owner_X04/05/2001 20:41It’s pretty much my favorite joke. It’s a Liger!
@Beanie_Campbell11/12/1997 19:35True friendship is sharing a good joke.
@Opera_User_9903/15/1999 18:22Still the fastest browser for the fastest jokes.
@Podcast_Listener09/12/2013 12:23I’ll mention this in my next episode!

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